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Kling AI turns text or images into cinematic AI video, plus image and sound generation, for creators and studios.
Desktop and cloud AI software for upscaling, sharpening, denoising, and restoring photos and video at professional quality.
Fast AI video and image generator known for consistent multi-reference characters, anime motion, and free off-peak generation.
All-in-one AI photo and video enhancement suite for upscaling, denoising, sharpening, colorizing, and restoring images at scale.
AI color-grading software for editors and colorists that auto-balances, matches shots, and runs locally in Resolve, Premiere, and more.
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- ✦AI video generation from text and images
- ✦AI image generation
- ✦Reference-based multimodal creation
- ✦Single creative studio
- ✦AI image and video upscaling up to 4K/32MP
- ✦Denoising and sharpening models
- ✦Photo restoration and dust/scratch removal
- ✦Face enhancement and recovery
- ✦Background removal and colorization
- ✦Cloud rendering with concurrency limits
- ✦Bundled multi-app Studio subscription
- ✦Text-to-video, image-to-video, and reference-to-video generation
- ✦Multi-reference consistency using up to 7 images
- ✦First and last frame transition control
- ✦Anime art-to-video animation
- ✦Unlimited free generation in off-peak mode
- ✦AI sound effect and AI image generation tools
- ✦AI image and video upscaling up to high multiples
- ✦Sharpening to fix blur and out-of-focus shots
- ✦Denoising and compression artifact removal
- ✦Old photo restoration and colorization
- ✦AI background removal and passport-photo prep
- ✦Cartoon/anime stylization of photos
- ✦Offline desktop app for batch processing
- ✦AI shot matching across sequences
- ✦One-click auto color balance
- ✦AI auto white balance
- ✦Match a look from any reference image
- ✦Local, on-device processing
- ✦Plugin/standalone for Resolve, Premiere, Nuke, Flame, Baselight
- ✦Film and grain emulation (Pro)
- →Short-form and social video creation
- →Storyboarding and previz
- →Advertising and brand clips
- →Animating still images
- →Photographers restoring or upscaling old photos
- →Video editors upscaling footage to 4K
- →Studios batch-enhancing large image libraries
- →Creators removing backgrounds or colorizing images
- →Marketers producing branded video ads with consistent characters
- →Anime creators animating static art
- →Creators reusing saved characters/props across multiple videos
- →Users wanting fast, low-cost video generation via off-peak mode
- →Upscaling product photos for e-commerce or print
- →Restoring and colorizing old family photographs
- →Cleaning up noisy or blurry photos before publishing
- →Batch processing large volumes of images offline for privacy or speed
- →Balancing and matching entire timelines
- →Fast cinematic grading for editors
- →High-end finishing and VFX color
- →Creating and sharing looks