Best 3 FREE Image Upscalers in 2025 + Comparison!

[@asute]

this is the most helpful channel for photoshop and related tools, ever. no intros or tangents, just straight to the meat, and there's even chapters for the relevant sections. keep up the great work man! i wish you more blessings in life to be able to keep doing what youre doing 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@wuyangfeng]

I have a lot of free tools for AI like this

[@ddphotograph]

I agree, unmesh is so helpful, not fishing for money, likes etc just genuinely wants to help others, inspiration to me

[@theswooshstudios6703]

By far, unmesh pours his heart and soul into every video

[@wuyangfeng]

@@ddphotograph Like me, I don’t make money, I share all the latest image processing technologies for free and use them for free.

[@IanIanIII]

@@wuyangfeng indeed man, i found a lot of good stuff on your channel, thanks.

[@JonussSC]

I absolutely love this channel, it's so rare nowadays to find good guides that don't pad the video unnecessarily.

[@paib6267]

I really appreciate that you compare these free A.I. tools. There are so many A.I. tools out there for graphic design user, but none compare them for the best result like you did.

[@MarieO471]

I was all for Upscayl, then you mentioned the line,… which has been mentioned in other comparison videos too. So I discarded Upscayl from my mind, and was feeling Pixelcut all the way. Then you redeemed Upscayl in the end, making it a great teaching moment. I’m going to use both, depending on the device I am on. And THANK YOU for showing a comparison with Photoshop. I was really curious why no one was using editing tools like Photoshop or Affinity Photo to upscale. You are the first one I’ve seen include this. Thank you! Love your “straight to the meat” teaching style.

[@ali_new_world]

i think you are mistaking Upscayl for DGB DGB had the queue not Upscayl

[@Mavrik9000]

@@ali_new_world They mean the line artifact in the images, not the queue line.

[@bcbble]

I know you love he just gets straight to giving you the meat.

[@officialadjohnson]

I downloaded the upscayl on windows but it’s not working

[@TheArter84]

People don't say "straight to the meat". 😆 That's not a thing. At least not a thing in this context. Let's just pretend this didn't happen. 🤫

[@EatonCorvinus]

Would be interesting to see if these upscalers can improve Photoshop's Generative Fill, seeing as the generated content is quite low-res. Thanks for the heads up on these upscalers, Unmesh!

[@phepheboi]

Generative fill is still maxed out on 1024x1024 tiles. So you have to make those fills tile for tile to achieve best quality. And often it's an scaling issue, sometimes scaling an image down to its best detail or sharpness point, can archive better outputs.

[@Glitchy_ti]

This channel is pure gem. straight to the point, shows how the apps work and gives important tips about them too. Thank you!🙏

[@howiecourt3445]

Upscayl keeps the photo completely in your possession. That for me makes it the winner

[@MissMolly3377]

Yeah, I was wondering about that.

[@anonymerdude4501]

But it takes a long time to finish, at least on my mac book air m1 8gb ram

[@RobFPV1]

@@anonymerdude4501how long ?

[@orunnajude4152]

@@anonymerdude4501 please how do i get the upscale with Y

[@mbr_gamer900]

@@RobFPV1 30 to 40 minutes

[@brettanomyces7077]

Upscayl is amazing. I've been using it to upscale textures from an old PSP game. I then take them into photoshop to tweak a bit more.

[@StoryPI]

Whatbis computer Specifications

[@brettanomyces7077]

@@StoryPI i5 7600K, GTX 1060 6GB. Older build but can handle it.

[@occasionallyhuman]

@@brettanomyces7077 would it work fine on my 1650 super?

[@lucasnuamah6754]

MY UPSCAYL PHOTO IS DARK NO IMAGE SHOWING? ANY HELP?

[@aykhan.]

@@lucasnuamah6754samee

[@TheMeanArena]

I use Upscayl daily in my art routine. It works great.

[@userunknown9293]

But the average file size after upscaled is above 500mb

[@TheMeanArena]

@@userunknown9293 Not sure what insane resolution you're using but I average 30-40mb with 4096x4096.

[@1280-user]

​@@userunknown9293 compression exists

[@DogInTheChat]

does it work on low end pc's? does it have device requirements?

[@dhan_boro]

@@userunknown9293 wtf, are you kidding? how much will a 8k photo be?

