Enhance Photo Quality

Just describe the quality you need. AI fixes sharpness, noise, and compression automatically.

Type 'enhance the quality and sharpen details' and EditThisPic's AI improves your photo in 20-40 seconds. It fixes blurriness, reduces noise, recovers lost detail from compression, and sharpens edges. No manual adjustments or sliders required. Works on low-res images, compressed photos, and screenshots. Free to try, no account needed.

Family photo with visible compression artifacts and blocky areas — Before

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Same family photo with smooth gradients and restored quality — After

How it works

Upload your photo

Drop your image into EditThisPic. JPG, PNG, and WebP up to 7MB. The AI can work with low-resolution images, heavily compressed photos, and even screenshots to recover and enhance quality.

⏱ Simple quality fixes: 20-30 seconds. Heavily compressed or very noisy images: may need 2-3 attempts over 1-2 minutes.

Describe the quality improvement you want

Type what you need: 'enhance the quality and sharpen all details' or 'improve clarity and reduce grain.' Be specific about what bothers you most. No sliders, no technical knowledge needed—just describe the problem and the AI figures out the solution.

💡 Mention the specific issue: 'reduce compression artifacts' for blocky JPEGs, 'sharpen edges while keeping skin smooth' for portraits, or 'reduce grain in dark areas' for noisy photos.

Copy one of these to get started:

General quality boost for any photo enhance the quality, sharpen details, and improve overall clarity while maintaining natural appearance

Compressed JPEG with blocky artifacts enhance quality and remove compression artifacts, restore smooth gradients and clean edges

Noisy photo from low-light or high ISO enhance quality and reduce noise while preserving fine details, keep texture natural

Blurry or soft image needing sharpening enhance quality and sharpen edges and fine details, increase clarity without adding halos

3 more prompts

Screenshot or low-resolution image enhance quality of this low-resolution image, improve sharpness and recover lost detail

Portrait with skin texture concerns enhance quality and sharpen details while keeping skin texture natural and smooth, avoid plastic look

Old scanned photo with multiple issues enhance quality of this old photo, reduce grain, improve contrast, and sharpen important details

Generate and review

Tap generate and compare with your original at full zoom. Check that sharpness looks natural without halos, noise reduction preserved texture, and compression artifacts are reduced. Look especially at edges and fine details like text or hair.

💡 Toggle between before and after at 100% zoom. Quality improvements are often subtle but make a big difference in the final output.

Refine specific areas if needed

If some areas need more work—like over-sharpening on skin or remaining noise in shadows—tap markers on those spots and regenerate with adjusted instructions. Most quality enhancements work globally without markers.

💡 For portraits, you might want different settings for skin versus clothing. Mark the face and ask for 'gentle enhancement preserving skin texture.'

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"I had old compressed photos from 2010 that looked terrible. Just typed 'enhance quality and reduce noise' and they actually look presentable now." @DigitalMemoriesKate

See it in action

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Compressed JPEG recovery

An old photo saved at low quality for email showing heavy compression blocks. One prompt restored smooth gradients and clean edges.

Prompt: enhance quality and remove compression artifacts, restore smooth gradients and sharp details

Restaurant food photo with heavy noise and grain — Before

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Same food photo with reduced noise and clear details — After

Noisy low-light photo cleaned up

A restaurant photo taken without flash, full of color noise and grain. AI reduced noise while keeping the food looking appetizing.

Prompt: enhance quality and reduce noise while preserving texture and color accuracy, keep details sharp

Blurry low-resolution screenshot with fuzzy text — Before

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Same screenshot with sharp text and clear interface elements — After

Screenshot made printable

A low-resolution screenshot needed for a presentation. AI enhanced clarity and sharpened text to look professional.

Prompt: enhance quality of this screenshot, sharpen text and graphics, improve overall clarity for printing

If something looks off

AI changed the wrong area or something I didn't want changed

Why: The AI applied enhancement globally when you wanted it localized, or it interpreted your request differently than intended.

Try: Tap a marker on the specific area you want enhanced, then regenerate with the same prompt

💡 Markers tell the AI 'I mean THIS area specifically.' Use them when you only want part of the image enhanced.

Image looks over-sharpened with bright halos around edges

Why: The AI applied too aggressive sharpening. This is common when the source image was already reasonably sharp.

Try: enhance quality with subtle sharpening, no halos, keep edges natural

💡 For already-decent images, use 'subtle' or 'gentle' in your prompt to avoid over-processing.

Noise reduction made skin look plastic or waxy

Why: Aggressive noise reduction smooths away natural skin texture. The AI needs to know to preserve it.

Try: enhance quality and reduce noise while preserving natural skin texture and pores, avoid plastic look

💡 For portraits, always mention skin texture. The AI defaults to strong smoothing without guidance.

Fine details like text or patterns are still blurry

Why: The AI balanced sharpening globally and didn't prioritize text or pattern areas enough.

Try: enhance quality and sharpen text and fine patterns specifically, make edges crisp and readable

💡 If text is critical, call it out specifically. 'Sharpen text to be easily readable' focuses the AI on what matters.

Colors look different or washed out after enhancement

Why: Some quality enhancements affect color balance. The AI may have adjusted contrast or saturation along with clarity.

Try: enhance quality and sharpen details while preserving original colors exactly, no color changes

💡 Adding 'preserve original colors' prevents unwanted color shifts during quality enhancement.

Enhancement added strange patterns or textures

Why: The AI hallucinated details when trying to recover information that wasn't there. This happens with extremely low-quality sources.

Try: enhance quality conservatively, only sharpen existing details, do not invent new texture

💡 For very degraded images, use 'conservative' enhancement. Some damage can't be fully recovered without artifacts.

Quick answers

What quality improvements can AI make?

AI can sharpen blurry images, reduce noise and grain, remove compression artifacts (the blocky patterns in over-compressed JPEGs), enhance fine details, improve clarity, and even intelligently upscale low-resolution images. It works by analyzing patterns in your image and reconstructing what the original high-quality version likely looked like. Results are best when the source has some usable detail—extremely degraded images may not fully recover.

Do I need to use sliders or technical settings?

No—just describe what you want in plain English. 'Enhance the quality and reduce noise' or 'sharpen details and remove compression artifacts.' The AI figures out the right technical adjustments automatically. You don't need to know about unsharp masks, noise reduction algorithms, or upscaling methods.

Can this fix a very blurry or out-of-focus photo?

It can improve mild blur and softness significantly. For moderate blur, you'll see noticeable improvement in edge definition and detail. However, severely out-of-focus images where the subject is unrecognizable may not fully recover—AI can sharpen existing detail but can't perfectly reconstruct information that was never captured. Try 'enhance quality and sharpen as much as possible while keeping natural appearance' for best results on blurry photos.

Will this make my low-resolution image suitable for printing?

It can significantly improve low-resolution images for printing. The AI can upscale and add believable detail, making small web images usable at larger sizes. For best results, specify your goal: 'enhance quality for large print, maximum sharpness and detail.' Results depend on your source—a 200px thumbnail won't become a billboard, but most web-sized images can print respectably at 8x10 or similar sizes.

How is this different from general photo enhancement?

This focuses specifically on technical quality: sharpness, noise, compression artifacts, and clarity. General photo enhancement might include color correction, exposure adjustment, or creative filters. Use this when your photo is technically degraded—blurry, noisy, or over-compressed—rather than when you want to change its look or style. For color and exposure improvements, try the general enhance photo tool instead.

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