How it works

Select. Colorize. Done.

Revive runs as a Google Workspace add-on. From the moment you install it, it's an icon in Drive's right-side panel — no separate app to keep track of, no upload screen. Here's the full flow.

The full flow

Seven steps, no uploads.

Everything happens inside Drive. Your files never leave Google's infrastructure.

Step 01

Install once from the Workspace Marketplace

Domain admins can install Revive for the entire workspace, or any user can install it for themselves. After approving the consent screen, Revive shows up in your Drive's Open with menu and on the right-side panel.

Step 02

Open a Drive folder of black-and-white photos

Any folder. Anywhere in your Drive — My Drive, Shared Drives, Shared with Me. Revive walks the folder and any sub-folders to find images.

Step 03

Pick files in Drive — the panel updates live

Click a black-and-white photo. Click a folder. Or hold Cmd/Ctrl and multi-select. The Revive side panel mirrors your selection in real time: file count, total size, thumbnail strip.

Step 04

Click Colorize

Revive shows the cost (1 image per photo) and your current balance, then queues the job. Images are reserved at job start and only counted when a photo successfully colorizes — failed ones don't count, so you never pay for what you don't get.

Step 05

Watch progress in the Tasks dashboard

Every job — past and present — lives in the Tasks dashboard. File count, total size, completion bar, status, and per-task details. You can leave Drive, come back tomorrow, or hand off to someone else on your team. The job keeps running.

Step 06

Colorized files land back in Drive

Each colorized image is saved alongside its original, named filename-color.jpg. Sub-folder structure is preserved. Originals are never modified. If you don't like a result, delete it — the original is still right there.

Step 07

Track usage, top up

The Usage report shows every job — credits, debits, reservations, and refunds — with a link back to the task that consumed each image. When you run out, top up in any of four sizes (from 100 up to 2,000 images), with custom volume pricing available — image credits never expire.

Where your photos live

It works right inside your Drive.

Files never leave Drive

Revive uses Google's Drive APIs to read and write files in place. There's no S3 bucket on our side, no "upload your photos to colorize" step. Your photos stay inside your Workspace.

Folder-aware

Point at a folder and Revive walks the folder and any sub-folders to find images. Sub-folder structure is preserved in the output.

Reserved, then counted

Images are reserved at job start and only counted when a photo successfully colorizes. Failed ones don't count — failures auto-refund.

Step 03 · The side panel

Your selection, mirrored live.

The Revive panel — 5 selected images, total size, and a single Colorize action.

5 files · 8.6 MB

Selected images

family-portrait-1962.jpg

summer-trip-roll-04.jpg

wedding-day-frame-07.jpg

grandparents-anniv.jpg

kitchen-table-1955.jpg

Colorize 5 images · 997 left · Buy more

A selected black-and-white portrait A selected black-and-white still life
Step 05 · Tasks dashboard

Every job, audited.

The Tasks dashboard. Eight jobs, all done, with full audit trail and per-job details. View and manage your colorization jobs.

FilesSizeCompletionStatusWhen
1 file735 KB100%Done2 hr ago
2 files1.3 MB100%Done3 hr ago
1 file2.7 MB100%Doneyesterday
1 file735 KB100%Doneyesterday
1 file554 KB100%Done2 days ago
2 files2.6 MB100%Done2 days ago
Step 07 · Usage report

Every image, accounted for.

Usage report — every transaction tied back to the task that spent it. My image usage.

Available
997
Used
8
Total
1,005

Transaction history

Your image credits, debits, and reservations.

DateTypeAmountDescriptionBalance
Tue, May 5 · 11:40 AMDebit−1Used 1 image for task (0 refunded)997
Tue, May 5 · 11:39 AMReserve−1Reserved 1 image for task Colorize · 5/5997
Sat, May 2 · 9:10 PMDebit−2Used 2 images for task (0 refunded)998
Sat, May 2 · 9:10 PMReserve−2Reserved 2 images for task Colorize · 5/3998
Sat, Apr 25 · 9:48 PMDebit−1Used 1 image for task (0 refunded)1,000

That's the whole product.

No separate app, no upload step, no manual review queue. Pick your files, click Colorize, walk away.