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Video Enhancement Upscaling Video

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

VideoUpscale.net

✓ verifiedFreemium

Credit-based AI video upscaler that sharpens footage to 4K while preserving natural motion, aimed at creators cleaning up low-res clips.

504 saves

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

TotalMedia | Video Enhancer

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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

Basic: $40/mo or $21.9/mo billed annually (500 credits/month)

Pro: $60/mo or $36.9/mo billed annually (1000 credits/month)

Ultimate: $250/mo or $148.9/mo billed annually (4300 credits/month)

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)

No public pricing

Free trial available

Core features

✦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)

✦Upscales video resolution up to 4K
✦Reduces blur, noise, and compression artifacts
✦Preserves natural motion instead of over-processing frames
✦Offers dedicated modes for anime, restoration, and gaming footage
✦Supports 60fps smooth-motion output
✦Credit-based usage tied to output resolution and duration

✦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

✦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

→Balancing and matching entire timelines
→Fast cinematic grading for editors
→High-end finishing and VFX color
→Creating and sharing looks

→Restoring old or low-quality vintage footage
→Cleaning up compressed social media clips before reposting
→Sharpening gaming or product demo recordings for sharing

→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 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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