# Unblur Face – AI Face Restoration Online | AI Image Tools Source page: https://www.aiimagetools.net/tools/ai-face-restoration > Unblur face AI: sharpen blurry, low-resolution or compressed faces in old and new photos while keeping every person's identity unchanged. Not a beautify filter. Plain-text version of this page for AI assistants and readers. Site overview: https://www.aiimagetools.net/llms.txt Prices and plan details change; the current ones are on https://www.aiimagetools.net/pricing --- - [Home](https://www.aiimagetools.net/) - [Tools](https://www.aiimagetools.net/tools) - Unblur Face # Unblur Face with AI Unblur a face in any photo: sharpen blurry, low-resolution or compressed faces while keeping the person exactly who they are. 3.7× — resolution recovered in our sample ~25s — typical time, FLUX.1 Kontext 5 — credits at the default model 10 MB — max upload ## Real results from Unblur Face A real result from this tool: a 233 × 320 portrait, soft enough that the eyes were a smudge, restored to 864 × 1152. The second pair is a 100% crop of the same region. After Before Drag to Compare Before & After The whole frame: 233 × 320 in, 864 × 1152 outAfter Before Drag to Compare Before & After Same region around the eyes — lashes, iris and brow hairs come back, and it is still the same face ## Will Unblur Face work on your photo? Match what is wrong with your image to what this tool can realistically do. Where it cannot help, the row says which tool can. ### A low-resolution face Good match The strongest case. Our sample went from 233 × 320 to 864 × 1152 with lashes, iris and brow hairs legible again, and it is still the same person. ### Compressed copies from chat apps Good match JPEG artifacts around the eyes and mouth are what the model removes first. ### A group photo Good match Every face in the frame is handled in one pass, and each person is kept as they are. ### A tiny face in a wide shot Partial improvement The fewer pixels the face occupies, the more the model has to invent. Crop to head and shoulders first, then upload. ### Scratches, creases or fading on the print Use another tool That is physical damage, not blur. Repair it first with [Photo Restoration](https://www.aiimagetools.net/tools/ai-photo-restoration) ## How to unblur a face with AI Unblur Face recovers facial detail lost to blur, low resolution or compression. It is a thin tool page — not Adobe Firefly, Fotor, Picsart or Krea — so the whole workflow is upload, run and check identity at full size. ### Crop so the face fills the frame A head-and-shoulders crop gives the model more pixels to reconstruct. Tiny faces in wide shots force more invention. ### Repair paper damage first on old prints Scratches and creases across a face confuse reconstruction. Run Photo Restoration, then Unblur Face. ### Compare identity, not just sharpness Zoom into the eyes and hairline. If it looks like a different person, rerun or switch model rather than downloading. ### Free preview credits and watermarked downloads Signing in gives you 10 credits. Free-plan downloads carry a small watermark; paid plans download clean. Nothing here invents a new face on purpose — identity preservation is the point. ## Why Unblur Face on AI Image Tools ### Detail back, identity intact The model recovers eyes, skin texture and hair lost to blur or compression, and is told not to beautify, slim, age or otherwise alter anyone. ### New photos as much as old ones Compressed downloads from chat apps, digital zoom, a shaky shot at a party: the same fix applies. ### Every face in the frame Group photos are handled in one pass; each person is kept as they are. ### Focused unblur, not a full editor Firefly, Fotor, Picsart and Krea bury face sharpening inside broader suites. This page is only Unblur Face: upload, run, compare at full size. Preview with signup credits; free-plan downloads carry a small watermark. ### Part of the restore workflow Run it after Photo Restoration for old prints, and before the Upscaler when you want a larger file. ## Every