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Using ACDSee AI Super-Resolution in Manage Mode

AI Super-Resolution enhances the quality of your images by using advanced algorithms to intelligently upscale lower-resolution photos. This feature increases the resolution and detail of your images, making them sharper and more defined without compromising quality. Whether you're enlarging a small photo or improving the clarity of a digital image, AI Super-Resolution helps you achieve professional results with ease.

How AI Super-Resolution Works:

AI Super-Resolution enhances image quality by analyzing patterns, textures, and colors in the image. It then applies a complex algorithm to upscale the image, reducing noise and blurriness, removing artifacts, and adding pixels where necessary to maintain clarity and detail. This feature is especially useful for enlarging small images or zooming into cropped photos.

Examples of when to use AI Super-Resolution:

Enlarging low-resolution images for large prints or displays
Enhancing cropped images to improve their quality
Increasing the size of older photos taken with lower-resolution cameras

How to apply AI Super-Resolution

To enhance your images with AI Super-Resolution, perform the following:

Find the image you want to enhance in Manage mode and do one of the following:

Select AI | AI Super-Resolution... from the top menu bar.
Right-click the image and select AI Features | AI Super-Resolution...
Press Option + Shift + S.

In the AI Super-Resolution dialog, choose your preferred settings. The preview will automatically generate a new preview whenever parameters are changed so you can always see what it looks like in real-time.
Click Enhance to apply Super Resolution to your image. The enhanced image will be saved by default into the same folder as the original. You can adjust this setting within Options at the bottom of the AI Super-Resolution dialog.

How to apply Batch AI Super-Resolution

To enhance multiple images at once with AI Super-Resolution, perform the following:

Find the images you want to enhance in Manage mode and do one of the following:

Press Batch | AI Super-Resolution | AI Super-Resolution...
Right-click on an image or images, and select Batch | AI Super-Resolution | AI Super-Resolution...
Press Control + S.

In the Batch AI Super-Resolution dialog, choose your preferred settings. The preview will automatically generate a new preview whenever parameters are changed so you can always see what it looks like in real-time.

Only the first image selected will display in the Preview when using multiple images in Batch AI Super-Resolution.

Click Enhance to apply Super Resolution to your images. The enhanced images will be saved by default into the same folder as the originals. You can adjust this setting within Options at the bottom of the Batch AI Super-Resolution dialog.

Settings:

There are five option settings that are available no matter which measurement mode you use:

Show Original	Shows the original image before any modifications for quick comparison.
AI Strength	Adjust the slider to increase or decrease the amount of influence the AI has in the enhancement.
Zoom	Adjust the zoom of the current preview display.
Actual Size	Sets the preview display to show the Actual Size of the image.
Fit Image	Sets the preview display to fit the image within the preview window.

Resizing Options

Resize Method	Setting	Explanation
Percentage
	Apply To:	The percentage defaults at 200%, but can be adjusted to whatever you need up to a maximum of 400%. The Apply To: dropdown menu allows you to choose what dimensions are impacted by AI Super-Resolution, including Width, Height, or Width and Height.
Size in Pixels
	Width	Enter a new width for the images in pixels.
	Height	Enter a new height for the images in pixels.
	Resize	Choose how to scale the images. Select one of the following options: Enlarge or Reduce: resizes all images to the specified height and width. Enlarge only: resizes only those images that are smaller than the specified height and width. Reduce only: resizes only those images that are larger than the specified height and width.
	Preserve original aspect ratio	Check this box to keep the width-to-height ratio of the original images.
	Fit within	Specifies whether the aspect ratio is maintained based on the specified width. For more information about how the different combinations affect the images, see Pixel resize options and resulting action.
Actual or Print Size
	Width	Enter a new width for the images in pixels.
	Units	Choose from inches, cm (centimeters), mm (millimeters), or pixels.
	Height	Enter a new height for the images in pixels.
	Resolution	Enter a resolution for the images in pixels per inch.
	Resize	Choose how to scale the images. Select one of the following options: Enlarge only: resizes only those images that are smaller than the specified height and width. Reduce only: resizes only those images that are larger than the specified height and width. Enlarge or reduce: resizes all images to the specified height and width.
	Preserve original aspect ratio	Check this box to keep the width-to-height ratio of the original images.
	Fit within	Specifies whether the aspect ratio is maintained based on the specified width. For more information about how the different combinations affect the images, see Pixel resize options and resulting action.
Options
	Output File Format	Format: Select a format from the dropdown menu to determine the file format files are saved as. Quality (JPEG, PNG, HEIC): Use the slider to determine the quality of your image output, from Least to Best. Better quality images will have larger file sizes. Compression (TIFF): Select the compression type, between None, LZW, and PackBits.
	File options	Replace original files: Selecting this option will cause saving files to overwrite their original files. Rename modified images and place in source folder: Selecting this option will cause saving files to rename the modified image and save it in the same location as the original file. Place the modified images in the following folder: Selecting this option will save files into the designated location. Click Browse... to select your desired output folder.