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AVCLabs
✓ verifiedFreemium
Suite of AI tools for upscaling, enhancing, blurring, and editing video and photos, aimed at creators and restorers.
183K visits/mo3.7K saves
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Video AI by Topaz Labs
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Desktop and cloud AI software for upscaling, sharpening, denoising, and restoring photos and video at professional quality.
3.0M visits/mo7.0K saves
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AI Video Upscaler
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Pay-per-use browser video upscaler that renders clips up to 4K, priced by resolution, frame rate, and duration.
1.8K saves
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Colourlab
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AI color-grading software for editors and colorists that auto-balances, matches shots, and runs locally in Resolve, Premiere, and more.
67K visits/mo6.9K saves
Pricing
No public pricing
Free trial available
Topaz Image Web: $12/mo (introductory, up to 32MP, unlimited cloud rendering)
Astra Standard: $19/mo (introductory, 400 credits/month, 4K video output)
Topaz Studio: $34/mo billed annually (all apps, 300 monthly video cloud credits)
Topaz Studio: $69/mo (all apps, 300 monthly video cloud credits)
Topaz Photo: $39/mo (photo restoration and enhancement models)
Topaz Gigapixel: $29/mo (image upscaling models)
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Core features
- ✦Video upscaling to HD/4K/8K
- ✦Facial detail restoration
- ✦Automatic face, object and license plate blurring
- ✦Watermark and object removal
- ✦Image colorization and denoising
- ✦Video stabilization
- ✦AVCLabs Media MCP server for AI agents
- ✦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
- ✦Upscale video resolution to 720p, 1080p or 4K
- ✦Pay-per-use credit pricing based on resolution/fps/duration
- ✦Automatic file deletion after 24 hours for privacy
- ✦Preserves original aspect ratio and audio
- ✦Supports common formats like MP4, AVI, MOV, MKV, WMV
- ✦No subscription required
- ✦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)
- ✦Video editing and creation
- ✦PDF creation, editing, and management
- ✦Diagramming and mind mapping
- ✦Data recovery and file repair
- ✦Mobile device management
Use cases
- →Improving low-resolution video quality
- →Blurring faces and plates for privacy
- →Restoring and colorizing old photos and footage
- →Removing watermarks and unwanted objects
- →Photographers restoring or upscaling old photos
- →Video editors upscaling footage to 4K
- →Studios batch-enhancing large image libraries
- →Creators removing backgrounds or colorizing images
- →Upscaling short clips for YouTube or TikTok before posting
- →Enhancing low-resolution footage for social media
- →One-off video quality upgrades without a subscription
- →Balancing and matching entire timelines
- →Fast cinematic grading for editors
- →High-end finishing and VFX color
- →Creating and sharing looks
- →Creating and editing videos for marketing, education, or personal use.
- →Managing and editing PDF documents for business or academic purposes.
- →Creating diagrams and mind maps for brainstorming and project planning.
- →Recovering lost files and repairing corrupted videos or photos.
- →Managing mobile devices and transferring data between phones.
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