Upscale
Hosted Real-ESRGAN upscale, 2× or 4×. Sharper edges, better fine detail than the in-browser variant — and faster on large inputs since the GPU does the heavy lifting. Uses 3 credits per run.
About Upscale
Upscale enlarges an image 2x or 4x using a hosted Real-ESRGAN model, reconstructing sharp edges and fine detail instead of just stretching pixels. Reach for it when a logo, product shot, or old photo is too small to use at the size you need. Because the upscaling runs on a GPU server, large inputs finish faster than a browser could manage, and each run costs 3 credits.
- Category
- edit
- Input
- Accepts: image/jpeg, image/png or image/webp.
- Output
- Outputs: image/png.
- Cost
- Credit-metered
- Memory
- low
Common uses
- Blow up a 400px product thumbnail to a crisp 1600px hero image for a landing page
- Rescue a low-resolution logo handed off by a client so it holds up in print
- Enlarge a cropped section of a photo without it turning into a blurry mush
- Prepare small social-media avatars for use on a high-DPI retina display
- Restore detail in an old scanned family photo before reprinting it larger
- Upsize AI-generated art from 512px to a usable 2048px for posters
Frequently asked questions
What image formats can I upscale?
JPEG, PNG, and WebP. The result comes back as a PNG so the upscaled detail isn't re-degraded by lossy compression.
How is this different from a plain resize?
A normal resize just interpolates between existing pixels, so enlarging always looks soft. Real-ESRGAN is a trained model that reconstructs plausible edges and texture, giving genuinely sharper results.
Does my image get uploaded?
Yes. This is a Pro tool: the image is sent to a hosted GPU to run Real-ESRGAN, unlike the free in-browser tools that never leave your device. It is processed for the upscale and not retained.
Should I pick 2x or 4x?
Use 2x when the source is already reasonable and you just need more pixels; use 4x for very small inputs. 4x produces a much larger file and can over-smooth photos that were already sharp.
What does it cost?
3 credits per run. The free tier has no in-browser upscaler at this quality, so this is the route when you need clean enlargement.
Keywords
- upscale
- enhance
- real-esrgan
- resolution
- pro