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Video AI by Topaz Labs logo
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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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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Streamrun
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Cloud relay adding disconnect failover, multistreaming, and vertical reframing between a creator's encoder and platforms like Twitch.

12K 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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UniFab
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Desktop AI video/audio enhancer offering upscaling, denoising, colorizing, and face enhancement with optional cloud credits.

196K visits/mo14K 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)
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)
Streamrun Go: $25/mo (up to 2 destinations, 14-day trial)
Streamrun Pro: from $0.39/hour (pay-as-you-go, unlimited destinations)

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Free trial available

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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
  • 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
  • Auto-reconnect failover to keep a stream live through disconnects
  • Simultaneous multistreaming to several platforms from one source
  • Automatic dual-format output (horizontal plus vertical)
  • AI-based background noise cancellation
  • Visual workflow editor and REST API access (Pro)
  • Mid-stream device switching without interrupting the broadcast
  • 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 video upscaling up to 16K
  • AI denoising and face enhancement
  • Black-and-white video colorization
  • Audio upmixing to surround sound (EAC3/DTS)
  • Support for 1,000+ video format conversions
  • Optional cloud processing via FabCloud credits for GPU-less machines
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
  • 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
  • IRL streamers needing stable connections while mobile
  • Creators simultaneously broadcasting to Twitch, YouTube, TikTok, and Kick
  • Productions building custom routing/overlay workflows via API
  • Streamers wanting a mobile-optimized vertical feed without a second encoder
  • Balancing and matching entire timelines
  • Fast cinematic grading for editors
  • High-end finishing and VFX color
  • Creating and sharing looks
  • Video editors restoring old or low-quality footage
  • Creators upscaling videos for higher-resolution delivery
  • Users converting videos between formats without a GPU
  • Hobbyists colorizing black-and-white home movies
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