There is nothing more annoying than finding “THE” perfect photo to illustrate a project, create a montage… and realizing that its resolution is really too low to do anything with it.
Fortunately, there are many solutions to increase the image size but some are paid, others require the installation of software... in short, today, I am going to offer you a free online solution allowing you to enlarge images by 2, 4 or even 8 times their original size.
This is the tool upscale offered by the Sticker Mule website. Its use requires the creation of a user account, but otherwise, it is completely free.
Enlarge an image in a few clicks with Upscale
Upscale allows toenlarge images while preserving their quality, and this, completely free of charge.
You need to create an account to start downloading files. Once logged in, just click the button “Upload an image” to start working.
Once you have uploaded your image, you will be able to access some options and settings. Indeed, you will be able to specify to the algorithm if your image is a photo or an illustration (poorly translated as "mockup" on the site) in order to optimize the rendering, choose the magnification multiplier (2, 4 or 8x) and choose whether or not to automatically improve the brightness and saturation.
Once you have your settings in place, you will be able to add more files that will use the same settings... very practical if you want to process batches of images.
Moreover, if you have planned to process a large batch of images, you can ask the site to send you an email when all the processing is finished.
When the process is complete, a preview of the result and a direct link to download it appear on the screen. The images are exported in JPG format.
Ideally, to take full advantage of what this tool offers for image processing, it is recommended to avoid using images with a great loss of quality, with significant distortions or other types of defects. At the enlargement level, very good results can be obtained, but at the restoration level, the results can be somewhat rough, with vector traces that could end up distorting the final image.
So you will have understood if the quality of your images is too bad, there will be no miracles! Nevertheless, this tool is a very good tool for small photos of good quality!
