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Directional Relighting & Ambient Warmth
Analyzes primary light direction (windows, lamps, outdoor sun) in your base scene and relights your loved one's face and clothing to match identical color temperature and shadow falloff.
// Memorial Keepsakes //
Respectfully add a deceased loved one to an existing family photo
Honor their memory by bringing them into a cherished moment. Upload your existing family or wedding photo and one clear solo reference portrait—our AI carefully harmonizes lighting, scale, perspective, and shadows.
2 credits per portrait runNo recurring subscription requiredPrivate account storageZero general model training
// Professional spatial harmonization //
Realistic Memorial Harmonization, Not a Cut-and-Paste Sticker
Seamlessly adding a late family member to an existing scene requires spatial calculation. Rather than a flat cutout, BringBack analyzes room geometry, ambient light, eye-lines, and contact shadows so they look naturally present.
Harmonized result
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Proportional Scale & Eye-Line Depth
Measures 3D spatial depth of the room and surrounding relatives. Sizes and angles the person so they sit or stand at true physical scale rather than appearing oversized or floating.
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Natural Contact Shadows & Grounding
Generates realistic contact shadows beneath seating, onto sofa fabric, or across adjoining shoulders and floors, firmly rooting them in the physical environment.
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Strict Facial Likeness Preservation
Protects natural facial geometry, bone structure, and characteristic smile from synthetic hallucination, ensuring immediate, emotional recognition by family members.
// Photo selection //
Source Photo Guidelines: Getting the Best Memorial Result
AI harmonization relies directly on the visual quality of your inputs. Following these photo selection principles prevents awkward results and delivers a natural portrait.
Recommended photo guidelines
Practices that yield natural, high-likeness portraits
Upload a clear, front-facing reference photo
Photos where eyes, facial structure, and smile are crisp and unobstructed yield the strongest, most authentic likeness.
Match posture and eye level where possible
If the base scene shows people sitting on a sofa, a seated or mid-torso reference photo integrates far more naturally than a standing full-body shot.
Restore damaged or faded photos first
If your only photo of your loved one is torn, faded, or in vintage black & white, run it through our Old Photo Restoration tool first before inserting it into a modern color photo.
Provide natural room in the base scene
Choose an existing group photo with open space—an empty chair, sofa cushion, or natural standing gap between relatives.
What to avoid
Common photo traps that compromise the final result
Don't upload a group photo as the reference
The reference photo must feature exactly one person. If other people are present, crop the image tightly around your loved one before uploading.
Avoid sunglasses, heavy shadows, or strong filters
Accessories covering the eyes or intense social media beauty filters obscure facial landmarks and reduce likeness accuracy.
Don't use extreme conflicting camera angles
A reference portrait taken from a severe bird's-eye overhead angle will look disorienting when placed into an eye-level group shot.
Don't rely on tiny, pixelated crops
A 100-pixel crop enlarged from a distant party snapshot lacks sufficient facial detail for a high-definition, printable keepsake.
Thinking about Christmas?
If you're thinking about Christmas, we've written a gentler guide for that time of year.
// How it works //
How to Add a Deceased Loved One to a Photo
Upload the existing family, wedding, or group photo as the base scene, then one clear solo photo of your loved one. Choose where they should stand or sit, and BringBack matches their scale, lighting, color, and shadows to the scene. Review the likeness in your private dashboard before downloading. Each run uses 2 credits.
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Upload Existing Photo & Solo Portrait
Select your existing family or wedding photo as the base scene, and upload exactly one clear, solo reference photo of your loved one.
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Position & AI Harmonization
Choose where they should be placed. Our AI harmonizes perspective, scale, lighting direction, and shadows to naturally integrate them.
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Review & High-Res Download
Review the composite in your private dashboard. If you're happy with the likeness, download your high-resolution keepsake.
Watch a real run, start to finish.
Recorded on BringBack with a real photo and real credits. Nothing is staged. Only the wait is sped up, and the video says so while it happens.
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Real run
// Why it matters //
A Deeply Meaningful Tribute
Honoring a loved one is more than just editing a photo. It's about preserving their presence in your family's story.
A gift for the days that miss them most
Weddings, milestone anniversaries, and holidays are when an absence is felt hardest. A portrait with everyone together gives the family something to treasure.
