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Topaz Video AI 6.0.3

Enabled Enhancement in UI when combo box for output resolution is changed from original.
Enabled HLG transfer function for SDR → HDR.
Renamed focus fix tooltip to match buttons.
Updated warning text for forcing CFR.
Speed improvements to Frame Interpolation plugin for OpenFX.
Fixed Davinci Resolve plugin failing to load.
Fixed Davinci Resolve Frame Interpolation plugin sometimes not installing.
Fixed Davinci Resolve crashes when running Auto mode.
Fixed naming of duplicate tabs in tab options.
Fixed default preset behavior – will now create a new tab with the preset applied.
Fixed zoom resetting on play/pause.
Prevented preset tab from setting audio mode to none.
Keep manual parameters when viewing codec settings.
Always show second enhancement if active.
Allow network path imports and exports with Video AI Cloud.
Fixed Export priority handling.
Allow setting audio settings in batch exports.
Add zoom in/out keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl/Cmd +/-).
Accept more naming schemes for image sequences.
Improved accuracy of Cloud Credit balance.
Reset enhancement params to 0 if set to auto.
Keep bitrate export settings when switching between video + image sequence export options.
Keep file name during EXR conversion.
Prevent incorrect values for scaling with non-square PAR inputs.


Topaz Video AI 6.0.1

Included a “force CFR” (Constant Frame Rate) setting in encoder options.
Added a new feature to compare tabs in single view mode via a tab option.
Fixed stabilization filter bug where enabling jittery motion does not update filter correctly.
Prevented model parameters from resetting when navigating to the export page.
Added a display for elapsed time in export items.
Brought back tooltips for view mode buttons.
Moved the status label and added an estimated time for preview.
Fixed crop display bounds during zooming by ensuring the display area always aligns with the video view.

Known issues:
Enabling “force CFR” option may cause issues in the exported videos such as duplicate frames, missing frames, or frames in wrong order.
As always, thanks for being part of the Topaz Video AI Community.


6.0

This release represents a major revamp of preview comparisons, with a tab-based interface that allows for workspace customization. Using tabs makes comparing different model settings much simpler, and brings more screen real estate back to the playback windows.

Here’s a video overview of what’s new in v6!

Introducing Topaz Video AI 6: Smarter, Smoother, Stronger!
Introducing Topaz Video AI 6: Smarter, Smoother, Stronger!

Highlights
Tabs
We’ve heard your feedback and we want to make comparison, easier, better, and more intuitive. Tabs are self contained groups of settings. You can create them from scratch or use presets. They replace for our previous preview queue and A/B comparison mode. Now rendered previews are contained in each tab, and it’s easy to compare two sets of previews, or the original. Just drag the tabs to create the view you want.

Video player
Our upgraded video player has been available in Windows and is now coming to Mac. The video player supports HDR, audio, and smooth 8K playback. Getting high quality previews in app, has never been better.
Note: HDR support on Mac is still in progress

Exports
We’ve revised the export queue to take up less space, offer more information about your exports, and make it easier to track exactly what you’re rendering.

Sources
We’ve moved the sources panel to create more work area. You’ll find it right below the timeline on the right.

Presets
The preset system has been refreshed to make it easier to find your favorite settings and quickly apply them across projects. You can select a preset directly when starting a new project. Presets are tightly integrated with tabs, you can create a tab from a preset, or save a tab to a preset.

Timeline
We gave the timeline a lot of love in this update. The upgraded timeline is faster, more responsive and has thumbnails to help you find what you’re looking for.

Live render
We’re making huge improvements to the live render system. You can render specific length chunks using the render button, and now it’s easier than ever to compare two sets of settings. Just switch into Side by Side or Split View, and press the play button to start rendering.

Other updates:

A new Preferences toggle is now available to enable/disable Cloud processing in Video AI:

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Notes:

Stabilization is currently not supported as a Live Render filter in previews. Stabilization previews can be rendered using the Render button.


5.5.1

Using Topaz Cloud Credits 277, Video AI users can now offload heavy processing tasks to our servers for faster processing.

Use cases:

Processing large batches of videos in parallel: There’s no limit to how many simultaneous jobs you can queue on the Cloud Rendering service, which can greatly improve your overall output of clips.

