Topaz Video AI

Desktop app for AI upscaling, deinterlacing, denoising and frame interpolation

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What is Topaz Video AI?

Topaz Video AI is a desktop application for restoring and enhancing footage that already exists rather than generating new footage. It upscales resolution, removes noise and compression artefacts, deinterlaces old video, stabilises shaky handheld shots, and interpolates frames to raise the frame rate or create smoother slow motion. Different models are tuned for different sources, such as live action, animation or heavily compressed web video, and you pick one per job. For archive work, old family tapes and phone footage that has to hold up on a large screen, it remains one of the few serious options available to a single editor.

Last updated: 2026-09-20. This site only provides an index; for exact features, pricing, and licensing, see the official website.

Key features

  • AI upscaling models tuned separately for live action and animation
  • Denoising and artefact removal for compressed or low-light footage
  • Deinterlacing for older broadcast and camcorder sources
  • Frame interpolation for higher frame rates and smoother slow motion
  • Stabilisation and motion deblur on shaky or fast-moving shots
  • Batch processing and preview comparison of different models

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • Genuinely rescues old or degraded footage that otherwise is unusable
  • Model choice per source type beats a single one-size setting
  • Runs locally, so long jobs do not consume cloud credits

Watch out for

  • Rendering is slow and wants a strong GPU
  • Output can look over-smoothed or waxy if pushed too far
  • It enhances existing video; it does not create anything new

Best for & use cases

restoring old footage, upscaling archive video, slow motion and cleanup work

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FAQ

Does it generate video?

No. It processes video you already have, improving resolution, noise, stability and frame rate. If you need new footage created from a prompt, a generation model is the right category of tool instead.

How long do renders take?

Longer than you would like, and heavily dependent on your GPU and the output resolution. Hour-long source files can take many hours to process, which is why batch jobs are usually left running overnight.

Can it fix badly shot footage?

It helps with noise, motion blur and low resolution, but nothing recovers detail that was never recorded. Over-processing introduces a plastic look, so restraint and a preview comparison usually win.