Video Enhance AI

[williej]

I have recently purchased a program by Topaz Labs which improves the quality of poor/low resolution video using AI supported processes. Not cheap at US$300 but I'm getting some good results, I must say.

There are several improvement processes from which to choose within the app, depending on the format and quality of the original footage. There is also a slow motion program in the app with which I am particularly pleased and which I have used post clean up. Especially good, in my case, for breast whipping clips .
I'd love to post some examples but even short clips are way to big to post here.

Anyway, just thought I'd mention it.

[wulf]

That is a very interesting development. I personally have a lot of videos of rather poor quality that I would love to see improved (Hidden Pleasures videos come to mid). $300 doesn't sound that bad to me, and could you supply a link to the source for it?
Great post & thanks for the info.

[Spiked]

Called "Video Enhance AI". https://www.topazlabs.com/video-enhance-ai

[williej]

Called "Video Enhance AI". https://www.topazlabs.com/video-enhance-ai

That's the very one. Thanks Spiked.

[Spiked]

Bought it! A fairly steep learning curve, but worth it. Improves--not like original though--older videos. It is expensive at US$300, Try out the free trial version first.

[williej]

Bought it! A fairly steep learning curve, but worth it. Improves--not like original though--older videos. It is expensive at US$300, Try out the free trial version first.

So far, for older videos, I have achieved some of the best results with the Proteus-6 Parameter option. But there is a bit of trial and error involved.

[Spiked]

williej: thanks for the tip.

[ZootieZootZoot]

I've experimented with this program a little. It can do a pretty good job on some videos, but don't expect miracles. For really old/low quality input, the videos that it produces are arguably worse than the original.

I gave up after a few tries. Mostly because it took a week for my PC grinding at 100% CPU to finish even a fairly short video.

But it is fun to play with.

[gowron]

These programs aren't bad ... except for faces.
They can guess about the rest (or we don't care if it's different from original), but we spot a badly rendered face easily.

And, yes, they require a powerful CPU and a lot of time.

[Spiked]

gowron: Good point about the processing demand on one's computer. I have a fairly recent iMac. Processing a 640x320 video hogs all six cores of the Intel CPU & can take "forever" if the video is 6-8 minutes long.