Processing long videos on low-power machines: Cloud Rendering excels when working with videos that are 30 minutes or longer, which allows us to parallelize across more GPU instances. For users on laptops with less-capable GPUs, you can sleep your machine without worrying about renders being paused or cancelled.

Known issues:

H.265 and AV1 are the only enabled codecs for now. We plan to expand the list of supported codecs as we determine system stability. Cloud renders larger than 8K are also disabled for this release.
Video inputs under 10MB are not currently supported for Cloud Rendering.
Hyperion is not currently enabled for Cloud Rendering.
We’re excited to work together on furthering the efficiency of Cloud Rendering, and as always we appreciate your involvement and feedback!

New in 5.5.1:

Adds support for Intel ARC ‘Battlemage’ B580 and B570 GPUs


5.5

Using Topaz Cloud Credits 7, Video AI users can now offload heavy processing tasks to our servers for faster processing.

Use cases:

Processing large batches of videos in parallel: There’s no limit to how many simultaneous jobs you can queue on the Cloud Rendering service, which can greatly improve your overall output of clips.

Processing long videos on low-power machines: Cloud Rendering excels when working with videos that are 30 minutes or longer, which allows us to parallelize across more GPU instances. For users on laptops with less-capable GPUs, you can sleep your machine without worrying about renders being paused or cancelled.

Known issues:

H.265 and AV1 are the only enabled codecs for now. We plan to expand the list of supported codecs as we determine system stability. Cloud renders larger than 8K are also disabled for this release.
Video inputs under 10MB are not currently supported for Cloud Rendering.
Hyperion is not currently enabled for Cloud Rendering.


5.4

1. All-new, GPU-accelerated video player

Video AI 5.4 uses an mpv 10-based video player that unlocks incredible improvements to playback performance. Scrub through highly-compressed input videos, or massive uncompressed media with near-instant responsiveness. This new player also supports HDR displays and audio playback! The old live preview behavior with the “Render” button is also restored. Right now, the new player is available on Windows only. We are working on bringing this player to macOS very soon.

Playback of 8K video with old player:

Playback of 8K video with new player:

2. Hyperion SDR-to-HDR model
This model is designed to perform inverse tonemapping by increasing the bit depth, expanding the color gamut, and brightening the highlights of input videos. It improves contrast and recovers detail in highlight and shadow areas of standard dynamic range inputs, and produces HDR10 (BT.2020/PQ) output.

Controls:

Exposure adjustment slider: This slider allows the user to increase the exposure of the scene by up to 1 stop. This adjustment primarily affects the brightness of the shadows and midtones.

Highlight threshold slider: This slider explicitly tells the model the lowest intensity level to be considered a highlight. This slider should be set to a value higher than the brightest skin-tone (or any other color where accuracy is vital) present in the video. In practical terms, we recommend starting with the default setting and raising the value if undesirable color shifts appear.

Saturation boost slider: The HDR color space has a larger color gamut and supports more saturated colors. Turning this slider up results in more saturated outputs in HDR without loss of detail. This slider will, however, lead to a color shift.

3. Rhea XL (RXL) Enhancement model

RXL is an even larger variant of Rhea, and is designed to handle complex textures in a more refined way.

The model requires significantly more VRAM and GPU power than previous models, so expect some longer processing times compared to Proteus or Iris.

Here’s a link to an interactive player window with a sample of Rhea and RXL’s output with the same settings applied. 51

RXL is currently listed as a “model variant” under Rhea in the Enhancement filter menu. This may change in future updates based on feedback and model fine-tuning.

Known issues:

Hyperion SDR-to-HDR does not currently support Intel-based macOS systems.


5.3.6

Fixed playback stalling from corrupt projects.
Fixed copy/paste settings not working.