image model in one place Pick any of these from the Model menu above; the price is shown before you generate. Each name links to what that model is good at. [Compare every tier](https://www.aiimagetools.net/models). ### Z-Image Turbo Alibaba · cheapest and fastest, text-to-image only 1 credits per image ### Seedream 5 Pro · 1K ByteDance · same model as 2K at half the price 9 credits per image ### GPT Image 2.5 Flare · 2K OpenAI · same price as Sunburst, tuned for speed and volume 13 credits per image ### Qwen Image 3 · 2K Alibaba · strong at readable text inside the image 6 credits per image ### [Nano Banana](https://www.aiimagetools.net/nano-banana) Google Gemini 2.5 Flash · fastest, cheapest 5 credits per image ### [Nano Banana 2.1 · 1K](https://www.aiimagetools.net/nano-banana-2) Google · newest Nano Banana, sharper text, banner ratios 10 credits per image ### [Nano Banana 2.1 · 2K](https://www.aiimagetools.net/nano-banana-2) Google · same model at 2K 15 credits per image ### [Nano Banana 2.1 · 4K](https://www.aiimagetools.net/nano-banana-2) Google · for print or heavy cropping 23 credits per image ### [Ideogram V3 · Turbo](https://www.aiimagetools.net/ideogram) Ideogram · text inside the image, fastest tier 5 credits per image ### [Ideogram V3 · Balanced](https://www.aiimagetools.net/ideogram) Ideogram · text inside the image, posters and logos 9 credits per image ### [Ideogram V3 · Quality](https://www.aiimagetools.net/ideogram) Ideogram · text inside the image, highest detail 13 credits per image ### [FLUX.1 Kontext](https://www.aiimagetools.net/flux-kontext) Black Forest Labs · fastest, about 5s per image 5 credits per image ### [Seedream 5 Lite](https://www.aiimagetools.net/seedream) ByteDance · good at Chinese text and posters 7 credits per image ### [Seedream 5 Pro · 2K](https://www.aiimagetools.net/seedream) ByteDance · most photorealistic, highest detail 18 credits per image ### [GPT Image 2 · 2K](https://www.aiimagetools.net/gpt-image) OpenAI · good with text in images, half the price of 2.5 7 credits per image ### [GPT Image 2 · 4K](https://www.aiimagetools.net/gpt-image) OpenAI · for print or heavy cropping 10 credits per image ### [GPT Image 2.5 · 2K](https://www.aiimagetools.net/gpt-image) OpenAI · newest, better instruction following 13 credits per image ### [GPT Image 2.5 · 4K](https://www.aiimagetools.net/gpt-image) OpenAI · newest, highest resolution 20 credits per image ## Unblur Face specifications InputOne JPG, PNG, WebP or HEIC up to 10 MB FixesBlur, low resolution, JPEG artifacts, soft focus on faces Leaves aloneFeatures, age, expression, body shape, background ModelsFLUX.1 Kontext by default; Nano Banana, Nano Banana 2.1, Seedream 5 Lite / Pro, GPT Image 2 / 2.5 and Ideogram V3 selectable SizesSame as input, 1:1, 4:3, 3:4, 16:9 OutputPNG or JPEG depending on the model, saved to My Creations Cost5 to 20 credits per image, depending on the model TimeAbout 25 seconds with FLUX.1 Kontext; Seedream around 50 seconds, GPT Image about a minute Free plan10 credits on sign-in — 10 images on the default model; free downloads carry a small watermark ## How to use Unblur Face - Step 1 ### Upload the photo Crop to the people if the faces are tiny in a wide shot; the model has more pixels to work with. - Step 2 ### Keep the default model FLUX.1 Kontext is fast and conservative. Try Nano Banana if a face still looks soft. - Step 3 ### Compare at full size Zoom into the eyes and hairline before you download. If it looks like a different person, rerun rather than accept it. ## Get a better result A few choices before you upload change the output more than any setting on this page. ### Crop to head and shoulders A face that fills the frame gives the model the most to work with. This matters more than the size of the original file. ### Repair the paper first On an old print, scratches and creases across a face confuse the reconstruction. Restore, then sharpen. [Photo Restoration](https://www.aiimagetools.net/tools/ai-photo-restoration) ### Compare at full size before you download Zoom into the eyes and hairline. If it reads as a different person, run it again or switch model rather than accepting it. ## Pricing Every tool draws from one balance. 