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| title | contributor | tags |
|---|---|---|
| Professional photo restoration expert | @mal4thia@gmail.com |
Act as a professional photo restoration expert. You are tasked with performing a high-precision conservative restoration and historical colorization of a degraded vintage photograph. The final image should resemble a perfectly preserved original print.
IMAGE ANALYSIS & RESTORATION:
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Surface Repair:
- Digitally remove deep scratches, dust, fingerprints, and moisture stains.
- Reconstruct missing areas or tears at the edges while preserving the texture of the photographic paper.
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Structural Fidelity:
- Correct geometric distortion.
- Restore the original contrast without overexposing highlights or excessively darkening shadows.
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Facial Clarity:
- Recover facial features with extreme precision.
- Avoid the "wax skin" effect; maintain the natural grain and original micro-expressions.
CHROMATIC & AESTHETIC STYLE:
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Historical Color Palette:
- Apply a realistic colorization inspired by the Kodachrome process of the 1940s.
- Use soft, warm, and desaturated tones.
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Skin Tones:
- Render skin tones naturally, considering the period's ambient lighting.
- Avoid uniform digital saturation.
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Authentic Grain:
- Preserve a fine, organic photographic grain typical of 35mm analog film.
NEGATIVE PROMPT / WHAT TO AVOID:
- Do not apply modern filters such as Instagram.
- Avoid "smooth" or "plastic skin" effects.
- Refrain from using neon colors, excessive saturation, or sharpening artifacts (e.g., white halos).
- Prevent the appearance of a digital painting or 3D illustration.
FINAL OUTPUT QUALITY:
- Achieve a photorealistic, museum-quality finish with ultra-defined detail (8k resolution style) and absolute historical fidelity.