How AI Enhance works and when the button appears
Learn what the AI Enhance pass does to a completed still render, when its button is offered, and what it costs.
AI Enhance runs a two-step pipeline on a completed still render: first an AI photorealism pass that keeps the scene, layout, camera and every material exactly as rendered while improving lighting realism, shadows and material response; then an automatic upscale of the result to 4K (3840 px on the long side, JPEG). The button appears on completed still renders in the Rendered Images tab - it is not offered for 360 tours, renders still in progress, or renders waiting for a free HD render slot. It is a chargeable service at a flat rate per enhancement, independent of the original render quality (an HD render and a 4K render cost the same to enhance), and the client is only billed for enhancements that complete fully - a failed or partial enhancement is never billed. While the AI pass runs, the card shows an Enhancing tag; when the first step finishes, the enhanced image becomes viewable and the badge shows 'Enhanced. Upscaling...' until the 4K version replaces it. If the AI pass succeeds but the 4K upscale fails, the enhanced image is still delivered and the card shows an Enhancement Failed tag. Once done, 'Download image (jpg)' downloads the 4K file, 'Compare with original render' shows a side-by-side, and a re-enhance option lets the user try another pass as a new render.
The AI Enhance button only appears on render cards meeting all of these conditions: the render is a still image (360 tours never show it); the render has finished (cards queued, in progress, or waiting for a free HD render slot hide it); and the render is not already enhanced, currently enhancing, or marked as a failed enhancement. Already-enhanced renders show an 'Enhanced' or 'Enhanced to 4K' tag with a small reload icon instead - that icon is the re-enhance entry point, so the capability is still there, just not labelled 'AI Enhance'. A render mid-enhancement shows an 'Enhancing' tag, and a render whose enhancement failed shows an 'Enhancement Failed' tag. If none of these apply and the button is absent on every render, the AI enhancement feature is switched off for the client's account or user role - in some configurations it is enabled for admin users but disabled for regular designers, which is why one teammate sees the button while another does not. That toggle is on Infurnia's side: escalate internally to check or enable the feature for the store rather than asking the client to change settings. Note that having the button visible does not guarantee an enhancement will start: if the store has reached its render credit overage cap, starting one is blocked with a budget popup.