5.3.5

Fixed preset name being lost on input switch and view switch
Fixed interlaced + interlaced progressive models not saving to presets
Fixed copy/paste settings from export to input
Fixed default preset causing project to not load + authentication to reset
Fixed crop+focus fix causing wrong crop area on preview and exports
Fixed combo boxes being scrollable while open


5.3.4

Fixed exports not closing in certain conditions
Fixed export jumping to top of list despite sort order
Fixed playhead cursor resetting to middle of timeline on pause
Fixed Live Render sometimes not caching (being able to seek into live rendered areas and see the preview)
Fixed Input filenames falling out of box and not eliding
Fixed audio codec disappearing in preferences when PCM is selected
Fixed copy-paste overriding fps settings
Fixed empty directories in main drive
Fixed CPE failing from missing directories
Fixed batch processing ignoring codec settings, depending on preset
Fixed bug where using batch would reset your codec settings


5.3.3

Updated batch processing
Updated flow
If you dont change settings with multiple sources selected, batch processing will use each videos unique settings.
If you do change settings with multiple sources selected, batch processing will propagate the changes you made to every input video.
Fixed multiple resolutions and model settings applying across wrong videos.
Fixed batch processing resetting AI model.
Fixed timeline playhead centering issue when quickly playing and pausing.
Fixed bug where timeline is missing major tick.
Fixed timeline padding issue.
Fixed several issues with the hovertip of input items:
FPS in hovertip now will update with the change in input settings for image sequences.
Fixed precision for FPS field.
Added feature to recommend models based on input video height.
Enabled selection of recommended models automatically on turning on Enhancement filter.
Fixed - Last major tick now only visible if minor ticks follow.
Fixed issue where playhead will disappear when going out of bound of timeline view: now reappears at the beginning of the timeline or at the smallest timestamp it can reach without causing the timeline to go out of bounds.
Fixed AV1 appearing for some unsupported GPUs.
Fixed incorrect end trim marker when placed on the frame before last.
Removed autozoom of timeline on rendering a preview.
Modified “Reset timeline zoom” button functionality to match with the older versions.
Fixed bug where image sequence start frame number text field not working.
Updated End User License Agreement


5.3.2

Added zooming into timeline with mouse wheel.
Updated timeline to center around cursor head on pause.
Updated End User License Agreement.
Fixed issue where video views lose rotation on project load.
Fixed bug where changing image sequence fps values would not update the playback fps.
Fixed bug where changing image sequence fps values would not update timeline.
Quick export now correctly identifies how many jobs it will be exporting within batch processing.
Export as now correctly disabled for batch processing.


5.3.1

Fixed a bug where crop settings no longer displayed under resolutions that changed aspect ratio


5.3.0

Control panel updates

This update includes a new Model Discovery system in the right panel, which shows examples of when to use each Enhancement model:

In addition to the new carousel, users can also switch to a list view for more compact controls:

This new model selection tool will help users navigate our growing collection of AI models and find the right fit for any project. We’ve also added a star icon for models that have very broad applications.

Timeline updates

Video AI’s timeline now offers much more functionality, with frame-accurate timeline markers and a new system for timeline zoom:

This change will make working with very long videos much more manageable, and offers precise seeking for trimming.


5.2.3

Fixed network share locations causing an app crash on export on some systems.
Fixed certain Radeon cards showing the AV1 export option when not supported in hardware.
Fixed issue where batch processing overwrites output resolution of all exports to the current opened video’s export resolution.
Fixed issue where focus-fix option enabled will lock output resolution options while Enhancement is off.
Updated minimum window size to avoid UI elements overlapping.
Improved login flow for Standard+Pro license owners.


5.2.2

Fixed AI Processor reverting to Auto
Fixed Low Power Mode not appearing on macOS systems
Improved error messaging – fewer errors will be incorrectly reported as “Colorspace error”
Improved alpha layer preservation, image sequence input → image sequence output now works across TIFF & PNG
Fixed constant bitrate exports for NVENC - now uses -rc cbr for setting rate control in constant mode
Fixed bug where out trim marker was not moving for short inputs
Fixed bug where filling intervals less than 5 frames would error out
Renamed Instant Render to Live Render
Fixed preview intervals merging - will not re-render processed areas but will also not merge the two intervals
Preview render region will always start where specified + fill in gaps until end of preview region


Update 07/11: Video AI 5.2.1 is now released with a fix for videos stored on network shares sometimes not importing correctly.

Today we’re excited to release Video AI 5.2!

This release includes the new Rhea Enhancement model, Pro seat management, Frame Interpolation for After Effects, Alpha layer support, and many UI and backend fixes.

Rhea Enhancement Model
Rhea represents a combination of Proteus and Iris. The model is intended to be more accurate in preserving fine details across a wider range of subjects, while also handling text in a less destructive way.

This model and Rhea internally processes inputs at 4x scale and then downscales to your selected output resolution.