Restore damaged photos first
If your only photo of a loved one is damaged, torn, or faded, run it through our Old Photo Restoration tool first. Starting with a clear face yields a far stronger likeness.
Dignified, Natural Results
We avoid the cut-and-paste look. The AI calculates realistic depth, contact shadows, and color tones for a respectful tribute.
// Security & privacy //
Your privacy is non-negotiable.
Generated media stays in your account until you delete it. We do not use your family photos to train general-purpose AI models.
You control media
Results remain available in My Media so you can download later. Delete anytime.
Secure processing
Uploads are transmitted over HTTPS and processed only to deliver the feature you request. See our Privacy Policy for processors.
No public model training
We do not use your private family photos to train general-purpose AI models for public release.
// Pricing //
Pay once. No monthly subscription.
Restoring a photo costs 1 credit, a family portrait 2, an animation 10. Credits never expire.
Restoration Starter
One-time payment$4.99one-time
Low-risk way to restore a few important photos. Not enough credits for animation.
- Up to 4 photo restorations
- OR up to 2 studio family portraits
- OR up to 2 add/remove person edits
- Does not include animation
- High-resolution master downloads
- 30-day money-back guarantee
4 credits$1.25 each
Restores up to 4 photos. Credits never expire.
Value Pack
Most Popular$9.99one-time
Enough credits for restorations plus animation or family reunions.
- Up to 20 photo restorations
- OR up to 2 photo animations
- OR up to 10 studio family portraits
- OR up to 10 add/remove person edits
- Full animation & reunion unlock
- 30-day money-back guarantee
20 credits$0.50 each
Best value for photo restoration + realistic animation.
Family Pack
Best Value$21.99one-time
For whole albums and multi-person projects.
- Up to 60 photo restorations
- OR up to 6 photo animations
- OR up to 30 studio family portraits
- OR up to 30 add/remove person edits
- Lowest price per credit
- 30-day money-back guarantee
60 credits$0.37 each
Best value for whole albums and multi-person projects.
Not sure it will work on your photos? Watch it work first.
Before you buy: family portraits and Add Person work for up to 8 people in total. In bigger groups AI distorts faces, so they aren't a good fit for large group photos.
30-day money-back guarantee · Credits never expire · No subscription
// FAQ //
Common questions.
Everything you need to know about the product and billing.
If your existing base photo is in color, we recommend restoring or colorizing the vintage black-and-white portrait first using our restoration tools for the best color match. If both photos are black and white, BringBack automatically harmonizes contrast, tones, and film grain.
BringBack preserves facial structure from your reference photo, but compositing is an AI interpretation rather than an original photograph. Likeness is strongest from a clear, front-facing source. Compare the result carefully against your original in your private dashboard before printing or sharing.
No. BringBack has no free tier or free trial. Each run uses 2 credits, and the smallest pack is $4.99 for 4 credits, which covers 2 attempts. Credits are a one-time purchase that never expires, there is no subscription, and purchases are covered by a 30-day money-back guarantee.
You don't need to install one. BringBack runs in the browser on iPhone, Android, and desktop: open it in Safari or Chrome, pick both photos from your camera roll, and save the finished image back to your phone. Nothing to download, and nothing keeps billing you afterwards.
We strongly recommend restoring damaged, scratched, or blurry photos first with our Old Photo Restoration tool. Providing a clear reference image gives the AI the best possible facial details to preserve identity.
Our AI analyzes the depth and perspective of the existing scene to size the person proportionally. You can also specify placement instructions (such as standing next to the bride or seated on a sofa).
The Add Person tool accepts exactly one reference photo containing one person per run. To add multiple relatives to an existing photo, run the tool sequentially. If you want to create an entirely new group portrait from multiple separate pictures, use our AI Family Portrait tool instead.
Yes. The AI analyzes the direction and color temperature of the light in your base photo and adjusts the reference subject to match, adding realistic highlights and contact shadows.
We process uploads to deliver the feature you requested (restore, animate, reunite, etc.). Generated media is stored in your account so you can download it later; you can delete media anytime from My Media. Third-party processors (hosting, payments, AI inference) handle data only as needed to run the service. See our Privacy Policy for processors and retention details.
If you simply want to add an absent relative, friend, or coworker who missed a group shot or wedding, head over to our main Add Person to Photo tool.