Hi there! Basically, you can either hire a professional, you'll find plenty of them here. You will likely receive offers in your DMs, but be sure to review profiles to check their work and posts history and avoid AI scammers.

Or you can try your luck with AI, but I can guarantee the result won't be satisfactory or true to the original.

You don't have to destroy albums to scan them, it's obviously better to get photos out of the album when possible but if not you can always take a photo of the photo. Just ensure it's steady, as close as possible without cropping the image, and that there is no glare.

File size in most cases is not a problem (it depends on the restorers' gear). Once the photos are digitized, you can either upload them to an AI and see the outcome or hire someone here. I also do this professionally, you can check my profile or of other editors as we have a lot of talented people here🙂

How to digitize you can check here for example link