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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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UniScribe
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Converts uploaded or linked audio/video into text with AI summaries, mind maps, and multi-format export in 63 languages.
1.4M visits/mo
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Nero Software
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Long-running Windows multimedia suite for disc burning, video editing, backup, and AI media enhancement.
1.6M visits/mo9.7K saves
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Vizard
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AI clipping tool that turns long videos into short vertical highlight clips for TikTok, Reels and Shorts, aimed at podcasters and marketers.
1.5M visits/mo5.4K saves
Pricing
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)
Free: $0/month (120 minutes/month, 3 files/day)
Basic: $6/month (1,200 minutes/month, $72/year billed yearly)
Standard: $12/month (3,000 minutes/month, $144/year billed yearly)
Nero Platinum Suite 2026: $44.95 (discounted from $59.95)
Free: $0/month (60 credits/month, 720p export)
Free: Free
Image Plan: $4 /Month
Image Pro Plan: $7 /Month
Core features
- ✦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
- ✦Audio/video-to-text transcription from file upload or YouTube link
- ✦Support for 63 languages and 11 input file formats
- ✦Automatic AI summaries and visual mind maps
- ✦Speaker recognition and translation
- ✦Export to txt, pdf, docx, srt, csv, and vtt
- ✦Shareable transcript links
- ✦Nero Burning ROM disc burning
- ✦Nero Video editing
- ✦AI image and video upscaling
- ✦Media management (MediaHome)
- ✦Backup and duplicate management
- ✦Web-based AI tools
- ✦Automatic highlight detection and clipping
- ✦Auto-reframe to vertical format
- ✦Text-based (transcript) video editing
- ✦Caption translation into 100+ languages
- ✦Brand templates and shareable links
- ✦Team workspace with member collaboration
- ✦AI Image Generation (from text, layout, fusion, replacement)
- ✦AI Video Creation (Image to Video, Text to Video)
- ✦AI Audio Tools (Speech to Text, Text to Speech, Vocal Remover)
- ✦AI-powered Photo Editing (Enhancement, Background Removal, Portrait tools)
- ✦AI-powered Video Enhancement (Upscaling, Denoising)
- ✦AI-powered Audio Enhancement (Denoise, Speech Enhancement)
Use cases
- →Photographers restoring or upscaling old photos
- →Video editors upscaling footage to 4K
- →Studios batch-enhancing large image libraries
- →Creators removing backgrounds or colorizing images
- →Researchers transcribing interviews
- →Students converting lectures into notes and mind maps
- →Podcasters and creators generating subtitles
- →Professionals needing multilingual meeting transcripts
- →Burning CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray
- →Editing home videos
- →Upscaling photos and video
- →Backing up and organizing media
- →Podcasters turning episodes into shorts
- →Marketers repurposing webinars into social content
- →Coaches building a personal brand from client calls
- →Agencies scaling clip production for multiple clients
- →Creating business headshots for resumes or social media
- →Generating templates with AI using text prompts
- →Perfecting podcasts with smart audio editing
- →Transforming photos into videos (e.g., kissing videos, product videos)
- →Generating custom AI artwork
- →Removing watermarks or changing backgrounds for e-commerce
- →Creating social media profile pictures and posts
- →Transcribing audio for subtitles or podcasts
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