[@Filip4-4]

Thank you so much for letting us know about these free tools. Hope we will see videos like this in the future as well! :)

[@NosebleeddeGroselha]

i wouldn't be as charismatic as you if i tried my whole life like how do you even do it, are you a wizard? you're so charismatic your smile is so warm how do you do this

[@Lucifershrimp]

even bro looks ai generated

[@ArteemFrames]

hahahah I agree

[@arafathoque614]

Just think if bro really is ai generated

[@Lucifershrimp]

@@arafathoque614 would be crazy

[@tengribows]

Yeah he is so perfect.... but just one thing AI missed :D

[@ddotmage]

😂 I chuckled instantly when I saw this comment 1 second into this video

[@girardjeremie1939]

Congratulations for your incredible skills both in Photoshop and as a teacher. I've not seen any other channel that reached the level of yours. I don't watch series anymore; I'm watching your videos instead!

[@Wild-Tommy]

Instead of waiting 140minutes, i just use Replicate to upscale. Its amazing. It is using the exact same upscaler as dgb, but with wait time of 3 seconds (in my experience at least). Same product, but better experience, limits were so big, that i dont think about them. Upscayl and Replicate win it for me. No doubt. At least for free versions

[@vysakhvalsaraj882]

Yeah but their servers are too much clogged now, most models run out of memory. I mostly use "jingyunliang-swinir"

[@EsteAkaCrownie]

Great video! There is another tool called Chainner that's designed for batch compositing with nodes, and allows to do the same upscale things as Upscayl with whatever model you download from hugging face :3 and it's free and open source !

[@MissMolly3377]

Nice. 😊

[@The_Randalls]

Amazing content as always! Long time watcher, and now a first time subscriber / commenter. Keep up the incredible work. I have learnt a lot over the past few years. Thank you!

[@samohyesss]

Lmao! The DGB queu had me crackin' up. Brilliant bit, mate. Going to play around with Upscayl. Thanks for the video and Happy New Years.

[@rigtr7168]

10/10 ideas as usual. Happy New Year!

[@ashleyrichardson3143]

You know what, I’m not even that invested in the rest of the content that he’s made… just based on this video alone I have subscribed… he’s like everything I wish all KZbinrs were 🥺♥️

[@Visual_appeal]

Thank you soooo much for this piximperfect.. this is a life saver... I'm sooo glad I came up on ur channel.

[@AG_before]

Happy New Year! I've been using Upscayle for a while. Although it's great, it does tend to smoothen certain areas out and increase the contrast for a perceived increase in quality. Overlaying it with the original image can help a bit. For free, Upscayle is by far the best. Most computers up to 3 years old will do it with no problem. Thanks as always. 👍

[@DmytroPetiuk]

That depends on the model.

[@rectangulo2306]

You mean so much to my life. Thank you for everything. The best teacher of all time.

[@Taiwanhiphop]

Your channel is fantastically put together and professional. Subscribed!

[@umutdegismen]

Thank you Unmesh for all your contents that you are creating! I liked the comparison but I wish you would include Topaz Gigapixel to this comparison too 🙏🤘

[@ToddOwlett]

Second this request!

[@dimitrissotiriou]

I ' ve done that and Topaz is so much better. I used it on old black and white photo which was in a very low resolution. Topaz was more accurate and you still have the option of face recovering (which is adjustable). After the comparison I uninstalled upscayl since I won't use it when I have the option of Topaz.

[@hajan7671]

Is topaz free?

[@dimitrissotiriou]

@@hajan7671 no it's not.

[@MissMolly3377]

He was talking about free ones, so it wasn’t included in that.

[@1insp3ru16]

i love how you dont bs and get right into it, please do more of this..

[@imchrisichan]

Hello bro, i just came across your video and i have never seen a clear and crisp video quality in youtube in my life 😂

[@phecdu]

Thanks!

[@davideastham]

Thank you. Looks like Upscayl wins for me 😁

[@solutionghostsimple6470]

I agree, and that line problem it had can probably be easily fixed with the clone or heal brush.

[@junque_muppetO...O]

Very helpful tutorial. Demonstration and Comparison are really flawless AND no unnecessary talk or information. THUMBS FROM ME ! 😁

[@NikonJax]

Thanks!!! This will help with genealogy where I often get teeny pics that are hard to work with. Love your channel :)

[@danielrenaldy4041]

thanks bro without to much chit chat you already give us what we really needed luv u man

[@unknown__editors]

I already using upscayl and it is a better option than the other and I dont have any fear of mis use of data Like for Upscayl

[@allestoll397]

You, sir, are an inspiration. Hands down.

[@bala1000mina]

Informative and helpful as always! Thank you so much Unmesh! Good luck man!

[@aryanslab]

Bro Thanks For the Upscayl This is amazing stuff !

