Preserve what time tried to take
Every scratch, tear, and water stain on a family photo or historical image is a piece of history fading. Peelaway's AI reverses the damage — restoring faces, scenes, and moments that decades of wear nearly erased.
Undo decades of damage
From individual family photos to large-scale archive digitization — every type of physical photo damage, handled.
Scratch & crease repair
Decades of handling leave marks. The AI traces each scratch and crease and reconstructs the image underneath — restoring faces, clothing, and backgrounds naturally.
Tear & physical damage restoration
Torn edges, missing corners, and fold damage. The AI fills damaged areas using the context of the surrounding image, not generic texture patterns.
Water & stain damage repair
Water rings, mold stains, coffee marks, and chemical damage. The AI understands what the undamaged image should look like and works to recover it.
Dust & foxing removal
Scanning captures every dust particle and age spot. The AI removes them across the entire frame while preserving the original photo grain and tone.
Faded area recovery
Sun-bleached sections, chemical fading, and uneven aging. The AI restores tone and detail to faded regions, guided by the surrounding intact areas.
Batch digitization support
Archives processing hundreds of scans can use the API for automated restoration. Submit, poll, download — the same quality at any scale.
Restoration that respects the original
Most AI 'restoration' tools run the entire image through a generative model, subtly changing faces, adding modern-looking details, and losing the authentic character of the original photograph.
Peelaway uses instruction-based editing that only touches damaged areas. The AI understands what a scratch is versus what a facial feature is, what water damage looks like versus what the photo's natural grain looks like. The result is a restored photo that's still authentically that photo — just without the damage.
The AI treats damaged photos as degraded originals and works to undo the degradation. It doesn't invent new content — it recovers what was there.
Instruction-based editing keeps faces, handwriting, and fine details intact. The AI only modifies areas with actual damage.
Process high-resolution scans (600+ DPI) at native resolution. No downscaling, no quality compromise.
Original file metadata is carried through to the output. Your archive catalog stays organized.