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# Restoration

Explore a variety of presets to quickly apply different styles and looks to your photos in Luminar for Desktop.

The **Restoration** tool helps restore old or damaged photos by recovering faded colors and removing visible scratches and imperfections. Choose a restoration mode depending on what your photo needs, then process the image with a single click.

### How to Use

Select **Restoration** from the right-side panel, then choose one of the available modes:

* **Full.** Restores faded colors and removes visible scratches and damage. This is the default mode.
* **Color.** Restores or adds color to faded and black-and-white photos.
* **Scratches.** Removes visible scratches and damage while preserving the photo’s original colors and tones.
* Once you’ve selected a mode, click **Restore** to process the photo. Processing takes place online and may take a few moments to complete.
* When processing is complete, the restored result is saved as a **new photo** and adds **\_Restored** to its name. The original photo remains unchanged.

{% hint style="warning" %}
**Internet connection** is required for processing.
{% endhint %}

### When to Use

Restoration is ideal for old, faded, scratched, or damaged photos. Use **Full** for an overall restoration, **Color** when the main goal is restoring color, or **Scratches** when you want to repair visible damage while preserving the original tones.


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