# AI Photo Enhancer – Sharpen & Denoise Any Image | AI Image Tools Source page: https://www.aiimagetools.net/tools/ai-image-enhancer > Clean up noise and compression artifacts and recover fine detail in soft photos. The output is a sharper, larger image ready to download. Plain-text version of this page for AI assistants and readers. Site overview: https://www.aiimagetools.net/llms.txt Prices and plan details change; the current ones are on https://www.aiimagetools.net/pricing --- - [Home](https://www.aiimagetools.net/) - [Tools](https://www.aiimagetools.net/tools) - Image Enhancer # AI Image Enhancer Clean up noise and compression, recover detail and get a sharper, larger file back in about three seconds. 2× — output resolution, measured 2–3s — typical time 2 — credits per image 10 MB — max upload ## What it recovers, at 100% The difference lives in the detail, so this is a crop of the same patch rather than the whole photo. The left comes from a 640 px, heavily compressed source; the right from the 1280 px output. After Before Drag to Compare Before & After Nori, sesame and the bowl pattern: mush on the left, edges on the right ## Will Image Enhancer work on your photo? Match what is wrong with your image to what this tool can realistically do. Where it cannot help, the row says which tool can. ### Compression artifacts and noise Good match The core case. On our sample a heavily compressed 640 px photo came back at 1280 px with the nori texture, sesame seeds and bowl pattern legible again. ### Slightly soft or gently out of focus Partial improvement Mild softness firms up. The engine sharpens and upsamples what is already recorded; it does not invent detail the lens never resolved. ### Heavy motion blur or severe defocus Use another tool This is a deterministic sharpener, not a reconstruction model. A smeared subject stays smeared, and no tool on this site will fix it honestly. ### A blurry face specifically Use another tool This engine treats the whole frame equally and does not know where the face is. Use [Unblur Face](https://www.aiimagetools.net/tools/ai-face-restoration) ### You want to change what is in the photo Use another tool Nothing is generated here — existing pixels are cleaned and enlarged. To change content, use [Image to Image](https://www.aiimagetools.net/tools/image-to-image) ## What an AI photo enhancer fixes, and what it leaves alone "Enhance" means different things to different people. This AI photo enhancer does one job well: it removes noise and compression damage and recovers fine detail, returning the image at twice the size. It does not relight or recolour the photo. ### Noise from low light Indoor and evening phone shots come out speckled because the sensor was pushed. The enhancer smooths the speckle while keeping edges, so skin and walls look clean without turning to plastic. ### Compression from chat apps and screenshots Photos sent through messaging apps or saved from social media are recompressed every time, leaving blocky patches and halos around edges. Run the earliest copy you can find; the enhancer cleans what is left. ### Mild softness A slightly missed focus or a small, soft image sharpens up noticeably. A badly out-of-focus or motion-blurred shot does not: no photo enhancer can recover detail that was never captured. ### Not a colour or exposure editor Brightness, white balance and colour stay as they are. To brighten a dark photo or change its mood, describe the change in Image to Image instead. ### Faces get sharpened, not rebuilt Existing pixels are cleaned and upsampled; nothing is generated. If a face is too blurry to read, use Unblur Face first, which redraws facial detail, then enhance the result. ## Why Image Enhancer on AI Image Tools ### No prompt, no reinterpretation This is a deterministic enhancer, not a generative model. The same photo gives the same result and nothing in it is reimagined. ### Cheap enough to run on everything Two credits and about three seconds per image. Run it on a whole shoot before you pick the keepers. ### Sharper, not plastic Grain and texture survive; it removes compression mush and softness rather than smoothing everything into wax. ### Pairs with restoration Use it as the last step after Photo Restoration or Unblur Face to clean up and enlarge the final image. ## Image Enhancer specifications InputOne JPG, PNG, WebP or HEIC up to 10 MB EngineRecraft crisp upscale OutputWebP at 2× the input dimensions, saved to My Creations — measured: 640 × 640 in, 1280 × 1280 out SettingsNone; upload and run Cost2 credits per image Time2 to 3 seconds Free plan10 credits on sign-in — 10 images on the default model ## How to use Image Enhancer - Step 