Appreciation post: The difference in my old photo restoration gig

Back in 2018, fixing a single damaged family photo meant hours of manual cloning in Photoshop. Now, with the new AI tools, I can clean up a whole album in an afternoon. Anyone else using these for client work and finding it changes your pricing model?

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bennett.nora3d agoMost Upvoted

Totally get what you mean about the time difference. My own photo restoration work went from being a huge project to something much more manageable. It forced me to switch from charging by the hour to a flat rate per photo, which clients seem to prefer anyway. The key is explaining the value is still in your trained eye to fix what the AI misses. Honestly, it just makes the job less tedious so you can take on more volume.

richard_anderson3d agoMost Upvoted

Used to worry AI would kill the whole photo fix game, honestly. But reading what @bennett.nora said about it just handling the boring bits, like color matching and scratch removal, really clicked for me. Now I see it as just another tool, like a better clone stamp. It eats up the grunt work so I can actually focus on the hard parts, like rebuilding a missing ear or getting the light in someone's eyes just right. Lets me do better work, faster.