Enlarge images with AI using your own API key: 2x and 4x upscaling powered by your Clipdrop account.
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Upscaling is processed by the Clipdrop API with your key and uses your Clipdrop credits.
Enlarging an image normally means stretching existing pixels, which turns crisp edges into soft mush. AI upscaling works differently: a neural network trained on millions of image pairs reconstructs plausible detail (sharper text edges, cleaner fabric texture, more convincing foliage) at the larger size. This tool sends your image to the Clipdrop upscaling API at 2x or 4x and returns the enlarged result, capped at 4096 by 4096 pixels, which is the maximum the API accepts.
This is a bring-your-own-key (BYOK) tool. Click "Use Your API Key" above and paste a Clipdrop API key from clipdrop.co. The key is kept in your browser's session storage for the current tab and is never written to our servers. Each upscale request is forwarded through our lightweight proxy to Clipdrop with your key attached, and it draws on your own Clipdrop credit balance; we do not add any markup. When your credits run low, top up or manage keys in your Clipdrop dashboard.
Choose 2x for everyday sharpening and prints, and 4x for small sources such as web thumbnails or old phone photos. If a 4x target would exceed the 4096 pixel cap, the tool warns you and clamps the output proportionally. For jobs that need different dimensions rather than more detail, pair it with the Image Resizer or the Background Remover.
Yes. Upscaling runs on the Clipdrop API, so you need a Clipdrop API key. Click "Use Your API Key" at the top of the page, choose Clipdrop, and paste your key from clipdrop.co. The key stays in session storage for this tab; see the BYOK tools page for how keys are handled across tools.
It uses your own Clipdrop credits. Every upscale request sent with your key is billed to your Clipdrop account at their published rate, the same as if you called the API yourself. We add no markup and cannot see or spend your credits.
Clipdrop accepts target dimensions up to 4096 by 4096 pixels. If your chosen factor would produce a larger image, the tool shows a warning and proportionally clamps the target to fit. Images that are already larger than the cap cannot be upscaled further. Resize them down first with the Image Resizer.
Start with 2x: it keeps artifacts low and covers most print and web needs. Reach for 4x when the source is genuinely small, such as a 400 pixel wide thumbnail or an old phone photo. Very aggressive upscaling of already detailed images can look plasticky rather than sharper.
JPG, PNG, and WebP files up to 15 MB. The upscaled result comes back as a PNG from the API, so it works well for screenshots, illustrations, and photos alike. If your file is larger than 15 MB, compress it first with the Image Compressor.