[@LuisMercadoorg]

We’d love a comparison between Upscayl and Topaz Photo AI

[@Gxbbzee]

100%

[@previ26]

Me too

[@alexbreugelmans8448]

Topaz Gigapixel rocks

[@dhabitahpunk]

I have Topaz Photo AI and tried this out and it's definitely much better than Upscayl. But it should be since Photo AI isn't free. :P

[@futurevideosai]

Good video as usual. I’m using upscal upscaler for about 6 month. Very useful and fast using it on my computer.

[@nguyentrananhnguyen7900]

love the content, awesome tools as always the cat looks majestic btw

[@akashprajapati0408]

Pixelcut is mind blowing fast, clear, perfect, no watermark . Just amazing ❤

[@deathsmokee]

Thank you so much Unmesh for always sharing the latest and helpful tools. I have learned a lot from your videos. Best Photoshop Guru.

[@Andy-fl5nw]

This is extremely amazing, upscayl is such an amazing tool that leaves me speechless, thank you so much

[@AlkuntarGaming]

Love it! I'll definitely be using Upscayl from now on.

[@rickp3259]

Hey Unmesh - THANK YOU!! I had a low res photo (video capture) of a friend that has passed that I wanted to upsize and print for the family. I had tried GIMP, but it was still blurry. Upscayl was awesome! I tried several options, but the 4x ultrasharp worked best for me. I've had an 8x10 printed and framed and will give it to the family.

[@yassermaths8946]

some people ask for subscribe or hit like, simply u don't need that as u really deserve that and even more, thanks alot.

[@thesqwizard6103]

Very informative. Genuinely impressed with your presentation, sir.

[@UmarNasimov]

man your teaching style is great. Great Job!

[@MyDigitalHub]

By far this is the best upscaler AI tool i've used! Thanks very much

[@marilynisaacs7739]

WOW!!!!! I just downloaded Upscayl and played around with it. It is AMAZING! Thanks so much, Unmesh - you never cease to amaze me!

[@Visual_appeal]

Upscayl seems to be the best, despite its offline flexibility, it also gives the best quality.

[@hazeinfo2668]

By far the most usefull video I've found. Don't miss on this if you want to upscale your AI art!

[@dgblol]

Hey I've found this video accidentally :) Dgb lol admin here. You made me smile with that queue joke - it always depends how large are the images in front of you in the queue - how hungry are the other customers.. :) I am doing my best to lower the queue, but there are quotas for new hardware from the Google side. I guess the other platforms are using the free, or very cheap hardware, I am getting them for the full price for them. I have few own-trained AI models as well for different purposes. And yeah the best platforms are using the Real-ESRGAN for upscaling. The tiny difference is either in the parameters , or how well trained is the model. Thanks for the video, good to know that my project is still usable for the no-rush people :)

[@ecphorizer]

Your site is now offline. "A server with the specified hostname could not be found." 🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

[@SteveMacSticky]

The lines that upscayl creates sometimes depends on different models and compression used in the source photo

[@philgray7320]

Thank you so much for letting us know about these, im going to have some fun trying out upscayl !

[@a.r.thayer9760]

Thanks, Very quick and as always very helpful!! Love your channel!

[@PedroFernandez-rt5kh]

bro thank you so much for this!! straight to the point, other videos were driving me insane!! haha

[@nerualx8045]

It's like you read my mind. I have been thinking the last couple weeks I need to find a decent upscaler!

[@InterstateJ]

Using upscayl right now and my laptop fan is HUMMING 🚀🚀🚀

[@JOEMDMD]

thank you unmesh for sharing these amazing tools

[@hyperbabygames]

You rock !!! Thanks for showing off these excellent tools and saving us some $$$

[@Eurotool]

So far my favourite free upscales has been Nero AI. Will give a try to Upscayl, it's good that it's open source

[@Eurotool]

My verdict of Upscayl: the "Digital Art" model is very impressive for digital art. The default model is good at increasing the resolution of old pictures, but doesn't seem to further increase that of modern high res pictures. All other models don't seem to do anything noticeable.

[@UpLighting]

Nero AI or Upscayl better?

[@Eurotool]

@@UpLighting I found Nero better for photos, but Upscayl so far has been better for digital art/anime/games.

[@StripesNoCommentary]

Great video and explanation/comparison!

