MyHeritage's Deep Nostalgia™, in just over a week since its release, has exploded in popularity and has become an internet sensation. Over 10 million faces have been animated so far, and a few thousand photos are being animated every minute. Deep Nostalgia is creating massive interest in genealogy, especially among the younger generations.

I've been having a lot of fun with it. Maybe too much fun. In my first post about it I showed my great-grandmother's still image and how Deep Nostalgia animated it. Reactions have been fascinating.

When my aunt saw the animation of her grandfather, she replied that she had tears and asked if I would do the same thing for her grandmother. So Aunt Teri, here you go.

My Great-Grandmother:

And my Great-Grandfather:

My Animated Pedigree Chart

So I thought I'd have some fun and create a basic pedigree chart, but instead of still images for my ancestors' pictures, I'd try using the MyHeritage-created animated videos in their place. Watch it here:

I admit, I had a little (a lot) of fun doing this. 

Read more about Deep Nostalgia here. Or visit here to begin animating your photos. But be careful, it becomes addictive. But we're genealogists, we're used to that, right?

Just when I thought MyHeritage had done it all with photo enhancement, they've now done something I've never dreamed of. With their brand new "deep nostalgia" technology, we can now see our ancestors faces - animated. My great-grandmother's photograph started out as blurry black and white. Now it's in full-color AND animated. Watch:

Here is the original photograph:

Try it today at https://www.myheritage.com/deep-nostalgia. 

Pretty cool to be part of the MyHeritage family!

The recording of today's webinar by Keren Dotan, "Bringing Your Family Photos to Life on MyHeritage" is now available to view at www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com for free for a limited time.

Webinar Description

If you could not make it to the live event or just want to watch it again, the 1 hour 23 minute recording of "Bringing Your Family Photos to Life on MyHeritage" is now available to view in our webinar library for free for a limited time. If you have a webinar membership, it is available anytime.

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• On-demand access to the entire webinar archives (now 1,446 classes of genealogy education)
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The recording of today's webinar by Ran Snir, "Introducing Genetic Groups" is now available to view at www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com for free.

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If you could not make it to the live event or just want to watch it again, the 1 hour 23 minute recording of "Introducing Genetic Groups" is now available to view in our webinar library for free. If you have a webinar membership, it is available anytime.

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• On-demand access to the entire webinar archives (now 1,430 classes of genealogy education)
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• Chance for a members-only door prize during each live webinar
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They've done it again! In addition to colorizing black/white photos and enhancing photos, MyHeritage now restores the colors in a faded photograph - with just a click.

I tried this just now on a few photographs and I am very impressed with the results. Best of all, MyHeritage leaves the original photo intact so I can always revert to it if desired.

Here is my family's photograph. I think I was a senior in high school when this was taken. I uploaded it to my MyHeritage photo album and clicked the brand new Restore Colors button. Remarkable results! Can you guess which one is me?

Here's my great-grandfather at the controls of his Union Pacific engine, before and after color restoration.

And of course, I had to try this out with my favorite ancestor's photograph. This time it detected the original as a black and white, so it didn't have the Restore Colors button, but I did use first the Enhance button and then the Colorize button. What more can I say? It's fantastic!

To learn more about MyHeritage's Color Restoration, read the blog article here. Or try it here. Let me know in the comments below how it goes for you.

The recording of today's webinar by Masha Novak, "Photo Features on the MyHeritage Mobile App" is now available to view at www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com for free for a limited time.

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If you could not make it to the live event or just want to watch it again, the 1 hour 10 minute recording of "Photo Features on the MyHeritage Mobile App" is now available to view in our webinar library for free for a limited time. If you have a webinar membership, it is available anytime.

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The recording of today's webinar by Sharon Monson, "Find a Boatload of Passenger Lists on MyHeritage" is now available to view at www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com for free.

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If you could not make it to the live event or just want to watch it again, the 1 hour 20 minute recording of "Find a Boatload of Passenger Lists on MyHeritage" is now available to view in our webinar library for free. If you have a webinar membership, it is available anytime.

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The recording of today's webinar by Anne Young, "Finding New Cousins and Building your Family Tree with DNA" is now available to view at www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com for free.

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If you could not make it to the live event or just want to watch it again, the 1 hour 8 minute recording of "Finding New Cousins and Building your Family Tree with DNA" is now available to view in our webinar library for free. If you have a webinar membership, it is available anytime.

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• On-demand access to the entire webinar archives (now 1,359 classes of genealogy education)
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• Access to all future recordings for the duration of their membership
• Chance for a members-only door prize during each live webinar
• Access to register for bonus members-only webinars
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Got a black and white photo? Have a blurry mug shot? Now's your chance to have these photographs enhanced and colorized. MyHeritage's new technology is now unlocked and free for anyone to use from August 11 through September 10, 2020. From my personal experience, it is incredible! Give it a try for free. Below is the announcement written by MyHeritage.

Starting today we’re unlocking both our popular photo tools — MyHeritage Photo Enhancer and MyHeritage In Color™ — for a whole month, until September 10, 2020. Normally, these features can be used by non-subscribers on up to 10 photos each, while users with a Complete plan enjoy unlimited use. But now, for a whole month, anyone can enhance and colorize as many photos as they’d like for free!

This continues our tradition of giving back to the community. With so many people currently confined to their home and doing their best to stay safe and healthy — we’re giving everyone a fun way to pass the time and enjoy genealogy!

Using these tools, you can get to know your ancestors in a whole new way. Your old, faded, black and white family photos will come to life, in full color and sharp focus — making them look almost as though they were taken yesterday.

This is my great-grandmother before and after using the new Photo Enhancer tool at MyHeritage. Stunning, isn't it?

Enough said. But if you want to know more about it, read the article here.

Visit https://www.myheritage.com/photo-enhancer and upload one of your photographs. It's free to use for your first 10 photographs. If you have a Complete subscription at MyHeritage then you have unlimited access to it.