Working on interiors or architecture? Upsampler’s architecture and interior upscaler (our product) is tuned for straight lines and materials. For people, its AI skin texture enhancer restores pores and fine texture without the airbrushed look.
What Super Real is
Magnific released Super Real in December 2024 as a model mode inside Mystic, its image generator. It’s pitched at professionals who need believable imagery: architecture, interior design, film and photography (The Decoder, 18 Dec 2024). At launch it was switched on from Mystic’s model settings. Menus and plan details may have changed since, so check Magnific’s own site for the current version.
It isn’t an upscaler. Magnific’s upscaler and Relight are separate tools, and a typical workflow chains them: generate, relight if needed, then upscale.
Why photoreal images break when you enlarge them
- Waxy skin. Faithful models smooth fine texture they can’t resolve, and the face ends up looking like a mannequin.
- Over-detail. Creative models at high strength add pores, threads and grain everywhere, including where a real camera would show blur.
- Wobbly straight lines. Window frames, tiles and furniture edges are where interiors give themselves away.
- Garbled small text on signs, books and packaging.
A workflow that keeps realism
- Generate at the model’s native resolution and pick the take before you spend time upscaling.
- Run a faithful upscale to the final size as a safe base.
- Add a creative pass at low strength for skin, fabric, wood and stone texture.
- Mask the creative layer out of text, signage, logos, hands and faces that must stay put.
- Add a little fine grain at the end, so smooth areas don’t look plastic.
The reasoning behind the faithful-then-creative blend is in creative vs faithful upscaling. To judge the two passes without bias, load them into the blind A/B tool.
What to check at 100%
| Subject | Looks real | Looks generated |
|---|---|---|
| Skin | Uneven pores, fine hairs, slight colour variation | Uniform texture, or glassy and smooth |
| Interiors | Straight, parallel lines; consistent tile grids | Bent frames, merging tiles |
| Fabric and wood | Grain that follows the form | Repeating, flat-looking patterns |
| Depth | Background softer than the subject | Everything equally sharp |
Printing the result? Work out the pixels you need with the print size calculator; see also the faces and portraits guide.
FAQ
Is Super Real an upscaler?
No. As launched in December 2024, Super Real is an image-generation model mode in Magnific’s Mystic generator, built for realistic images. Magnific’s upscaler is a separate tool, although you will often use both: generate, then upscale.
Who is Super Real for?
Magnific pitched it at professionals who need realistic imagery: architecture, interior design, film and photography, according to its launch announcement.
How do I keep AI images photoreal when I upscale them?
Upscale faithfully first and add creative detail at low strength only where texture helps. Over-strong creative upscaling is the most common reason generated images start to look waxy or over-detailed.
Is there a free way to try photoreal upscaling?
Yes. Free tiers and open-source models are listed, with their limits, in our free AI upscalers roundup.