How do you restore old or damaged video footage?

On Higgsfield: Remove flicker from old and archival clips with Video Deflicker, before or after upscaling.

Without Higgsfield: Upscale for resolution or image quality and use Seedance 2.5 Edit for targeted cleanup, recolouring or relighting, both when a clip needs it.

Axis: upscale for resolution only ... a video edit model for cleanup and recolouring

Answers by date: 2 records in 2 sources, newest first; the answers above are the current ones. The advice did not change in these records.

date	who	answer	source
2026-09-03	Higgsfield	To restore old video on Higgsfield, its blog advises Video Upscale for resolution or image quality and Seedance 2.5 Edit for targeted cleanup, recolouring or relighting, using both when a clip needs it.	AI Video Restoration: How to Enhance and Restore Old Footage to High Quality
2026-10-22	Higgsfield	Higgsfield advises removing flicker from old and archival clips with Video Deflicker, before or after upscaling.	AI Video Upscaler