Magnific
Upscale AI-generated or low-res images up to 16x with a choice of faithful or creative AI enhancement, now with a Figma plugin so you never leave the canvas.
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Overview
Magnific is the rebrand of Freepik into a full AI creative suite, pairing its original 250M+ library of stock photos, vectors, and templates with an AI image, video, and audio generation toolkit built around its own upscaler. The upscaler is the standout: Creative mode uses AI to reimagine and add detail to art, illustrations, and 3D renders at up to 16x scale, while Precision mode does faithful, low-distortion upscaling for photos and product shots up to 16x, with a specialized denoiser mode for old, noisy, or heavily compressed images. A Figma plugin brings the same generate, edit, and upscale toolkit directly onto the design canvas, so designers never have to leave the app to enhance an asset.
Beyond upscaling, Magnific gives access to 30+ image, video, and audio models including Nano Banana Pro, Seedream, and Topaz, plus an API and MCP server for teams that want to wire the upscaler into their own pipeline. The free tier covers basic AI tools and 10 stock downloads a day, and paid plans unlock the full stock library, commercial licensing, and much larger AI credit pools.
Our Take
Magnific's standout capability is its upscaler, which offers real control over how much creative detail gets added during the enlargement process, with a Creative mode that goes well beyond simple sharpening to fill in plausible new detail. That makes it the clearest choice when you need to take a low-res or AI-generated image and produce a version clean enough for print or large-format use. It pairs that upscaler with a broad stock library and other generative tools across image, video, and audio, though the credit-based pricing across multiple models takes tracking. The free tier covers basic tools only, so evaluating the upscaler specifically requires a paid plan.
Key Features
- AI upscaler with Creative and Precision modes up to 16x
- 250M+ stock photos, vectors, videos, and templates
- Figma plugin for generate, edit, and upscale on canvas
- Access to 30+ image, video, and audio models
- API and MCP server for pipeline integration
- • Best-in-class AI upscaling with real control over how much detail gets added
- • Combines a huge stock library with generative AI in one subscription
- • Figma plugin removes the export-and-reimport step for designers
- • Credit-based pricing across many models can get confusing to track
- • Best value requires a paid plan, free tier is limited to basic tools
- • Rebrand from Freepik means some older reviews and guides reference the old name
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