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Cre8tiveAI logo
Cre8tiveAI
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AI photo and video retouching suite that shut down on Dec 26, 2025; the site now redirects users to its sister tool copainter.

50K visits/mo
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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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VideoUpscaler.net
✓ verifiedFreemium

Credit-based AI suite for upscaling video plus generating images and music, for users wanting one subscription for multiple media types.

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Pricing

No public 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)
Basic: $14.9/mo or $7.45/mo discounted (3600 credits/year)
Pro: $49.9/mo or $24.95/mo discounted (14400 credits/year)
Free: $0/mo (10 credits/month, with watermark)
Core features
  • Photo Refiner image super-resolution
  • Face Refiner quality enhancement
  • Enpainter photo-to-painting styles
  • Moving Photo Maker (photo-to-video)
  • Monochrome-to-color and line-drawing tools
  • 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
  • Upscales video to 720p, 1080p, 2K, or 4K
  • Supports Basic and Pro processing tiers for text-heavy videos
  • Generates AI images and AI music alongside video upscaling
  • Allows trimming a video clip before processing
  • Offers parallel task processing on paid plans
  • Provides commercial usage rights on paid tiers
Use cases
  • Upscaling photos and illustrations
  • Enhancing faces in photos
  • Turning photos into paintings or video
  • Colorizing black-and-white images
  • 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
  • Creators upscaling footage for higher-quality reposting
  • Users wanting combined video, image, and music generation in one tool
  • Studios remastering older animation or film libraries
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