5 Easy-to-Use Tools to Repair, Enhance and Animate Your Old Photos on MyHeritage

In this engaging MyHeritage webinar, genealogy expert Rick Crume demonstrates how cutting-edge photo tools can breathe new life into treasured family images. From repairing creased and faded photos to animating ancestors’ faces, these features open new possibilities for preserving and sharing family history. For genealogists, these tools are more than just digital enhancements—they’re powerful aids that can make historical photos clearer, more vibrant, and easier to connect with living relatives.

Key Takeaways:

• Restore and Revive: Tools such as Photo Repair and Colorize can remove scratches, restore faded colors, and sharpen blurry images, making old photographs look strikingly fresh while preserving their historical integrity.

• Animate and Personalize: Features like Deep Nostalgia, LiveMemory, and Deep Story transform still photos into lifelike animations or narrated videos, offering new and creative ways to engage family members with genealogical research.

• Organize and Identify: Free tools like PhotoDater and Photo Tagger use AI to estimate photo dates and automatically recognize faces across collections, saving time and helping identify unknown individuals in historic images.

This webinar highlights not only how to use the tools but also why they matter—helping genealogists turn fragile family keepsakes into dynamic, shareable stories. With options available on the MyHeritage website, the mobile app, and the Reimagine app, there are flexible ways to integrate these features into your research workflow.

To gain the full benefit of these demonstrations—including live examples, practical tips, and deeper insights into subscription options—view the complete webinar. It provides step-by-step guidance that can help you immediately start enhancing and organizing your family photo collection.

Finally, be sure to explore the additional resources included in the webinar syllabus. These materials expand on the presentation and offer further strategies for making your family photos—and your genealogy research—more meaningful and impactful.