Write a restoration brief for a damaged photo Prompts
Describes the visible damage and what must stay unchanged as a clear restoration brief, without inventing faces or details.
- Area
- Creative & media
- Level
- Beginner
- Good for
- Prepare a damaged family photo for retouching
- Separate what must be kept from the damage on an archive photo
- Hand a brief to an image editor without guessing
How it works
- Describe the photo and the visible damage as you see them, or paste a plain list of the damage.
- Say what must be preserved, such as faces, lettering, colours or the edge of the frame.
- Cut any guess about people, places or years that is not visible in the picture.
To copy
Write a restoration brief for my damaged photo. Do not invent faces, people, lettering, objects or backgrounds that are not visible in the picture. Do not identify anyone and do not give a forensic or medical assessment. What is visible (subject, crop, approximate date only if I state it): [paste description] Visible damage: [tears, stains, faded areas, missing corners, scratches — only what I name or clearly describe] What must stay unchanged: [faces, hands, lettering, colours, frame edge, other instructions] What I explicitly do not want (optional): [paste instructions] Brief format: [short for a person / detailed for a tool] Check and write: 1. Existing content: list only what actually appears in my description. 2. Damage: describe the location and type of each defect, without inventing the cause. 3. Preservation: write clear do-not-change rules for faces, lettering and any other elements I named. 4. Unclear areas: where a part is missing or unreadable, mark it as unclear and suggest leaving it empty or soft, rather than reconstructing it. 5. Brief: write instructions another person or an image tool can follow without guessing. Output: - short brief in sections: existing content, damage, preservation, unclear areas, instructions - list of things that must not be invented - follow-up questions where my details are not enough Rules: no names, no identification, no beautifying beyond what is visible. No years or places I did not state.