Process up to 200 images per job — pick your settings once, run them all.
Photos of paintings always come back disappointing — phone-camera noise, JPEG compression, a slight blur from holding the camera. This tool sharpens and upscales art-style imagery (paintings, illustrations, watercolours, digital art) while preserving the brush texture that makes the artwork itself.
Photo-restoration vs art-restoration
Our Restore Old Photo tool is tuned for photographic faces and skin. Our Anime Enhancer is tuned for clean line-art and flats. This one fills the middle: paintings, watercolours, illustrations, and digital art that have texture (brush strokes, paper grain) which a photo upscaler would smooth out and a line-art upscaler would over-sharpen.
The model was fine-tuned on a dataset of high-resolution scans of paintings (oil, acrylic, watercolour, gouache) plus high-res digital illustrations. It's learned what brush strokes look like at high res and how to extrapolate them from a lower-res source.
What it handles well
- Phone photos of paintings — gallery shots, your kid's drawing, a painting you bought.
- Old book illustrations — fairy tales, vintage children's books, technical illustrations.
- Digital art exports — Procreate or Photoshop files saved at low res.
- Concept art and matte paintings — environment art that needs to be poster-sized.
Workflow tips
- Crop tight before upscaling. Background wall of a museum shot wastes resolution. Crop to the canvas first.
- Fix exposure first. Phone photos of paintings often skew dark or flash-yellow. Run Exposure Fix before enhancing.
- One pass usually works. The model is conservative on purpose — it preserves the source feel rather than over-sharpening.
Frequently asked questions
What's the upscale factor?
4× linear (16× area). 512×512 becomes 2048×2048.
Will it change the colours?
Minimal colour shift — the model preserves the source palette. For colour correction, run <a href='/tools/edit-manipulate/color-correction/'>Color Correction</a> separately.
Does it work on photos of frames?
It'll sharpen the frame too. Crop to just the canvas first for best results.
Can it remove glare from a photo of a painting?
No — this is upscale + sharpen only. Glare removal needs different processing.
What about textures like canvas weave?
Preserved. The model treats them as legitimate texture, not noise.
Will it work on pencil drawings?
Yes, though our anime/line-art model is sharper for pure line work. For mixed media (pencil + watercolour) this one is the better pick.
Maximum input size?
25 MB upload, 4096×4096 effective resolution. Premium goes higher.
Are originals stored?
No — uploads are deleted within 24 hours and never used for training.
About Art Enhancer
Art Enhancer is a free online tool from Wallpapers.com that runs entirely in your browser — no install, no watermark, no email sign-up for the first try.
Upscale and restore digital paintings and illustrations.
How to use Art Enhancer
- Drop your image into the upload area (single or batch — toggle Bulk at the top).
- Pick any settings the tool exposes (size, format, quality).
- Click Run. The result downloads automatically — no manual save step.
When to use it
Common use cases include:
prepping images for web upload, e-commerce listings, social media platforms with format constraints, and converting files from one device or app to another.
Free vs Premium
Every visitor gets a free trial run; signed-in free users get a higher daily quota. Subscribe to
Premium
for unlimited runs, bulk processing up to 200 images per job, priority queue, and ad-free browsing.
Related tools
Looking for something slightly different? Try the
AI Image Upscaler
,
AI Photo Enhancer
or
AI Image Sharpener
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