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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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VideoUpscale.net
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Credit-based AI video upscaler that sharpens footage to 4K while preserving natural motion, aimed at creators cleaning up low-res clips.
504 saves
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bigmp4
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AI video enhancer that upscales to 4K/8K, colorizes black-and-white footage, and adds frame interpolation.
14K saves
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VidHex
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Desktop and cloud AI suite for enhancing, upscaling, and restoring video, for casual users and creators fixing low-quality footage.
62K visits/mo
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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
Pricing
No public pricing
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
Free: $0 (30 GPU points/mo)
$6: 300 GPU points
$18: 1080 GPU points
$24: 1560 GPU points
Individual 1 Month: $31.92 discounted from $39.90 (100 cloud AI credits)
Individual 1 Year: $79.92 discounted from $99.90 (1,350 cloud AI credits)
Individual Perpetual: $239.92 discounted from $299.90 (5,000 cloud AI credits)
Team 5 Computers: $319.92 discounted from $399.90/year (5,000 credits)
Team 10 Computers: $479.92 discounted from $599.90/year (10,000 credits)
Team 20 Computers: $799.92 discounted from $999.90/year (20,000 credits)
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)
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
- ✦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 video upscaling to 2K/4K/8K
- ✦Black-and-white video colorization
- ✦Frame interpolation to 60/120/240fps
- ✦Smooth slow-motion generation
- ✦Batch processing and GIF support
- ✦Desktop apps for Mac and Windows
- ✦Upscales video resolution up to 4K/8K
- ✦Restores damaged or degraded footage, fixing scratches and compression loss
- ✦Colorizes black-and-white video automatically
- ✦Increases frame rate through AI frame interpolation
- ✦Reduces video noise and brightens dark footage
- ✦Enhances facial detail and stabilizes shaky video
- ✦Offers online, no-download tools alongside the desktop app
- ✦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
Use cases
- →Upscaling photos and illustrations
- →Enhancing faces in photos
- →Turning photos into paintings or video
- →Colorizing black-and-white images
- →Restoring old or low-quality vintage footage
- →Cleaning up compressed social media clips before reposting
- →Sharpening gaming or product demo recordings for sharing
- →Upscaling low-resolution video
- →Colorizing old footage
- →Smoothing video with higher frame rates
- →Creating slow-motion clips
- →Casual users polishing personal travel or family videos
- →Content creators improving vlogs, reels, or tutorials
- →E-commerce sellers upgrading promotional video quality
- →Restoring old family or archival footage
- →Photographers restoring or upscaling old photos
- →Video editors upscaling footage to 4K
- →Studios batch-enhancing large image libraries
- →Creators removing backgrounds or colorizing images
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