# Bringing the Past to Life: Restoring a Faded Memory of Love Lost to Look Like It Was Captured Yesterday

**URL:** <https://community.topazlabs.com/t/bringing-the-past-to-life-restoring-a-faded-memory-of-love-lost-to-look-like-it-was-captured-yesterday/82546>\
**Category:** People and Animals\
**Created:** [November 25, 2024, 5:09am UTC](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/bringing-the-past-to-life-restoring-a-faded-memory-of-love-lost-to-look-like-it-was-captured-yesterday/82546 "2024-11-25T05:09:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![liran.brook](https://community.topazlabs.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/ba9def/32.png) [@liran.brook](https://community.topazlabs.com/u/liran.brook)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2024, 5:09am UTC](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/bringing-the-past-to-life-restoring-a-faded-memory-of-love-lost-to-look-like-it-was-captured-yesterday/82546/1 "2024-11-25T05:09:50Z")

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![463390519_1727891694665750_6703871910876619235_n](https://community-cdn.topazlabs.com/original/3X/e/0/e0374636d21aedab18fe551e9e646bc49720e9eb.jpeg)  
 ![fds 3-2](https://community-cdn.topazlabs.com/original/3X/0/2/027e2ba4f7d62386611e689d99ca42cdf97c042f.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![esther.huynh](https://community.topazlabs.com/user_avatar/community.topazlabs.com/esther.huynh/32/211052_2.png) [@esther.huynh](https://community.topazlabs.com/u/esther.huynh)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2025, 4:52pm UTC](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/bringing-the-past-to-life-restoring-a-faded-memory-of-love-lost-to-look-like-it-was-captured-yesterday/82546/2 "2025-09-24T16:52:52Z")

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very cool - can you share your settings? did you use Gigapixel to restore this entire image or a series of applications?

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**Author:** ![liran.brook](https://community.topazlabs.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/ba9def/32.png) [@liran.brook](https://community.topazlabs.com/u/liran.brook)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 7:20pm UTC](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/bringing-the-past-to-life-restoring-a-faded-memory-of-love-lost-to-look-like-it-was-captured-yesterday/82546/3 "2025-09-25T19:20:31Z")

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I have used redefine mode In Gigapixel, and a bit of photoshop to restore color, cropping the image properly and some touches to defects between different versions of the exports. The problem with redefine in 2024 was that is distorted the face, so I have used another more subtle upscale mode specifically to the face and combined it with photoshop later.  
I belive today, Redefine Realistic would to a great job.

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**Author:** ![esther.huynh](https://community.topazlabs.com/user_avatar/community.topazlabs.com/esther.huynh/32/211052_2.png) [@esther.huynh](https://community.topazlabs.com/u/esther.huynh)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 7:42pm UTC](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/bringing-the-past-to-life-restoring-a-faded-memory-of-love-lost-to-look-like-it-was-captured-yesterday/82546/4 "2025-09-25T19:42:22Z")

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thank you for sharing!

i’d be curious to see how this same image does with Redefine-realistic as you mentioned.

If you ever decide to explore that, please feel free to share your results! Both good and bad =)