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Stories, guides, and expert knowledge on AI photo restoration, preserving family memories, and the art of bringing history back to life.
Volume I
October 2026
1238 Articles · Page 1 of 52
Old photo CDs from Kodak Photo CD, Picture CD, or a photo lab often produce low-resolution, compressed, or corrupted images. How to get the files off the disc and restore the photos with AI.
ArtImageHub Editorial Team
Learn how to identify and treat fixer and hypo stains on old darkroom prints and negatives, and how to digitally restore photos that can't be safely re-washed.
Learn how to identify a cyanotype photograph, treat fading with careful home methods, and digitally restore faded or damaged cyanotypes without risking the fragile original.
Learn what causes reddish-brown foxing spots on Victorian cabinet card photographs, safe cleaning limits, and how AI restoration removes foxing digitally.
Learn how to identify, safely handle, and digitally restore glass plate negatives damaged by mold and fungus without destroying the fragile emulsion.
Learn how to safely clean mold and fungus from 35mm photo slides, and how AI restoration recovers detail even after mold has etched into the film emulsion.
Learn the conservation-standard sink-mat method for stabilizing cracked or broken glass plate negatives, and how to digitally restore the image once it's safe to scan.
Learn how to stabilize a cracked or broken ambrotype's glass housing without touching the fragile collodion image layer, and how to digitally restore the photograph.
How to fix mat burn and acid migration damage on old photos — the brown halos and lines left by acidic frame mats and album pages, and how AI restoration removes the staining.
Why old color negatives and prints from the 1970s-80s shift toward red or orange over time, and how to restore faded color negatives with AI dye-fade correction.
How to restore a laminated old photo that has yellowed, bubbled, or fused to its plastic sleeve. Covers safe removal, scanning through lamination, and AI correction for adhesive staining.
Old maps combine large-format fragility with heavy fold damage most documents don't face. Learn how to safely unfold, flatten, and handle antique maps, and how digital restoration recovers what physical treatment cannot.
Mold on old books and papers is a health hazard as well as a preservation problem. Learn the safe removal protocol conservators use, when to isolate versus discard, and how to digitally restore staining mold leaves behind.
Torn documents need archival-safe mending, not household tape. Learn the conservator-approved repair methods for paper tears and how digital restoration reconstructs what tape and forcing torn edges together cannot.
Old handwritten letters carry irreplaceable family history in fragile paper and fading ink. Learn how to handle, store, and digitally restore correspondence without losing the personal details that matter most.
Faded ink on old documents comes from light exposure, acid migration, and ink chemistry that breaks down over decades. Learn what causes each type of fading and how digital restoration recovers legibility that physical treatment cannot.
Water-damaged documents face a race against mold before anything else. Learn the emergency drying protocol archivists use, what causes ink bleed and cockling, and how digital restoration recovers legibility afterward.
Old tape on documents leaves behind adhesive residue and dark staining as it degrades. Learn how conservators safely remove aged tape and how digital restoration recovers the staining physical cleaning can't fully clear.
Halftone dot patterns are the primary obstacle in newspaper photo restoration. Learn why traditional methods fail, how AI descreening works, and the correct scanning settings that give AI restoration its best chance.
Cracks and creases in old photos range from reversible surface folds to permanent emulsion loss. This guide covers what physical flattening can and can't fix, and how AI digital restoration handles what physical methods leave behind.
Fire and smoke damage combines soot contamination, heat distortion, and water from firefighting — often all three at once. This guide covers physical stabilization, what professional conservation can address, and how AI restoration recovers the image.
Mold and mildew on photos destroy emulsion and paper permanently — but digital restoration can save the image even when the print is beyond physical repair. Here's the full process.
Photographs bond to glass frames over decades when moisture causes the gelatin emulsion to fuse to the surface. This guide covers how to assess the damage, safe separation techniques, and how to restore the image digitally.
Scratched photos range from surface-only marks to deep emulsion gouges. This guide covers how to assess the damage, what physical treatment can and can't do, and how AI digital restoration handles scratch removal.
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