Can Recraft Creative Upscale start from a photo?

Yes. Recraft Creative Upscale starts from a photo.

How is it different from Recraft V4.1, Recraft V4.1 Pro and Recraft V4.1 Flash?

Recraft Creative Upscale: Redraws an image at about 16 megapixels with new fine detail, so objects, textures and faces can come out different. To keep the picture as it is, use Recraft Crisp Upscale. Recraft V4.1: Design-grade images, and true vector output as SVG. Recraft V4.1 Pro: Recraft V4.1 at four megapixels, for print, and vectors as SVG. Recraft V4.1 Flash: Recraft's design look in about two seconds, under a cent. They all run in the same studio, so you can try one prompt on each.

How much does a run cost?

An image costs $0.34. You see the exact price before you press go, and a run that fails costs nothing.

Is Recraft Creative Upscale free to try?

No. There is no free credit: you add credit from $5, and your first top-up has no card fee. The cheapest run is $0.34 (an image), so $5 covers 14 of those. You pay per run, in dollars, with no subscription.

Can I use what I make commercially?

Yes. You own what you make on Leap, so you can use it commercially, and we never train AI on it. The people and brands shown in a result can still have rights in it; the Terms say more.

Yes. Leap's REST API runs it as recraft/creative-upscale, at the same price per run as the studio, and agents can call it through Leap's MCP server. The request is at the bottom of this page.

Do I need a Recraft account?

No. Leap sends your request to Recraft's model and gives you what it makes. One Leap account runs Recraft Creative Upscale and every other model, in the studio, through the API and from your agents.

Recraft Creative UpscaleAI image upscaler

Redraws an image at about 16 megapixels with new fine detail, so objects, textures and faces can come out different. To keep the picture as it is, use Recraft Crisp Upscale. On Leap, it sits beside 174 other models in one studio.

Upscale image

No subscription
Every top model, one account
Pay per run, priced before it starts

Rice terraces, redrawn at 16 megapixels

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Recraft Creative Upscale at a glance

Recraft Creative Upscale is an image upscaler from Recraft. It makes images from a photo.

Made by: Recraft
Makes: Images
Starts from: A photo
Price per run: $0.34
Updated: October 5, 2026

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Recraft Creative Upscale and its siblings

Model	Best for	Price per run
Recraft Creative Upscale (this page)	Redraws an image at about 16 megapixels with new fine detail, so objects, textures and faces can come out different. To keep the picture as it is, use Recraft Crisp Upscale.	$0.34
Recraft V4.1	Design-grade images, and true vector output as SVG.	$0.048 to $0.11
Recraft V4.1 Pro	Recraft V4.1 at four megapixels, for print, and vectors as SVG.	$0.29 to $0.41
Recraft V4.1 Flash	Recraft's design look in about two seconds, under a cent.	$0.01

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Recraft Creative Upscale, answered

What is Recraft Creative Upscale?: Recraft Creative Upscale is an image upscaler from Recraft. Redraws an image at about 16 megapixels with new fine detail, so objects, textures and faces can come out different. To keep the picture as it is, use Recraft Crisp Upscale. It is new on Leap and in preview: it works, and it may still change. On Leap it runs in one studio beside every other top model, with one account.
Can Recraft Creative Upscale start from a photo?: Yes. Recraft Creative Upscale starts from a photo.
How is it different from Recraft V4.1, Recraft V4.1 Pro and Recraft V4.1 Flash?: Recraft Creative Upscale: Redraws an image at about 16 megapixels with new fine detail, so objects, textures and faces can come out different. To keep the picture as it is, use Recraft Crisp Upscale. Recraft V4.1: Design-grade images, and true vector output as SVG. Recraft V4.1 Pro: Recraft V4.1 at four megapixels, for print, and vectors as SVG. Recraft V4.1 Flash: Recraft's design look in about two seconds, under a cent. They all run in the same studio, so you can try one prompt on each.
How much does a run cost?: An image costs $0.34. You see the exact price before you press go, and a run that fails costs nothing.
Is Recraft Creative Upscale free to try?: No. There is no free credit: you add credit from $5, and your first top-up has no card fee. The cheapest run is $0.34 (an image), so $5 covers 14 of those. You pay per run, in dollars, with no subscription.
Can I use what I make commercially?: Yes. You own what you make on Leap, so you can use it commercially, and we never train AI on it. The people and brands shown in a result can still have rights in it; the Terms say more.
Is there an API?: Yes. Leap's REST API runs it as recraft/creative-upscale, at the same price per run as the studio, and agents can call it through Leap's MCP server. The request is at the bottom of this page.
Do I need a Recraft account?: No. Leap sends your request to Recraft's model and gives you what it makes. One Leap account runs Recraft Creative Upscale and every other model, in the studio, through the API and from your agents.

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API docs

Model ID: recraft/creative-upscale
Makes: Image
Pricing: Per run, quoted first: POST /v1/quotes

Inputs

What the model takes. Leave out anything with a default.

Imageimages

An image, requiredThe uploaded image to work on, by ID.

The request

The same envelope for every model; only the model and its input change. With prefer: wait=60 the answer holds the result when the run finishes within a minute; a longer one is read again by its ID. A file input takes the ID that POST /v1/files returns for your upload. Agents can call it through the MCP server at app.tryleap.ai/api/mcp.

curl https://api.tryleap.ai/v1/generations \  -H "x-api-key: $LEAP_API_KEY" \  -H "content-type: application/json" \  -H "prefer: wait=60" \  -d '{    "model": "recraft/creative-upscale",    "input": {      "images": [        "file_..."      ]    }  }' # Video often outlasts the wait and answers "queued" or "running".# Put its "id" in GENERATION_ID and read it again until it is done:# curl https://api.tryleap.ai/v1/generations/$GENERATION_ID -H "x-api-key: $LEAP_API_KEY"