As an AI-Creator, anyone telling you to "just upscale to 4K inside the platform" has never looked at your monthly bill.
Cloud platforms charge up to 4x your credit allowance just to run a native upscale loop.
If said this before, just simply drop your raw generations to 720p draft mode, lock your edits together, and run them through a local desktop upscaler. That way, you grt free compute and zero markup.
AI enhances creativity, but the cost of accessing these tools is a major hindrance to a lot of creators out there.