ReLife

Years ago, I used to spend hours—or even days—restoring old, damaged, and blurry photos with Photoshop. I had to rub, cut, patch, paint, and blend using tools like the Rubber Stamp, Healing Brush, Paint, and various Filters. For heavily damaged photos, it often took several days of detailed work to bring them back to life.

In recent years…
Research teams like Microsoft Research Asia, Google, and many other AI labs worldwide have been developing increasingly powerful image restoration models. Adobe, for example, introduced Neural Filters in Photoshop, which significantly improved the restoration workflow. Among open-source options, Real-ESRGAN and GFPGAN became especially popular—originally developed by Tencent, and already available on Varoriya’s platform as a face-repair option within the resize mode.

But when a photo is severely degraded, a combination of tools is often required—such as InPaint, Flux-Fill, and others to assist with different restoration stages.

Today, Flux Kontext takes things even further. It makes restoring old black-and-white photos, removing scratches, and fixing tears and age-related damage easier than ever. Just upload a damaged photo, press generate, and within seconds, you’ll get a beautifully restored version to keep 😃

Since this feature is used so frequently to breathe new life into old memories, Varoriya has created a dedicated mode separate from Kontext—called “ReLife” for quick and easy access:
👉 https://varoriya.com/service/relife/

💡 Tip: After using ReLife, lightly upscale your image to get even higher quality results.