What is LikeXiu Photos
LikeXiu Photos is based onLikeXiu MVIt is an old photo restoration tool built on generative technology, supporting both the web and WeChat Mini Program. Unlike traditional computer vision tools, LikeXiu Photos uses generative AI to understand facial expressions, and can restore yellowed, faded, damaged, and blurry old photos with intelligent colorization, strictly preserving the original image proportions. LikeXiu Photos can make photos move and sing, and even string multiple photos into a nostalgic MV with camera movements and transitions.
Main Features of LikeXiu Photos
- AI Old Photo Restoration: Uses generative AI to restore yellowed, faded, damaged, and blurry old photos while preserving the person's features after restoration.
- Intelligent Colorization: Automatically colorizes black-and-white old photos, restoring realistic skin tones and scene colors.
- Original Image Proportion Preservation: Strictly preserves the original composition proportions before and after restoration; landscape images are not forcibly cropped to portrait; tilted photos from rephotographing come with built-in four-point perspective correction.
- Lasso Local Retouching: Lasso unsatisfactory areas for separate AI restoration while the rest remains untouched; supports undo and retry until satisfied.
- Make Photos Move: Add actions such as "smile" and "hug" to static portraits, generating short videos of a few seconds, with multi-engine scheduling behind the scenes ensuring stable output.
- Make Photos Sing: Make the person in the photo sing; the system automatically extracts the song's chorus climax and supports selecting segments line by line according to lyrics; AI can also look at the image and write lyrics to customize an exclusive song for the photo.
- Nostalgic MV Generation: Strings multiple photos into a complete MV with slow camera movements, crossfade transitions, and burned-in lyric subtitles.
- Multi-Platform Interconnection: Supports the web at likexiu.dubmic.com and the WeChat Mini Program "LikeXiu Photos"; credits are interoperable with "LikeXiu MV", and results can be shared to WeChat with one click.
How to Use LikeXiu Photos
- Upload Photos: Visit the LikeXiu Photos official website https://likexiu.dubmic.com/ or search for the Mini Program "LikeXiu Photos" in WeChat, drag old photos into the upload area or click to select; supports JPG / PNG / HEIC formats and allows selecting multiple photos at once.
- Choose a Restoration Feature: The system automatically performs AI restoration and colorization on the photos; if you are unsatisfied with a local area, you can lasso a specific region for separate retouching.
- Generate Dynamic and Musical Content: Choose "Move" to add actions such as "smile" and "hug" to photos and generate short videos, or choose "Sing" to make the person in the photo sing; supports selecting segments line by line according to lyrics or letting AI look at the image and write lyrics to customize an exclusive song.
- Create a Nostalgic MV: Upload multiple photos; the system automatically adds slow camera movements, crossfade transitions, and burns in lyric subtitles to string them into a complete nostalgic MV.
- Share Results: After restoration or generation is complete, share to WeChat with one click.
Core Advantages of LikeXiu Photos
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Generative AI Foundation: Does not rely on traditional interpolation and sharpening; can understand eyebrows, eyes, and expressions, so the restored result still looks like the person.
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The Iron Rule of Original Image Proportions: Strictly preserves the original composition before and after restoration; landscape images are not forcibly cropped to portrait; tilted rephotographed images come with built-in four-point perspective correction.
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Hair-Strand-Level Portrait Processing: Rather be conservative than retouch into a beautiful stranger; portrait details are precise down to individual strands of hair.
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Select an area for local retouching: After selecting an unsatisfactory area, repair it separately while the rest stays untouched; supports undo and retry.
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MV-level dynamic capabilities: The ability to make photos move, open their mouths and sing, and string them into an MV is directly reused, instantly delivering professional MV video technology.
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Zero-barrier sharing: Share results with one click; scan the WeChat Mini Program QR code to access directly, so elders can view without installing an App.
Comparison with similar competitors of 立刻修相片
| Dimension | 立刻修相片 | MyHeritage |
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| Product positioning | Focuses on old photo restoration and emotional expression, bringing professional MV technology down to family scenarios | Started as a genealogy platform; photo restoration is merely one part of its family history service chain |
| Underlying technology | Generative AI that understands facial expressions and the relationships between brows and eyes, reusing 「立刻 MV」 professional video technology | DeOldify deep learning restoration and colorization + D-ID pre-recorded driven animation technology |
| Restoration precision | After restoration, the person's features are preserved, expressions are natural; rather be conservative than retouch into a stranger | Photo enhancement results are acceptable, but handling of severely damaged or blurry photos is limited |
| Original image ratio | Strictly maintains the original image ratio, does not force-crop horizontal images; tilted re-photographed images come with four-point perspective correction | No clear ratio protection mechanism; the restoration process may change the composition |
| Local adjustment | Supports selecting an area for local retouching: change only where you modify, while the rest stays unchanged | No local selection function; only whole-image processing |
| Dynamic effects | Supports actions such as 「smile」 and 「hug」, and can be strung into a memory MV with camera movement and transitions | Deep Nostalgia only supports 10-15 second preset expression animations (blinking, smiling, shaking the head), and cannot customize actions |
| Music features | Supports photos opening their mouths to sing, allows selecting segments line by line according to lyrics, and AI writes lyrics from the image to customize songs | Reimagine supports adding narration, but has no singing function |
| Usage barrier | Web + WeChat Mini Program, one-click sharing; elders can scan the code to access directly without installing an App | Requires account registration; functions are scattered across the website and multiple Apps (MyHeritage / Reimagine), and it is not friendly enough for domestic users |
Application scenarios of 立刻修相片
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Family old photo restoration: Children restore yellowed and faded old group photos for their parents or grandparents, recovering family memories.
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Re-photographed photo correction: Upload an old photo pressed under glass taken at an angle with a phone; it automatically corrects perspective and restores clarity.
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Commemorative video production: At an elder's birthday or family gathering, turn multiple photos into a moving memory MV for playback.
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AI custom songs: Write a song specifically for a precious old photo, letting the person in the photo "sing".
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Social sharing and spreading: After restoration, share to the family WeChat group with one click, letting relatives relive old times together with zero barrier.
