AI Image Upscaler — Upscale Images to 4K
Turn small, soft or compressed pictures into crisp 2K and 4K images. The AI rebuilds the detail a normal resize can't — eyelashes, skin texture, fabric, lettering — while the face and the scene stay exactly as they were.
Image type
Output size
3 credits per image
New accounts get 3 free credits — exactly enough for your first generation.
Results made with the free sign-up credits carry a watermark. Any credit purchase removes it from new results.
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Close-up crops of the same image before and after one pass: original on the left, upscaled result on the right. No manual retouching.
- Before
- Out of focus: eyes and wrinkles melt together, and the hat shows no texture.
- After
- Eyes, wrinkles and moustache are sharp, and the hat’s felt texture is back.
A blurry face, sharp again
Out-of-focus portraits are the hardest case for a normal resize: it only makes the blur bigger. The upscaler restores the eyes, the fine wrinkles and the felt of the hat — and it is still the same man.
- Before
- Noise and colour blocks cover the faces; the suit and tie blur together.
- After
- Faces and hair are clear, lapels and tie stripes are distinct, and the photo’s age marks remain.
Old family photos at print size
Small scans of old prints lose everything that made them personal. Upscaling brings back the expressions and the fabric of the clothes without inventing new faces, so the photo is ready to print or frame.
- Before
- Too low-res, with blocky compression; hair and microphone turn to mush.
- After
- Hair strands, skin and the microphone mesh are clear, and the blocks are gone.
Low-resolution portraits for profiles and print
A 360-pixel headshot becomes a sharp high-resolution portrait with natural hair strands and skin, ready for a profile, a slide or a printed badge.
- Before
- Soft lines, fuzzy edges and muddy colour areas.
- After
- Crisp, clean lines, flat colour areas and well-defined features.
Anime and illustrations with clean lines
Anime mode keeps flat colour flat and lines crisp — no painted-on texture, no halo around the edges. Ideal for wallpapers and fan art.
- Before
- Small text is fuzzy and speckled; icon and headline edges are jagged.
- After
- Small text is sharp and readable; the badge outline, icon and headline edges are clean.
Posters and graphics with readable text
Small text and logos stay legible and correctly shaped after upscaling, so screenshots, posters and social graphics can be reused at a larger size.
What is an AI image upscaler?
A normal resize stretches the pixels you already have, so a small image just becomes a big blurry image. An AI image upscaler predicts the detail that should be there — the texture of skin, the strands of hair, the edges of letters — and draws it in at the higher resolution. Here is what it fixes:
Low resolution
Take a 500-pixel image to 2K or 4K for printing, wallpapers, slides or product pages.
Blur and soft focus
Slightly out-of-focus or shaky shots get their edges and fine detail back.
Compression artefacts
Blocky JPEG noise from messaging apps and screenshots is cleaned up instead of enlarged.
Faces that stay the same
The photo mode restores faces without swapping them for a generic AI face.
Clean anime lines
A dedicated anime mode for illustrations keeps lines sharp and colour areas flat.
Readable text
Lettering in posters and screenshots stays sharp and correctly shaped.
How to upscale an image with AI
Three steps, no software to install:
Upload your image
Drop, paste or choose a JPG, PNG or WebP up to 10 MB.
Choose type and size
Pick Photo or Anime & art, then 2K or 4K. The final pixel size is shown before you start.
Download the HD image
Most images are ready in 15–60 seconds. Drag the slider to compare, then download.
Who uses an AI image upscaler
Anyone who has the right picture at the wrong size.
Online sellers
Supplier photos are often tiny. Upscale them to meet marketplace size rules and show detail on zoom.
Printing and framing
Print a phone photo or an old scan at poster size without visible pixels.
Families restoring memories
Make small scans of old prints large and sharp enough to share and frame.
Designers and creators
Reuse low-resolution assets, AI images and screenshots in high-resolution layouts and videos.
Anime fans
Turn small anime screenshots and fan art into 4K wallpapers.
AI Image Upscaler — FAQ
More questions? Email support@imagesv2.ai.
It uses an AI restoration model trained on pairs of low- and high-quality images. Instead of stretching pixels, it predicts the missing detail and renders the image again at the higher resolution, so edges, textures and text come out sharp.
Choose 2K (1440 pixels on the short side) or 4K (2160 pixels on the short side). The exact output size is shown before you start. Very small images are enlarged up to 6× (4× in anime mode).
The photo mode is built to keep identity: it sharpens eyes, skin and hair without replacing the face. Extremely tiny or heavily damaged faces have less information to work with, so check the result with the slider before you use it.
Photo is for anything shot with a camera: people, products, pets, landscapes and old photos. Anime & art is for illustrations, anime, cartoons and line art; it keeps lines clean and colour areas flat.
Yes, for soft focus, slight motion blur and compression blur. If a photo is so blurred that the subject can't be recognised at all, no upscaler can bring back the original detail.
New users get free credits on sign-up. A 2K upscale uses 10 credits and a 4K upscale uses 20. If an upscale fails, the credits are refunded automatically. Your first upscale costs just 3 credits.
Results made with the free sign-up credits carry a watermark. After any credit purchase, new results are delivered without a watermark.
Your uploads and results are stored in your account so you can download them again, and they are not published anywhere unless you choose to share them.
Upscale your image to 4K
Free credits for new users. Upload an image, pick 2K or 4K, and download the sharp version in seconds.