Icons8
Icons8 provides a suite of AI-powered image and design tools — including Smart Upscaler, Background Remover, Face Swapper, generators and native apps — for designers, developers and content creators to enhance, edit and generate images at scale.
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Icons8
Icons8 is a platform offering a broad set of visual and creative tools: AI image enhancers (Smart Upscaler), background removal, face swapping, AI-generated faces and humans, illustration and photo generators, icon and illustration libraries, native Mac/Windows apps (including GoProd), and plugins for design apps. The products target designers, marketers, developers and anyone needing to improve or generate images quickly for web, apps and marketing content. Icons8 provides both web-based tools and APIs (e.g., Smart Upscaler API, Background Remover API, Photos API) to integrate automated image processing into workflows and applications.
Icons8 provides a suite of AI-powered image and design tools — including Smart Upscaler, Background Remover, Face Swapper, generators and native apps — for designers, developers and content creators to enhance, edit and generate images at scale.
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Smart Upscaler (AI image enhancement)
AI-powered upscaling that sharpens, reduces noise and enlarges images (super-resolution) using deep learning trained on millions of images to preserve details during enlargement.
Batch processing
Upload and process up to 500 images at once (JPG, PNG, WebP), with a per-file size guidance mentioned (up to 5 MB per image in upload UI).
High maximum output size
Images can be upscaled up to 7680×7680 pixels (largest resolution advertised for some tools).
Background Remover
Automatically remove backgrounds from photos, supports batch uploads and outputs transparent PNGs suitable for product photos and compositing.
Face Swapper & Generative tools
Production-quality face swap tool and AI generators (Face Generator, Human Generator) to create or swap faces and full-body human images with many variations.
Native apps & plugins
Fast native Mac and Windows apps (e.g., GoProd) for upscaling and background removal, plus plugins and drag-and-drop integrations for other design apps.
APIs for automation
APIs such as Smart Upscaler API and Background Remover API to integrate sharpening, noise reduction, upscaling and background removal into automated pipelines and web services.
Illustration & asset generators
Tools like Illustration Generator, Mega Creator and icon libraries (PNG/SVG in many styles) to create consistent illustrations and UI assets.
Pricing
Prepaid package (credits)
Starting at $10- One-time credit pack (example: 50 images)
- Use credits anytime
Limited subscription
$9/month- 100 images per month
- Rollover credits
Unlimited subscription
$99/month- Unlimited images for the upscaler (as advertised)
Use Cases
E-commerce and product photos
Remove backgrounds and upscale low-resolution product images to produce higher-quality listings and marketing materials.
Content creators and social media
Enhance and enlarge images for posts, thumbnails and ads while preserving detail and reducing noise.
Design & prototyping
Use icons, illustrations and generated assets together with upscaling and background removal in native apps and plugins to speed UI and marketing design.
Automated image pipelines
Integrate Smart Upscaler API or Background Remover API to process large batches of images programmatically for websites, platforms or media management systems.
Photo restoration and repurposing
Improve the resolution of older or low-quality images for print or larger displays without manual retouching.
Integrations
Native apps (Mac & Windows)
GoProd and other native apps provide faster local workflows for upscaling and background removal.
Plugins
Plugins allow drag-and-drop of icons, illustrations and photos into other design apps.
APIs (Smart Upscaler API, Background Remover API, Photos API, Icons API, Illustrations API, Music API)
Programmatic access to upscaling, background removal, photo libraries and other assets for automated processing and integration into services.
Design asset libraries
Icons, illustrations and Mega Creator assets can be used together with image tools for complete design workflows.
Benefits
Limitations
Frequently Asked Questions
How does Smart Upscaler work?
How can I remove the watermarks?
Where are my images stored?
What images work best with Smart Upscaler?
Getting Started
- 1 Step 1: Open the Smart Upscaler web tool or install the native GoProd app for Mac/Windows.
- 2 Step 2: Upload or drop images (JPG, PNG, WebP) — the web UI supports batch uploads (up to 500 images) and per-file size limits shown in the uploader.
- 3 Step 3: Choose output/upscaling settings, then download results or get an API key to integrate processing into your applications.
Support
Docs
User documentation and FAQ pages available on the Icons8 website (User documentation link referenced).
Contact
Contact form / support via the Icons8 contact page (https://icons8.com/contact).
Forum
Community forum and blog for announcements and community support (Forum referenced).
API
Not available (documentation is referenced but no direct documentation link or rate limits were provided in the provided content).
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