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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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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
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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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Video Compress
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Free-tier browser video compressor supporting 40+ formats with credit-based limits on file size and monthly usage.

1.4M visits/mo1.1K saves
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Vance.ai
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All-in-one AI photo and video enhancement suite for upscaling, denoising, sharpening, colorizing, and restoring images at scale.

Pricing

No public pricing

Free trial available

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)
Free: $0/mo (30 credits/month, up to 1GB per file)
Basic: $9/mo (750 credits/month, up to 10GB per file)
Pro: $29/mo (5000 credits/month)
Premium: $59/mo (7500 credits/month)

No public pricing

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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 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)
  • 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
  • Target file-size or advanced bitrate compression settings
  • Support for 40+ video formats
  • Cloud-based processing with no software install
  • Automatic file deletion after processing
  • Companion tools: crop, trim, video-to-MP3, video-to-text
  • Credit-based monthly usage tiers
  • 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
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
  • Balancing and matching entire timelines
  • Fast cinematic grading for editors
  • High-end finishing and VFX color
  • Creating and sharing looks
  • Photographers restoring or upscaling old photos
  • Video editors upscaling footage to 4K
  • Studios batch-enhancing large image libraries
  • Creators removing backgrounds or colorizing images
  • Shrinking video files to fit email attachment limits
  • Compressing videos to meet Discord's upload size limit
  • Reducing storage costs for large video libraries
  • Preparing 4K footage for faster social media uploads
  • 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
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