1 ### Upload the photo Soft, noisy or heavily compressed images benefit most. Already-sharp photos will only get bigger. - Step 2 ### Enhance There are no settings to choose. Click Create and the result appears in a few seconds. - Step 3 ### Download or continue Grab the WebP, or send it to another tool: remove the background, restyle it, or put it into Image to Image. ## Get a better result A few choices before you upload change the output more than any setting on this page. ### Upload the original, not a screenshot Every re-save adds compression that the engine then has to undo. A screenshot of a photo is two generations of loss away from the file you actually have. ### Fix faces first Enhancement is even-handed across the frame. If the problem is specifically a face, deal with that before cleaning up the rest. [Unblur Face](https://www.aiimagetools.net/tools/ai-face-restoration) ### Judge it at full size The whole point is detail, and detail is invisible in a thumbnail. Open the download at 100% before you decide whether it worked. ## Pricing Every tool draws from one balance. 40% OFF No hidden fees • Cancel anytime • Unused credits roll over 16% OFF - Save $18.8 $8.3/month $9.9/month $100/year billed yearly 480images / year $0.21 per image on Nano Banana - [Included] 2,400 Credits renew yearly - [Included] Or 120 images in 4KGPT Image 2.5 · 4K - [Included] All 26 tools, one balance - [Included] All 18 models, including the 4K tiers - [Included] Download without watermark 20% OFF - Save $70.8 Popular $24.0/month $29.9/month $288/year billed yearly 1,920images / year $0.15 per image on Nano Banana - [Included] 9,600 Credits renew yearly - [Included] Or 480 images in 4KGPT Image 2.5 · 4K - [Included] All 26 tools, one balance - [Included] All 18 models, including the 4K tiers - [Included] Download without watermark 40% OFF - Save $238.8 $30.0/month $49.9/month $360/year billed yearly 4,320images / year $0.083 per image on Nano Banana - [Included] 21,600 Credits renew yearly - [Included] Or 1,080 images in 4KGPT Image 2.5 · 4K - [Included] All 26 tools, one balance - [Included] All 18 models, including the 4K tiers - [Included] Download without watermark Swipe to compare plans → ## Image Enhancer: frequently asked questions ### ### What is the difference from the Image Upscaler? They run the same engine. This page is for photos that need cleaning up; the upscaler page is for photos that need to be bigger. Either way you get a cleaner image at twice the size. ### ### Can it fix motion blur? Mild softness and focus misses, yes. Heavy motion blur or a badly out-of-focus shot cannot be recovered truthfully by any tool. ### ### Why is the output WebP? It is what the engine returns and it keeps the file small at double resolution. Any image editor or browser opens it; convert to JPG or PNG if a client insists. ### ### Does it change faces? No. Nothing is generated or replaced; existing pixels are sharpened and upsampled. ### ### Is the AI photo enhancer free? Each run costs 2 credits, so the 10 credits you get at sign-in cover 5 photos. Enhancer results are not watermarked, on the free plan too. ### ### What happens if a generation fails? You are only charged when an image comes back. If the model fails or times out, nothing is deducted and you can simply run it again. ### ### What happens to my photos? Your upload is sent to the model provider only to produce the result. The result is stored in your My Creations gallery on our own storage, and you can delete it there at any time. ## Clean it up in three seconds Two credits per image. Upload at the top of the page. Try Image Enhancer now [See pricing](https://www.aiimagetools.net/pricing) ## Related tools More from Restore & Enhance, then the rest of the toolkit. - [Photo Restoration — Fix scratches, tears and fading on old photos — Restore & Enhance](https://www.aiimagetools.net/tools/ai-photo-restoration) - [Unblur Face — Sharpen blurry faces in old or low-res shots — Restore & Enhance](https://www.aiimagetools.net/tools/ai-face-restoration) - [Image Upscaler — Double the resolution without going soft — Restore & Enhance](https://www.aiimagetools.net/tools/ai-image-upscaler) - [Christmas Photo — Turn any photo into a festive holiday portrait — Photo Effects](https://www.aiimagetools.net/photo-effects/ai-christmas-photo-generator) - [Baby Generator — See what your future baby could look like — Photo Effects](https://www.aiimagetools.net/photo-effects/ai-baby-generator) - [Caricature — Turn a photo into a fun exaggerated caricature — Photo Effects](https://www.aiimagetools.net/photo-effects/ai-caricature-generator) [See all tools](https://www.aiimagetools.net/tools)