Pro Mode

What Pro Mode is, when to use it, and which edits benefit most from it

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Updated May 5, 2026

Pro Mode is an optional quality upgrade for Magic Editor edits. When enabled, edits run through a higher resolution pipeline and a more powerful AI model, producing sharper, more detailed, and more realistic results.

Magic Editor showing the Pro Mode toggle and the stacked-edits hint that appears when editing an already-edited image

What Pro Mode Does

Pro Mode uses a higher resolution image pipeline and a more powerful AI model compared to standard mode. This means:

More detail in faces, hair, and clothing textures
Better lighting and color accuracy
More realistic blending when changing backgrounds or outfits
Better handling of complex edits like facial expression changes and perspective shifts

Cost

Pro Mode edits cost 4x the standard credit amount. For example, a background change costs 4 credits instead of 1. Custom prompts cost 5 credits instead of 2. Upscaling is not affected by Pro Mode.

Pro-Only Edits

Some edits are only available with Pro Mode enabled because they involve complex changes like facial expressions or perspective shifts that require the more powerful AI model to produce good results:

Smile - add a natural, subtle smile
Don't show teeth - close lips to hide teeth
Thinner face - slim down thick or puffy faces
Straighten head - correct head tilt or inclination
Environmental camera - wider framing with more background context
Over shoulder camera - over-the-shoulder perspective

What Works Well Without Pro Mode

Not every edit needs Pro Mode. These edits produce good results in standard mode:

Change background - background swaps work well at standard quality
Change outfit - clothing swaps look good in standard mode
Clean shaven / Short beard / Full beard / Mustache - facial hair changes are straightforward
Half body / Three-quarter camera - basic reframing works fine
Expand to landscape - the AI-generated extension blends well at standard quality

Stacking Edits

Each edit re-encodes the image, so applying several edits in a row in standard mode can introduce graininess and slowly drift away from your original look. If you plan to apply more than one edit on top of an already-edited image, turn on Pro Mode for the follow-up edits — the higher-resolution pipeline preserves detail much better across stacked edits. The editor will also show a hint when you're about to edit an image that is itself the result of a previous edit.