Blurry old photo: sharpen it, and the faces above all

Missed focus, a shaky hand, a worn print: on a slightly blurry photo, Souvenotte doubles the size while cleaning up light blur, then rebuilds each face it detects separately. Heavy blur does not vanish entirely, and a very soft face is partly reinvented, so compare carefully before you pay.

The Minibon team · Updated on 27 October 2026 · Translation to review

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How to digitise a blurry photo

• Don't add new blur

  Lay the print flat and keep the phone parallel and steady. The tool handles light old blur, but fresh camera shake just stacks on top of it.

• Move closer, don't zoom

  Fill the screen with the photo. Digital zoom on a phone adds softness rather than detail.

• Scanner: decent resolution

  For a small print, 600 dpi is a common setting. See what resolution to scan at.

Steps for a blurry photo

1. 1. Digitise Flat, steady, no glare: zoom in on screen to check the capture itself is sharp.
2. 2. Upload JPG, PNG or WebP, up to 25 MB. A few seconds per photo.
3. 3. Check the faces Drag the before/after slider and look at the eyes and mouth: is it still them?
4. 4. Keep it Happy with it? HD without watermark for €1.99. If not, you pay nothing.

Blurry photos: what the tool does well, and what it misses

• Good at: faces Each detected face is cropped, rebuilt on its own and blended back in with a soft edge.
• Good at: light blur A mild lack of sharpness is cleaned up during the ×2 enlargement.
• Worth knowing: tiny or turned faces A face smaller than about 24 pixels, or turned well away, may not be detected: it is enlarged but not rebuilt.
• Worth knowing: rebuilt, not revealed On a very soft face, features are partly reinvented because the detail is no longer in the original. See does AI change faces?.