# Crisp Image Upscale

> Image to Image

- Canonical page: https://artifio.ai/models/recraft-crisp-upscale
- Run it: https://artifio.ai/create/recraft-crisp-upscale
- Modality: image editing
- Model brand: Recraft
- Pricing: from about $0.003 per generation (exact cost shown in the workspace before you confirm; varies with selected options)
- Typical generation time: ~20s (catalogue estimate)
- Full pricing table: https://artifio.ai/pricing/models

## About Crisp Image Upscale

Crisp Upscale is a resolution utility from Recraft, the design-focused AI company behind the Recraft image model line. Instead of stretching pixels, it reconstructs the image while enlarging it: Recraft's documentation describes recovering texture, sharpening edges, and cleaning up compression artifacts on the way to roughly 4K output, taking a typical 1000 px web image to about 4000 px on its long edge. Recraft Studio pairs it with a second option, Creative Upscale, and users pick between the two based on image type and the result they want.

On Artifio the model sits in the same workspace as 100+ generation and editing models, each run paid individually from one wallet.

## Features

- Upscales images to around 4K, roughly 4000 px on the long edge from a typical 1000 px input
- Cleans compression artifacts and sharpens edges while enlarging, rather than interpolating pixels
- Accepts JPG, PNG, and WebP inputs, capped at 5 MB in Recraft's web tool
- Exports as PNG, JPG, TIFF, or PDF, with 300 DPI CMYK output for print workflows
- Supports batch processing of multiple images in one pass
- One of two Recraft upscalers, beside the reinterpretation-oriented Creative Upscale

## What people use it for

- Preparing hero banners and e-commerce product shots at marketplace resolution requirements
- Making AI-generated images print-ready for large-format output
- Restoring usable resolution from old photos, low-res screenshots, and scanned artwork
- Bulk-enlarging a folder of catalog images in a single batch

## Reported strengths

- Faithful to the source: Recraft describes the tool as enhancing what the image already contains rather than repainting it
- A concrete print path, with 300 DPI CMYK export documented by Recraft
- One-click operation with no parameters to tune
- Handles the common raster formats designers actually receive

## Reported limitations

- Output tops out around 4K; Recraft itself recommends vectorization when unlimited scalability is required
- The web tool caps uploads at 5 MB, which excludes many full-resolution photographs
- Because it enhances rather than invents detail, heavily degraded sources stay visibly limited after upscaling

## Sources

1. Free AI Image Upscaler Online (Recraft): https://www.recraft.ai/image-upscaler
2. AI Image Upscaler: Transform Low-Res Photos in Seconds (Recraft): https://www.recraft.ai/blog/ai-upscaling-photos-how-to-transform-images-with-high-quality-enhancement

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