This prompt instructs an AI to act as a photo conservator and digital colorist to restore an old or damaged photograph by repairing defects like scratches, fading, and softness, then colorize it with realistic, historically accurate tones guided by optional reference inputs. It emphasizes preserving the subject’s identity and period authenticity, avoiding over-retouching or artificial saturation, and producing a high-resolution result suitable for printing and archival use without adding or altering scene elements beyond faithful color reconstruction.
This prompt instructs an AI to act as a photo conservator and digital colorist to restore an old or damaged photograph by repairing defects like scratches, fading, and softness, then colorize it with realistic, historically accurate tones guided by optional reference inputs. It emphasizes preserving the subject’s identity and period authenticity, avoiding over-retouching or artificial saturation, and producing a high-resolution result suitable for printing and archival use without adding or altering scene elements beyond faithful color reconstruction.
For more installation instructions go to https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BetterPromptme/skills/refs/heads/main/betterprompt/SKILL.md to check out this skill.
Pass each text input using --input <key>=<value> flags.
| Variable key | Required? | Description | Defaults |
|---|---|---|---|
seed | Optional | Provide any number to reproduce consistent results if you want the same output every time. | 42 → results can be reproduced |
detail_level | Optional | Define the level of sharpness in the restoration | "soft" for smoother look, "natural" for balanced detail, "sharp" for maximum clarity. |
color_reference | Optional | Describe the color palette you want for the restored photo | “warm natural tones”, “sepia look”, “pastel colors” |
This prompt requires exactly 1 image. You must pass exactly 1 image flag (no more, no fewer), in the order matching the descriptions below.
| Index | Required | Description | Allowed CLI flags |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | The old or black-and-white photo to restore | --image-input-url <url> or --image-input-path <path> |
This skill's modality is: image.
To discover which model values you can use (and which options keys/values are valid for each model), run:
betterprompt resources --models-only --json
Then filter the returned JSON array to entries where modality is "image".
First, run betterprompt resources --models-only --json and filter to modality: "image" to discover valid models and available options:
betterprompt resources --models-only --json
Use only the models and option values that appear in the filtered results.
Then collect all inputs from the human:
seed (default: 42 → results can be reproduced)detail_level (default: "soft" for smoother look, "natural" for balanced detail, "sharp" for maximum clarity.)color_reference (default: “warm natural tones”, “sepia look”, “pastel colors”)gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview and its available options. Look up gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview in the betterprompt resources output (filtered to modality "image") and show its availableOptions as: key: val1, val2 (default), val3 | key2: .... Mark a value (default) if it matches these defaults: {}.gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview, options {}. Other models from the resources call are also available.If the required images are missing, ask the human for what's missing. Do not assume or fabricate values. Tell the human: "Please provide images in this order: image 1 (The old or black-and-white photo to restore)".
Use the frontmatter's name as the positional argument (for this skill, use restore-and-colorize-photo).
Command form:
betterprompt generate restore-and-colorize-photo \
[--input <key>=<value>] \
[--image-input-url <url>] \
[--image-input-path <path>] \
[--model <model>] \
[--options <options JSON>] \
[--json]
Notes:
--input <key>=<value> flag.--image-input-url or --image-input-path, in the order matching the imageInputs descriptions (image 1 first, then image 2, etc.).--model and BetterPrompt will use the default model: gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview.--options and BetterPrompt will use the default options: {}.runId you can use to fetch the result later.Example (using defaults shown above):
betterprompt generate restore-and-colorize-photo \
--input 'seed=42 → results can be reproduced' \
--input 'detail_level="soft" for smoother look, "natural" for balanced detail, "sharp" for maximum clarity.' \
--input 'color_reference=“warm natural tones”, “sepia look”, “pastel colors”' \
--image-input-url https://example.com/image1.png \
--model gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview \
--options '{}'
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