Upscale a Photo Without Losing Quality

AI boosts resolution 2-4x and restores sharpness. Processing runs locally on our own hardware, your photos never go to the cloud.

Upscale a photo without losing quality

AI upscaling runs locally on our own hardware. It restores sharpness to blurry shots and raises the resolution of small sources. Output is a JPG.

    Scale
    Mode
    Processing your photo...
    Done!
    result

      A harder case? Manual retouching

      AI handles most photos, but on heavily damaged shots a human hand delivers a result no model can match. The gdefoto team restores photos from €2 per shot.

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      When upscaling helps

      • A small product shot at 600×800, but the marketplace wants at least 1500×2000
      • An old photo from a point-and-shoot or an early iPhone
      • A screenshot of a document or screen you need to print
      • A low-resolution archive photo
      • A crop from a wide shot that lost its detail

      Modes and scales

      Universal

      A heavy model, works best on product, portrait and landscape shots. Processing takes 3-15 seconds depending on size. Use it by default.

      Fast

      A lightweight model, 5-7x faster. Great for screenshots, diagrams and simple images. On complex textures (fur, fabrics) it falls short of Universal.

      x2 vs x4

      x2 doubles the resolution and is usually enough. x4 is for very small sources or large-format printing. On 4000+ pixels x4 will not run (output limit is 8000 pixels).

      How to use it

      1. Drag a photo into the upload area
      2. Choose a scale (x2 by default) and a mode
      3. Click Upscale
      4. In 2-15 seconds get the result as a JPG

      FAQ

      Does AI invent detail that was not there?

      In a sense, yes. The model is trained on low-to-high resolution pairs and predicts what the detail should look like. These are not real pixels but a plausible reconstruction. For catalog print and web it is enough. For forensics it is not suitable.

      Can I upscale a face or text?

      For faces, photo restoration works better, where the AI is tuned for facial detail. For text, results vary: crisp printed text is fine, handwriting or tiny fonts may smear.

      What are the size limits?

      Input: up to 25 MB, up to 2000 pixels on the long side. If your photo is larger, it is automatically downscaled before processing. Output: up to 8000×8000.

      Is there a daily photo limit?

      10 photos per minute and 60 photos per day per IP. If you need more, message us in chat.

      What is the output format?

      JPG at 92% quality. If you need PNG or TIFF, re-save it in the format you need after downloading.

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      If AI could not handle your case (very heavy blur, a destroyed source), leave a request and we will restore it by hand with a pro retoucher.

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