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Recraft Crisp Upscale

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Recraft Crisp Upscale enhances textures, fine details, and facial features to add depth beyond simple resolution boosts. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

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If enabled, the output will be encoded into a BASE64 string instead of a URL. This property is only available through the API.

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Your request will cost $0.004 per run.

For $1 you can run this model approximately 250 times.

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Recraft Crisp Upscale – Image Restoration and Super-Resolution

Recraft Crisp Upscale is an AI-powered enhancer from Recraft that turns low-resolution, noisy, or aged photos into sharper, cleaner, high-resolution images. It is especially strong on portraits and fine details, making it ideal for photo restoration, profile pictures, product images, and social media visuals.

Why it stands out

  • Crisp detail recovery Sharpens edges, textures, and facial features so eyes, hair, and fabric folds look clean and well-defined.

  • Noise and artifact reduction Smooths grain, JPEG blocks, and minor motion blur while preserving structure and character identity.

  • Natural, photo-friendly look Enhances clarity without plastic skin or over-sharpening, keeping the original mood and style of the image.

  • Drop-in enhancement step Works as a final polish in your pipeline: restore old scans, then pass the result straight to design tools, websites, or print.

  • Flexible delivery Returns a standard image URL by default, or base64-encoded data when you enable base64 output via API.

Limits and performance

  • Input: single image (portrait, product photo, scan, or other)
  • Output: enhanced, higher-quality version of the same image (same composition and framing)
  • Typical processing time: a few seconds per image, depending on size and queue load
  • Best for: portraits and real-world photos; heavily stylised art may benefit but is not the primary target

The model focuses on restoration and super-resolution; it does not change content or composition beyond subtle aesthetic enhancement.

Pricing

Simple per-image billing:

  • $0.004 per processed image

Pro tips for best quality

  • Use the highest-quality version of your original image; less compression and higher resolution give the model more to work with.
  • For very old or heavily damaged scans, consider basic dust or scratch removal before running Crisp Upscale.
  • Use it as the last step after colour correction or light retouching to maximise overall clarity and perceived resolution.