AI Video Upscaler
Take a clip to 2K or 4K without re-shooting it. Useful on old footage, phone video, and the generated clips that come out below the resolution you have to deliver.
- Up to 4K output
- Works on generated and filmed footage
- Several upscaling models to compare
- Results land in your library
How to upscale a video
Upscaling is a finishing step. It goes at the end of the process, after the edit is locked — not at the start, where every later change would throw the work away.
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Upload the clip
Generated footage, an old file, or something shot on a phone. Start from the highest-quality version you have: upscaling a heavily compressed export enlarges the compression along with the picture.
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Choose a model and a target
Different upscalers favour different material — some are gentler on faces, others sharpen texture harder. Pick a target of 2K or 4K, and prefer the smallest jump that meets your delivery requirement.
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Compare before you commit the edit
Run one representative clip first and look at it at full size. Upscaling a whole sequence before checking the look on one shot is the expensive way to discover a model does not suit the material.
What upscaling can and cannot do
Recovers plausible detail
The model reconstructs texture and edges that the low-resolution frame implies. On faces, fabric, and foliage the difference at full size is substantial.
Cleans up soft footage
Slightly soft or noisy sources usually improve more than they enlarge, because the model treats the noise as something to resolve rather than magnify.
Meets delivery specs
Some platforms and clients require a resolution the generation model does not output. Upscaling is the practical bridge rather than a reason to change model.
Does not invent what was never there
Detail that the original frame does not imply — unreadable text, a face that is six pixels wide — is reconstructed as a guess. Treat it as enhancement, not evidence.
Does not fix compression damage
Blocking and banding get enlarged with everything else. Going back to a better source beats any amount of upscaling.
Costs by length and target
Longer clips and bigger targets cost more credits, which is another reason to upscale the final cut rather than every take.
When to reach for it
Finishing generated video
Bring a clip generated at the model's native size up to the resolution the channel or client expects.
Archive footage
Old family video, historic material, or early digital files brought to a size that survives a modern screen.
Phone video for big screens
Material shot on a handset that now has to run in a presentation or on a display wall.
Cropped shots
A punched-in crop that lost resolution in the process, restored to the timeline's delivery size.
Mixed sequences
A cut that mixes sources, brought to one resolution so the joins are not visible.
Stock and licensed clips
Material licensed at a lower resolution than the final delivery requires.
Where upscaling belongs in a workflow
Upscaling is the last thing you should do and one of the first things people try. The reason to put it last is that every operation after it — a colour pass, a crop, a re-encode for a platform — either undoes some of the benefit or costs more because the frames are now four times larger. Lock the edit, then upscale the delivered cut.
It is also worth being honest about what the model is doing. An upscaler is not recovering information that was recorded and lost; it is generating detail consistent with what remains. On texture, that produces genuinely better pictures. On anything that has to be accurate — a licence plate, a document, a face far from camera — it produces a confident invention, which is fine for a mood piece and unacceptable in anything evidential.
Source quality dominates the result. Two clips at the same resolution can upscale completely differently if one was exported at a high bitrate and the other squeezed through a messaging app. If you have any access to a better master, going back for it will beat every model choice available here.
Finally, test on the hardest shot rather than the prettiest. A wide, static, well-lit frame upscales well almost regardless of model; a dim handheld shot with motion blur is where the differences show. Choosing a model on the second kind of shot means the rest of the sequence is a safe bet.
Video upscaling FAQ
- How much can I upscale?
- Up to 4K, depending on the model and the source. The largest available target for your clip is shown before you submit.
- How long does it take?
- Longer than generating the clip did. Upscaling is per-frame work, so time scales with duration and target size; it runs in the background and lands in your library when it is done.
- Will it fix a blurry video?
- It will improve softness and noise. It will not recover something that was out of focus at capture — the information is not in the frames to begin with.
- Does it change the frame rate?
- No. Upscaling changes resolution only; frame rate and duration come out as they went in.
- Is it free?
- Yes, within your free credits. Cost scales with length and target resolution, and paid plans add more credits and watermark-free exports.
Where to go next
Upload one clip and see it at full size
Free credits on sign-up, several upscaling models to compare, and results that stay in your library.