Image Upscaler Release Notes – 27.5.17.0

New features

  • 1-Click Start/Cancel for Multiple Images
    You can now start or cancel upscaling with a single click for all selected images. This streamlined feature saves time and gives you greater control over batch processing.
1-click to start all images
1-click to start all images
  • New Local AI Model – Iris
    Meet Iris, our latest model designed to enhance fine contrast details like eyes, fur, hair, and feathers. Perfect for portraits and close-ups, Iris brings out the delicate textures in your images.
Meet our new model IRIS

Note: The “Iris” model is paid-only. It is available to yearly plan subscribers or lifetime owners from 2025 onwards. 2024 lifetime users need to purchase the 2025 version or a subscription to access it.

  • Seamless Editing in PhotoSnap
    After upscaling with Nero AI Image Upscaler, you can now fine-tune your images directly in PhotoSnap. Adjust colors, apply filters, retouch faces, add clip art, text, and more—without missing a beat.
Seamless Editing in PhotoSnap

Improvements

  • You can now enable face enhancement with any online upscaling model, thanks to Nero Cloud GPU. Enjoy sharper, more detailed facial features across all your images.
Face Enhancement with All online Models
  • You can now set a targeted scaling ratio for online upscaling models, giving you more control over the final image size and quality.
Custom Scaling Ratios for Online Upscaling

Bugfixes

  • We’ve fixed an issue where the app failed to load the local upscaling engine on certain devices.

Image Upscaler Release Notes – 27.5.9.0

New features

  • Now you can hide the model tips on the cursor hovering via turning on the Hide-model-guidance Option:

By default, it is OFF which means that a model tip will show up when the cursor is hovering on a model as below screenshot:

The model tip on cursor hovering in the Image Upscaler

  • A new entry for Activation code under Help Menu which will open the Nero Start app to redeem the product.

how to activate Image Upscaler with activation code

For more infomation, please refer to Redeem Activation Code

Image Upscaler Release Notes – 27.5.5.0

New features

  • Now you can set the default upscaling ratio and models for all remaining unprocessed images with just 1-click.
    • via Options page:Auto-start option for face recovery
    • via the processing control zone:Apply model and size settings to all the unprocessed images

The size settings of scale rate is only available for local models. We will make it possible for online models soon.

For more infomation, please refer to How to set model and size settings to all unprocessed photos quickly with Image Upscaler

Image Upscaler Release Notes – 26.5.46.0

Improvements

  • Now you can choose to keep the original filename when you output results.
    Options - keep original filename
    Options – keep the original filename

    PS. This option might overwrite your original files when you export the results to the same directory as the original files.

  • You can see all the output image info with the cursor hovering

    hovering for image info
    hovering for image info

Image Upscaler Release notes – 26.5.12.0

New features

We are pleased to announce that the latest version 26.5.12.0  includes an online engine mode. Users can now upscale images faster than ever before, thanks to the acceleration provided by the cloud server GPU.

select online mode
select online mode

A new AI model – Face Enhancement is included in the online engine mode so you can restore and enhance blurry faces in the desktop app without going to the web service or the mobile app.

Save the result
Example result of Face Enhancement

Improvements

Now you can set up the automatic trigger with a specified AI model. Just import the images and the upscaling process will be automatically started.

Preferred engine, model and auto-start
Preferred engine, model and auto-start