Upscale Video to 4K From 1080p or 2K

Keep the shot. Improve visible detail.

Use the AI Video Upscaler when the shot, timing, and movement already work but the source file is too small for its final screen or crop. Upload one existing clip, then choose 1080p, 2K, or 4K output. The AI Video Upscaler enlarges the same frames and strengthens visible edges, texture, and local clarity without generating a different performance, changing the edit, or asking you to recreate the shot.

  • Upload one existing clip
  • Choose 1080p, 2K, or 4K
  • Improve visible edges and texture
  • Preserve the original shot
Same skateboard video frame shown pixelated on the left and sharp on the right

Run the AI Video Upscaler

Upload the best available source and select 1080p, 2K, or 4K. The Video Upscaler preserves the existing shot while increasing its delivery resolution.

Use the AI Video Upscaler When the Edit Works but the File Is Too Small

Keep the timing, camera move, and composition you already approved.

A useful clip can still look too soft inside a large landing-page player, client presentation, campaign export, or tight vertical crop. The AI Video Upscaler is a finishing path for footage you have already approved: it keeps the timing, composition, subject, and camera movement while increasing the output resolution. Start with the cleanest source available because video upscaling can strengthen plausible edges and texture, but it cannot guarantee recovery of information that heavy compression, blur, or a tiny source never recorded.

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A finishing pass

Use the Video Upscaler to Move a Clip to the Resolution You Need

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Upload the cleanest source video

Give the AI Video Upscaler the best available export rather than a screen recording, messaging-app copy, or repeatedly compressed download when possible. More usable source information gives the finishing pass stronger edges and texture to work with.

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Choose 1080p, 2K, or 4K

Match the Video Upscaler tier to the final player, screen, crop, or delivery requirement. Choose 1080p for lighter finishing, 2K for additional working room, or 4K when the approved clip needs its largest supported output.

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Upscale the existing frames

The AI Video Upscaler enlarges each frame and strengthens visible contours, texture, and local clarity while retaining the original sequence. It is not a new video generation pass and should not replace the action or edit.

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Inspect detail while the clip moves

Review hair, facial contours, text, foliage, architecture, fast edges, gradients, and compressed shadows across the complete upscaled video. A sharp still does not prove that moving detail remains stable throughout the result.

What changes

What the AI Video Upscaler Changes—and What It Keeps

The subject and camera stay fixed, so the resolution difference is easy to inspect.

Use the Video Upscaler for faces and fabric

The AI Video Upscaler increases the presentation resolution of the existing frame so facial contours, clothing seams, hair, and nearby textures can read more clearly at a larger size. The performance and camera stay the same. Inspect natural skin, eyes, and repeating fabric patterns for over-sharpening rather than assuming every added edge is real source detail.

Detailed cinematic portrait frame highlighting clearer facial contours and fabric texture after upscaling

Upscale wide video scenes for larger players

Wide establishing shots contain many small edges: buildings, foliage, street texture, signs, vehicles, and distant subjects. Use the AI Video Upscaler when those elements need to hold together in a larger player, then review moving branches, thin lines, and compressed backgrounds for flicker or unstable detail.

Wide urban establishing frame with crisp building edges, street detail, and distant signs

Choose the right Video Upscaler output tier

The current Video Upscaler offers 1080p, 2K, and 4K. Match the tier to the actual destination instead of automatically choosing the largest file: 1080p suits many web placements, 2K leaves more working room, and 4K fits large delivery or crop-heavy reuse. Each tier has a different per-second credit rate.

One cinematic frame prepared as coordinated 1080p, 2K, and 4K delivery crops

Upscale video before making a tighter crop

Run the AI Video Upscaler before turning a landscape source into a vertical social cut or close crop. The higher-resolution result gives the reframed version more usable pixels around the selected subject. Upscaling cannot restore content outside the original frame, but it can make the pixels inside the new crop more suitable for delivery.

Landscape fashion video frame successfully reframed into a sharp vertical social-video crop

Use cases

Where the AI Video Upscaler Makes an Existing Clip More Useful

Landing-page video

Use the AI Video Upscaler when a small campaign clip needs to fill a larger embedded player or Hero area. Preserve the approved movement and edit while preparing a resolution that better matches the visible page placement.

Vertical and close social crops

Upscale video before extracting a vertical subject crop, reaction close-up, or mobile layout from a wider source. The higher-resolution working file leaves more usable detail inside the final social frame.

Client and presentation delivery

Move an approved motion test or concept clip into a higher-resolution review file without rerunning the creative generation. The Video Upscaler helps the same take read more clearly on a presentation screen.

Older digital video reuse

Use the AI Video Upscaler to prepare an older or undersized digital clip for current screens while keeping its original timing and edit. Start from the least-compressed archive copy you can find.

AI Video Upscaler Questions

Can I upscale video to 4K from a smaller source?

Yes. The current SupaImagine Video Upscaler offers 1080p, 2K, and 4K output tiers. Choose the tier that matches the final screen or crop.

Does the AI Video Upscaler change the action or edit?

The AI Video Upscaler works from the existing video and is intended to preserve its timing, composition, and action while increasing resolution and visible clarity. It does not create a different performance or camera move.

Can an AI video upscaler recover every missing detail?

No. It can strengthen edges and plausible fine texture, but it cannot guarantee recovery of information the source never recorded. Start with the cleanest source available.

How are Video Upscaler credits calculated?

Current rates are 12 credits per second for 1080p, 22 credits per second for 2K, and 44 credits per second for 4K, with a 20-credit minimum charge.

When should I choose 4K instead of 1080p?

Choose 4K when the clip will appear large, needs additional crop room, or is headed to a higher-resolution delivery. Use 1080p for a lighter finishing pass.

Can I use the upscaled clip commercially?

Commercial use requires a paid SupaImagine plan and the necessary rights to the source video.

Keep the shot

Upscale video to the resolution the approved shot needs

Open the AI Video Upscaler, upload the best source, choose 1080p, 2K, or 4K, and inspect the same moving frames at the new size.