# Recraft Crisp Upscale - Core.Today AI API

> Fast, affordable upscaler from Recraft designed for sharp, crisp results — a single image input with no tuning needed. Great default for UI assets, illustrations, and product images.

- **Provider**: Recraft
- **Model ID**: recraft-ai/recraft-crisp-upscale
- **Category**: Image Generation
- **Credits**: 14 per image
- **Speed**: Fast
- **Quality**: High

## Features
- Sharp, crisp upscaling optimized for clarity
- Zero-tuning single-input API
- Fast processing
- Official Recraft model with flat pricing

## Use Cases
- Illustration and vector-style art upscaling
- UI asset enlargement
- Product image sharpening
- Logo and text-heavy image upscaling
- Bulk asset pipeline

## API Endpoint

Base URL: https://api.core.today/v1
Create Prediction: POST /predictions
Get Status: GET /predictions/{job_id}

## Authentication
Header: X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY

## Input Parameters

### Required
- **image**: string - Image to upscale

## Examples

### Crisp Illustration Upscale
Sharpen and enlarge an illustration in one step
```json
{
  "model": "recraft-ai/recraft-crisp-upscale",
  "input": {
    "image": "https://example.com/illustration.png"
  }
}
```

## Response Format
```json
{
  "job_id": "abc123",
  "status": "pending | processing | completed | failed",
  "result": "URL or data (when completed)"
}
```

## Usage Flow
1. POST /predictions with model and input -> receive job_id
2. GET /predictions/{job_id} -> poll until status is completed or failed
3. Result contains output URL(s)

## Tips
- Excels on illustrations, logos, and text where crisp edges matter
- No parameters to tune — ideal for automated pipelines
- For photographic detail re-imagination, use Clarity Upscaler; for faces, GFPGAN/CodeFormer

## Documentation
https://replicate.com/recraft-ai/recraft-crisp-upscale