![]() ![]() Video Enhance AI needs to include facial recognition and modified algorithms for faces. I have not found a good use for these other models yet. ![]() Video Enhance AI offers low-quality and computer quality (Gaia only) rendering models, but they tend to super enhance aberrations and high contrast areas at extreme levels. The result is similar to poorly processed dithering. Also the edges of the soft focus vegetation that frame Oz and Theodora have been over-processed. It is evident in most of the soft focus areas, as well as around small details like Oz and Theodora running in the distance.Īs you see, it sharpened details, like Oz’s hat and bag, but notice the artifacts around his shoulders and seat. The example to the right, also from Oz the Great and Powerful, demonstrates the artifacts created with the Artemis model. Instead, each frame is individually rendered, independent of prior frames, resulting in variations and sometimes artifacts of the same material as it moves on screen. When a key subject has moved in the frame, if the previous frames were referenced, the system could use the prior data to help ensure that there is consistency with how it handles the subject in its new location. Video Enhance AI doesn’t appear smart enough to reference the previous few frames when it upscales a frame. As a result, even though the source file for the conversion is DVD rip (720 x 404), a clean upscale is much more possible. The original recording is with high definition digital equipment. Like the below example from Oz the Great and Powerful 2. ![]() It is only really good upscaling a source that is very good. The Artemis model sharpens well, but tends to introduce artifacts (worming) in soft areas. Since the source is a relatively clean video from a DVD of the original film, the standard Gaia HQ processing model is fairly reliably to scale the video up to 1080P. In the example below from Porky’s 1, the source was a Widescreen DVD rip (720×404) upscaled to HD 1080p. When the source video is good enough quality, the upscaling is not bad to pretty good. My review of Topaz Labs is based on my system configuration the basics are as follows:Ģ56 GB NVMe Flash drive (Operating System and Application Installs)ĥ12 GB NVMe Flash drive (Scratch disk and temporary storage) Upscaling Technology System ConfigurationĮach computer system is going to have different results with this application, depending on its hardware and software configuration. Please read on for a detailed explanation of my review. The product is expensive for its limitations and short-fallings. Don’t expect miracles and don’t expect rapid results. Topaz Labs Video Enhance AI upscales and enhances reasonably well, depending on the source. If you want the general basis of this review, then here it is. ![]() This latter point will come up again later in this review. It also cleans up a bit of the noise sometimes introduced with upscaling. Topaz Labs Video Enhance AI will convert your video file to a higher resolution file and allow use on computers and televisions which may not feature upscaling technology. Those products do the upscaling live on the fly. High resolution televisions and video players have been doing it for several years. This review is based on my personal experience with Topaz Video Enhance AI, and the newly released version 2. The tricky thing with low quality video is that their image accuracy can be ruined quite easily with too-high settings, so you should start with low settings and gradually test and increase settings until you get adequate results.In 2020, Topaz Labs introduced their new product ‘Video Enhance AI’ for the purpose of upscaling and enhancing videos. Next, make sure to not set Recover Detail too high, particularly for low quality videos some low quality videos may not require any Recover Detail. Too little Revert Compression will leave compression artifacts and make the video too blocky, while too much will make the video seem to smooth and artificial. Videos with a lot of compression and pixelation will tend to need more while videos with little compression and pixelation will need less. I think the trick to Proteus is to start by getting the correct Revert Compression setting. I mainly use Artemis for 2D animated videos, as it mainly just sharpens and depixelates the video without adding extra details. Honestly, I've fallen in love with Proteus ever since it was released, and I hardly ever use Gaia anymore. ![]()
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