3 tools to bring old black and white photos to life

Last updated on 14 January 2022

How to inject some life into historical photos. Here are three tools that will allow you to surprise your students or friends by bringing old photos back to life through the magic of digital and artificial intelligence .

You can also use them to have fun with old family photos or divert them to revisit works of art, for example. Don’t forget to send me the 😉 result

Deep Nostalgia. And suddenly your old photos come to life

We have heard a lot about it and it is true that the result is striking. Deep Nostalgia is an online service that makes it possible to animate an old photo by giving a little movement to a still image. The application uses artificial intelligence to bring an old photo to life. The use is extremely simple. You just have to upload a photo to the site and a few seconds later you get its animated version. Either we love it or we hate it. It's up to you.

Note that you do not have to do the test with personal photos. Deep Nostalgia also works very well with paintings as long as they are portraits.

 

To use the tool, which is free of charge, an email address must be provided. You can opt for a disposable address for protect yourself from spam.

Image Colorizer. Coloring a black and white photo

If you are an expert in professional software like Photoshop switching to color an old black and white image is not overly complicated. If this is not the case, you can turn to online applications that allow you to coloring black and white photos online with just a few mouse clicks.

Image Colorizer is one of those online tools that uses artificial intelligence to allow you to colour old photos in black and white. It is a fully automatic process that only takes a few seconds. You deposit your black and white photo and immediately Image Colorizer recomposes it in colors. Bluffing.

Hotpot. Restore old photos easily

Before our smartphones, before our digital cameras, photos were printed on paper. If you have old photo albums in a closet, they are probably home to old family photos that deserve digital shelter. A scanner or a good mobile app on your smartphone (like Photomyne ) will allow you to turn them into digital files. If you have images scratched or damaged by time you can try the Hotpot website.

No need to register, just upload your image and immediately you can retrieve a new version automatically improved by the software. Practical.