Gigapixel AI for video is a tool created by Topaz Labs which can upscale videos by up to 400%. It can create 5K video from 720p footage or 8K video from 1080p footage with quite impressive results. It is based on Gigapixel AI for photos, which has been available for some time already. Gigapixel AI for video is currently available as a paid service or as a free beta version desktop application for Windows. Gigapixel AI for video – upscaling example. Source: Topaz Labs Topaz Labs is a software company known rather for their photography adjustments software Topaz Studio. Among other functions and filters, it offers Gigapixel AI for photos, which upscale them by up to 600% while preserving image quality. Recently, the company launched Gigapixel AI for videos as well. What does it offer? Topaz Gigapixel AI for Video According to Topaz Labs, Gigapixel AI for video has been trained on thousands of videos and it combines information from multiple input video frames to provide good results. It is able enlarge videos to a maximum of 8K resolution with more details and motion consistency. Judging from Topaz demo videos on their Vimeo channel, I have to say that the results look better than I would expect from an artificial upscaling software. There are some limitations, however – if the input clip is a very low quality file, the upscaled version is not ideal. It is quite obvious from the wildlife example with running horses on the beach. Gigapixel AI...
Published By: CineD - Monday, 30 December, 2019