Topaz Video AI is a professional video enhancement utility designed to upscale, stabilize, and reimagine footage using advanced machine learning models. Unlike traditional interpolation methods that often produce artifacts, this software analyzes temporal data across multiple frames to generate new details and restore lost quality. It serves as a comprehensive post-production tool for filmmakers, archivists, and enthusiasts looking to modernize low-resolution content or prepare high-fidelity masters for broadcast and streaming.
The software functions as both an enhancement engine and a versatile transcoder, allowing users to export processed video into industry-standard formats. Whether working with noisy low-light clips, interlaced analog recordings, or shaky handheld footage, the application applies specific AI models to correct these issues. Users can then utilize the built-in encoding engine to output files in high-efficiency codecs like H.265 (HEVC) and AV1, or professional intermediates such as ProRes 422, ensuring the final deliverable meets the strict bitrate and quality standards required for modern playback devices.
Key Features
- AI-Powered Upscaling: Increases video resolution from SD or HD to 4K and 8K, reconstructing accurate details rather than just sharpening edges.
- Frame Interpolation: Generates new frames to convert standard footage into smooth slow motion or to increase the frame rate (e.g., 24fps to 60fps) without stutter.
- Advanced Stabilization: Reduces camera shake and jitter in handheld footage while maintaining the original framing and reducing crop factor.
- Motion Deblur: Analyzes motion vectors to reduce blurring caused by fast-moving subjects or camera pans, recovering lost texture.
- Comprehensive Encoding Support: Exports enhanced video directly to H.264, H.265 (HEVC), AV1, VP9, and Apple ProRes (422/HQ/LT) formats.
- Deinterlacing: Converts interlaced video (typical of older TV broadcasts) into progressive scan footage, eliminating comb artifacts.
User Interface
The interface is designed with a modern, dark-themed layout that prioritizes workflow efficiency. A prominent timeline allows users to preview specific sections of their video, enabling side-by-side comparisons between the original and the processed output. Controls are organized logically, with AI model selection and parameter adjustments located in a sidebar panel. The layout is intuitive enough for newcomers to grasp quickly, yet provides granular control for advanced users who wish to fine-tune grain amounts, compression recovery, and output settings manually.
Extensions and Plugins
Topaz Video AI integrates directly into existing professional workflows through included plugins. Users can access its enhancement capabilities directly within Adobe After Effects and DaVinci Resolve. These plugins allow editors to apply AI models as effects on their timeline layers, eliminating the need to render intermediate files and switch between applications. The plugin ecosystem ensures that the enhancement process becomes a natural step in the compositing or color grading pipeline.
System Requirements
To ensure optimal performance and processing speed, the software requires modern hardware capable of handling intensive AI computations.
- Operating System: Windows 10 or Windows 11 (64-bit only).
- Processor (CPU): Intel or AMD CPU with AVX2 instructions (2016 or newer).
- System Memory (RAM): 16 GB minimum; 32 GB or more is recommended for 4K/8K processing.
- Graphics Card (GPU):
- NVIDIA GTX 900 series or higher (6 GB VRAM minimum).
- AMD Radeon 500 series or higher (6 GB VRAM minimum).
- Intel ARC A750 or higher.