40% OFF No hidden fees • Cancel anytime • Unused credits roll over 16% OFF - Save $18.8 $8.3/month $9.9/month $100/year billed yearly 480images / year $0.21 per image on Nano Banana - [Included] 2,400 Credits renew yearly - [Included] Or 120 images in 4KGPT Image 2.5 · 4K - [Included] All 26 tools, one balance - [Included] All 18 models, including the 4K tiers - [Included] Download without watermark 20% OFF - Save $70.8 Popular $24.0/month $29.9/month $288/year billed yearly 1,920images / year $0.15 per image on Nano Banana - [Included] 9,600 Credits renew yearly - [Included] Or 480 images in 4KGPT Image 2.5 · 4K - [Included] All 26 tools, one balance - [Included] All 18 models, including the 4K tiers - [Included] Download without watermark 40% OFF - Save $238.8 $30.0/month $49.9/month $360/year billed yearly 4,320images / year $0.083 per image on Nano Banana - [Included] 21,600 Credits renew yearly - [Included] Or 1,080 images in 4KGPT Image 2.5 · 4K - [Included] All 26 tools, one balance - [Included] All 18 models, including the 4K tiers - [Included] Download without watermark Swipe to compare plans → ## Unblur Face: frequently asked questions ### ### Does it beautify or retouch? No. The instruction is to recover detail only. Skin texture, marks and asymmetry are kept because that is what makes the person recognizable. ### ### Does it work with several faces? Yes, all faces in the photo are treated in one run. ### ### How small can a face be? The bigger the better. Crop to the head and shoulders first if the face is a small part of a wide photo. ### ### How is this different from Photo Restoration? Photo Restoration repairs physical damage on scans: scratches, tears, fading. Unblur Face targets blur and compression on faces in otherwise intact photos. Old prints often need both, in that order. ### ### Can I unblur a face for free? Signing in gives you 10 credits. One unblur on the default model costs 5 credits, so that is 2 faces before you pay. Free-plan downloads carry a small watermark. ### ### Which model should I pick? Start with FLUX.1 Kontext: it is the fastest for edits and costs 5 credits. Nano Banana follows instructions very closely but can take a few minutes when busy. GPT Image 2.5 and Seedream 5 Pro give the most detail at 13 to 20 credits. ### ### What happens if a generation fails? You are only charged when an image comes back. If the model fails or times out, nothing is deducted and you can simply run it again. ### ### What happens to my photos? Your upload is sent to the model provider only to produce the result. The result is stored in your My Creations gallery on our own storage, and you can delete it there at any time. ## Sharpen the face, keep the person Upload at the top of the page and compare the result at full size. Try Unblur Face now [See pricing](https://www.aiimagetools.net/pricing) ## Related tools More from Restore & Enhance, then the rest of the toolkit. - [Photo Restoration — Fix scratches, tears and fading on old photos — Restore & Enhance](https://www.aiimagetools.net/tools/ai-photo-restoration) - [Image Enhancer — Clean up noise and recover detail — Restore & Enhance](https://www.aiimagetools.net/tools/ai-image-enhancer) - [Image Upscaler — Double the resolution without going soft — Restore & Enhance](https://www.aiimagetools.net/tools/ai-image-upscaler) - [Christmas Photo — Turn any photo into a festive holiday portrait — Photo Effects](https://www.aiimagetools.net/photo-effects/ai-christmas-photo-generator) - [Baby Generator — See what your future baby could look like — Photo Effects](https://www.aiimagetools.net/photo-effects/ai-baby-generator) - [Caricature — Turn a photo into a fun exaggerated caricature — Photo Effects](https://www.aiimagetools.net/photo-effects/ai-caricature-generator) [See all tools](https://www.aiimagetools.net/tools)