When it comes to creative upscaling tools built specifically for AI art, Topaz Labs' Bloom and Magnific AI are the two leading names in this space. Both of these tools aim to transform your images, but Bloom sets itself apart as the best creative image upscaling tool right now. Here's why.
Creative image upscaling is an advanced, AI-driven technique that re-imagines traditional image resizing. It analyzes the content of your image and generates new, contextually relevant details. This process is particularly effective for digital art, AI-generated images, and illustrations, allowing artists and designers to achieve stunning levels of detail and clarity.
At the heart of any creative upscaler is its AI model. Bloom uses an advanced AI diffusion model that offers the highest quality creative upscaling AI model currently on the market. Check out some examples of what Bloom is capable of:
It's demonstrably easier to achieve a consistently good result using Bloom. With an intuitive "Creativity" slider as well as the option for a text prompt, Bloom users enjoy the perfect amount of control over their creative renders. By keeping the Creativity low, users can retain the original intent of their image prompt, but by increasing Creativity they can allow the AI model to express more freedom in interpreting the image.
With Magnific, there are more settings to control the output, but this means the lack of a preview means you'll most likely spend paid credits fine-tuning your output.
With Bloom, you're able to create up to 4 unique variations of your rendered image - especially useful when testing out different prompts and Creativity settings.
Yes, Magnific AI is more expensive than Bloom. The starting monthly price for Magnific is $39 per month, while Bloom starts at $14.99 a month. For paid annual plans, both tools offer better pricing - $390 per year for Magnific AI while a full year of Bloom costs just $140. Also note that a paid plan for Bloom includes access to the rest of Topaz Labs' web tools as well as the iOS app.
Bloom is unique in that all paid plans feature unlimited renders. This means that there is no credits system to worry about while you're working - absolutely not pay-per-render! Not only do plans for Bloom start at a much lower monthly price than Magnific - a paid plan for Bloom includes access to a full suite of web-based image and video enhancement tools from Topaz Labs.