[@berlinerffm]

thanks for the comparison. Would be nice to see the results side by side with GigaPixel AI/Photo AI from Topaz

[@Lomaxxx]

I was typing exactly the same and right before submitting it i saw your comment. this is exactly what i am wondering, because i get very decent results with gigapixel. also have photo ai, but most of the time i need the upscaler and with gigapixel i am more comfortable and like the outcome. Schau ma mal 😂👍🏼

[@DeltaRana4]

Not too keen on Upscayl. Standard setting proved skin tones were smoothed too much but ultramix balanced proved better but the colour then needed rebalancing as it was cooler than the original. I suppose its effectiveness will be different depending on the subject matter. Thank you for your invaluable videos though... they are appreciated.

[@bunny-z5r7p]

this is the best best channel ever exist on this type of content

[@LuisRdzG10]

Excelent video. One important thing for Mac users for Upscayl, there's only available for MacOS 11, if you have Mac OS 10 won't work so you got to use the cloud version of it, which is in beta right now.

[@retrodextro]

One of the mowt helpful editing channel. Subbed

[@momomomomogi]

crazy helpful video. Keep up the good work fam!!

[@successpaul6399]

Straight to the point.. i love this man

[@ishtiaquerecitesofficial]

Sir thank you so much ❤ I installed *Upscayl* it's great and just amazing as well as offline ❤❤

[@life4youtoenjoy]

Great video , thank you ! Happy New year and many , many great videos and amazing work you do !

[@Zubair-sc6fh]

This channels content quality feels like flagship, top of the line, never disappoints Well Im not new here, I used to follow you from 2018.

[@snowymatrix]

This was the video I was waiting for thanks man! 👍🍺🍺😎

[@melodeoliveira624]

You Rock Bro! Upscyl is pretty impressive

[@nicoloco1971]

As a drawing book editor I use Upscayl very often and it is very usefull for batch processing, and very fast.

[@ScubaSteveTees]

Great vid. Thank you. I have been using Upscayl but when I batch 300 dpi files it knocks it down to 72 dpi. Need them to be 300 dpi. What am I missing?

[@Wistbacka]

Upscayl ftw! Thanks for this. This will save some of my low-res, ultra-cropped photos. I thought 42 mpxl would be enough. But nope. Always need to crop more!

[@shinningraj]

U r the best tutor for me as far as Ps is concerned.......upscyl with ultra feature is best I opined; provided u machine prop up 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 LONG LIVE!!

[@BITE_MECHANISM]

Nice one unmesh!!

[@Marcos_Guitar]

damn Pixelcut background remover and upscale are crazy good!!

[@sumeetgupta77]

wow loved it, thank you so much unmesh

[@morphx_ae]

the first one wtf eaaasy and so gooood the result is just crazy

[@gianpaj1284]

Happy New Year!

[@MrChris211]

Thanks! I was lost with all those upscale ads for photos on instagram, scared about the result I could get. I hope the result stay the same while printing those photos.

[@munendrayadav3815]

Love you videos ❤ thank you so much for such content and happy new year

[@basbees]

You're amazing. I always learn sth new, and I like how you start the topic right away, without further due...

[@Valid___]

thank you! i have a 3d model with a blurry texture and now it looks great!

[@OpticalNoise]

the homie always looking after us. :D

[@FAZERTHOU1]

Thanks for ALL your great vids, Upscayl gets my vote.

[@ndonwizach-tim4301]

Thank you for this information, please keep up with the good work.

[@ErickoTandayu]

Superb tools! Thanks for sharing man🥳

[@oshomaigemoh4226]

This is me contributing my comment 😂. Thank you Unmesh!

[@LaserHighway]

Mate you're the best, thankyou for your content.

[@omi.3D]

Thanks for this video! It's so usefull to know about AI tools

[@sirmiluch6856]

Stable diffusion + upscale script. You can do wonders with it but it's a bit complicated to use. But the results are insane.

[@ktvx.94]

In PS's defense, the higher contrast does make the others look more like "AI art" while PS keeps it looking like the exact same image with slightly more fidelity.

[@hydromepakistan665]

Very helpful and to the point. great help, thanks

[@its_me5081]

This is the most helpful video with the best application ever, thanks for your sharing

[@Ernzt8]

I have downloaded Upscayl and I must say I'm impressed. human faces (especially the eyes) are not great, but it is much better than Photoshop in upscaling.

[@yashasmoolya193]

I have a question he always has the answer. Always guided me in my journey of editing thank you sir very much!❤️

[@toledavid89]

There is a plugin for Photoshop called Alpaca which can be used to generate 75 pictures for free per month. I did just one comparison between that and Upscayl and Alpaca wins.

[@IsmailHossain-ux4gj]

Very important video I am watching from Bangladesh . I was in danger about this matter Alhamdulillah it was solved by watching the video thanks.