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const axios = require('axios');
const api_key = "YOUR API-KEY";
const url = "https://api.segmind.com/v1/clarityai-creative-upscaler";
const data = {
"image": "https://segmind-resources.s3.amazonaws.com/input/be12721d-9990-4202-bbca-198812452fdf-3_before.png",
"scale_factor": 4,
"creativity": 4,
"resemblance": 3,
"dynamic": 4,
"fractality": 1,
"style": "portrait",
"prompt": "masterpiece, best quality, highres."
};
(async function() {
try {
const response = await axios.post(url, data, { headers: { 'x-api-key': api_key } });
console.log(response.data);
} catch (error) {
console.error('Error:', error.response.data);
}
})();Attributes
Provides a reference image for styling. Use unique images for specific effects.
Determines upscaling quality. Use 4x for high detail, and 8x for larger projects.
min : 2,
max : 16
Adjusts the creativity effect; higher values for unique transformations, 2 for balance.
min : -10,
max : 10
Controls how much the result resembles the original; use 3 for moderate similarity.
min : -10,
max : 10
Modifies dynamic range; 0 retains original, higher for more contrast.
min : -10,
max : 10
Adds fractal texture; 1 for subtlety, 5 for pronounced detail.
min : -10,
max : 10
Selects final image style; 'portrait' for faces, 'anime' for stylized art.
Allowed values:
Guides the upscaling process with text; use 'vibrant color' for vivid results.
To keep track of your credit usage, you can inspect the response headers of each API call. The x-remaining-credits property will indicate the number of remaining credits in your account. Ensure you monitor this value to avoid any disruptions in your API usage.
Clarity AI: Image Upscaling and Enhancement Model
Edited by Segmind Team on November 7, 2025.
What is Clarity AI?
Clarity AI is a sophisticated model that leverages advanced AI to upscale images by boosting resolution, while simultaneously preserving crucial, intricate details and making them finer for excellent outputs. Staying true to its name, Clarity AI employs cutting-edge computer vision algorithms to reconstruct images with sharper textures, improved contrast, and superior visual definition, making it a better alternative to other conventional methods that often cause blurriness or unwanted artifacts. The model delivers high-definition results, supporting upscaling from 2x to 16x, making it suitable for a range of applications, i.e., from web visuals to high-quality print images. Clarity AI seamlessly adapts to varied visual styles and quality demands, utilizing its specialized style modes for portraits and anime, along with precise creative control options.
Key Features of Clarity AI
- High-Resolution Upscaling: Supports image scaling from 2x to 16x their original size with minimal quality loss
- AI-Powered Detail Reconstruction: Proficiently and intelligently fills in missing information, instead of simple interpolation like other models
- Specialized Style Modes: It is integrated with optimized presets for portraits, anime artwork, and general content
- Advanced Parameter Control: It is perfect to fine-tune creativity, resemblance, dynamic range, and fractality for precise results
- Prompt-Guided Enhancement: It supports the use of natural language in prompts to direct color vibrancy, detail emphasis, and visual style
- API Integration: It has seamless workflow integration for batch processing and automated pipelines
- Artifact-Free Processing: It excels in maintaining image integrity without introducing noise or unwanted patterns
Best Use Cases
- Photography & E-commerce: It is excellent to upscale product images for high-resolution displays, enhance low-quality photos for marketing materials, or restore old photographs for print reproduction.
- Digital Art & Animation: It supports visual creations in multiple ways, including enlarging illustrations and anime artwork for merchandise printing, creating concept art for presentations at scale, and enhancing game assets for modern displays.
- Content Creation: It can be used to improve social media visuals to boost engagement, upscale video thumbnails, or enhance design mockups for client presentations.
- Print Media: It is a go-to option to prepare web images for magazine layouts, enlarge graphics for billboard printing, or enhance low-resolution historical photos for exhibitions.
Prompt Tips and Output Quality
- Scale Factor: Use 4x for standard upscaling to strike a balance between quality and processing time. Choose 8x or higher for large-format prints or outputs with maximum detail from the source image is essential.
- Creativity vs. Resemblance: The creativity parameter (-10 to 10) controls how much the AI interprets versus preserves during the image upscaling. Keep it at 2 for balanced enhancement; resemblance parameter (at default 3) ensures preserves original features, and lower the scale if the results are too close to the original image.
- Style Selection: Use portrait mode when there are human subjects to preserve their facial features and skin tones; switch to anime for illustrated content with distinct line art; opt for default for landscapes, products, and general photography.
- Prompt Guidance: Write concise prompts with specific descriptions, such as "enhance facial details with natural skin texture" or "increase color vibrancy while preserving original tones" to guide the image enhancement process.
- Advanced Controls: Using Fractality (default 1) will add fine texture detail that is useful for natural scenes, while keeping it low for portraits. Dynamic setting adjusts contrast and tonal range; you can increase it for flat images to make them more striking. Use 0 for photos with good exposure.
FAQs
What scale factor should I use for best results?
Use 4x scale factor for most applications, as it will ensure excellent improvement in visual quality, with low processing times. Choose 2x for subtle enhancement or when file size is crucial. Go 8x or higher to produce visuals for large-format printing or when maximum detail recovery is needed, even if it takes longer processing.
How is Clarity AI different from traditional upscaling?
Traditional upscale methods, such as bicubic interpolation, primarily work by stretching pixels, creating blur, and soft edges in the outputs. On the other hand, Clarity AI uses deep learning to analyze image context and intelligently reconstruct missing details, to produce sharper textures, clearer edges, and more natural-looking outputs that are professional grade.
When should I use the portrait vs. the default style?
The portrait mode is ideal for images featuring human faces as it will preserve skin texture, facial features, and natural skin tone. Default mode works best for landscapes, products, architecture, and general photography. Anime mode is optimized for illustrated content with distinct line art and stylized coloring.
What do the creativity and resemblance parameters actually do?
Creativity parameter controls how much the AI "interprets" versus "preserves" the image. Higher values generate more detail but may deviate from the original content. On the contrary, the resemblance parameter ensures the output stays faithful to the source. To generate predictable results, keep both parameters near defaults: creativity to 2 and resemblance to 3.
Can I batch process multiple images via API?
Yes, Clarity AI offers full API support for workflow integration, making it possible to process images programmatically. This feature is perfect for e-commerce platforms that want to streamline product photo enhancement, content management systems, or custom applications that require on-demand upscaling.
Why are my upscaled images still blurry?
AI upscaling has its limits when it comes to source images with really low resolution or that are heavily compressed. But increasing the creativity parameter slightly (to 3-4) allows more detail generation. Also, ensure you are using appropriate scale factors; creating poster-size images from thumbnails may require 8x scaling with higher fractality settings for best texture reconstruction.
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