We’re very excited to see your results with Rhea, here are some example frames from this model:

Frame Interpolation for After Effects
Today we are also launching Frame Interpolation in Adobe After Effects. This plugin addition includes access to all Frame Interpolation models for up to 16x slow motion conversion.

For more information on using the After Effects Frame Interpolation plugin, see this post in the Video AI Plug-ins forum section. 2

Alpha (transparency) layer support
Video AI can now copy alpha layers from inputs and merge them back with AI model output videos. Alpha layer copying is supported in the following codecs:

QuickTime Animation
TIFF
PNG
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Pro seat management

After a pre-launch period with several Pro teams around the world, Video AI Pro will be officially launching later this week. This new license tier offers seat management, commercial usage rights, and multi-GPU support for teams working with Video AI.

As part of this transition in licensing, we will be discontinuing the previous implementation of multi-GPU rendering for the standard license. Our team found that less than 2% of users made use of the multi-GPU setting, and further development will be focused on multi-GPU optimization for Pro teams.

If you are affected by this change and would like to discuss further options, please contact enterprise@topazlabs.com

Bug fixes & other improvements:

Preview set saving functionality restored.
UI lag greatly reduced, specifically for long operations.
Ensures colorspace correctness for input videos with a wider list of colorspace related flags.
– Uses the setparams filter instead of -colorspace, ... flags to explicitly override the input metadata to ensure only the metadata tags are updated without changing the video data itself.
Timeline width now adjusts correctly between different video inputs.
Export preferences now save consistently.
Added pause/resume controls to right-click menu.
Fixed crop settings auto-populating after first digit.
Time remaining/elapsed toggle now available for both Previews and Exports.
Fixed “Open in Explorer/Finder” button for previews and exports.
Disabled automatic generation of TIFF sequences for Previews. These temporary files are no longer in use and the app now reads preview files in the selected Export format.


5.1.4

Stabilization no longer has potential to hang app on swapping between ‘Previews’ and ‘Exports’ tab
In-to-out no longer disables the render button if your cursor is near end of timeline
Fixed Certain inputs making the timeline UI bugged
Fixed certain files not responding to ‘Show in explorer’
Fixed default export area not remembering your choice
Fixed default profile export setting not remembering
Fixed clicking render preview sometimes not putting you in processed area
Fixed many scrollable areas not hiding scroll bar when not needed
Fixed zoom percentage not updating when using shortcuts
Fixed buggy UI for image sequence Video Settings option dialog
Fixed broken shortcuts for all player controls in Welcome page
Fixed crop snapping to min/max before you finish typing
Fixed clicking cancel on preset creation still creating the preset
Fixed bug where you could edit video input settings in batch mode
Fixed ‘Include Preview & Export Settings’ in preset dialog closing the dialog
Added time elapsed/remaining to previews section
Added ‘Close Project’ button under ‘Save project as’
Added “Remove Noise” preset to defaults.


5.1.3

Fixed render in-to-out range.
Fixed player looping over same beginning region when saving with a trim in projects.
Fixed various UI icon related problems
Fixed 'None' option showing twice in 'default audio settings' area in preferences
Fixed Instant Render rotation showing stretched output
Fixed EXR failing to convert / import
Fixed image sequence exports being lost intermittently
Fixed some Instant Render related crashing
Fixed a bug where toggling Instant Render only applies to the currently selected view
Previews no longer overlap when generating and will fill in gaps instead for optimal performance
Added full app version to the header


5.1.2

Fixed exports not appearing.
Fixed image sequence related crashing.


5.1.1

Fixed slow performance of exports.
Fixed Low Power Mode missing in preferences.


5.1.0

1. Instant Rendering (Experimental)

Video AI now renders previews as soon as you click ‘Play’.

Instant renders make the timeline more interactive and allow you to directly compare models with shorter wait times.

2. Frame Interpolation for DaVinci Resolve OFX (macOS + Windows)

Access Apollo, Aion, and Chronos directly from DaVinci Resolve. Convert to slow motion at up to 16x interpolation and make use of Resolve’s retiming controls for smooth speed-ramping.

To use Frame Interpolation in Resolve, be sure to follow the guide posted here. 7

3. New multi-GPU options (Video AI Pro)

Video AI now includes two multi-GPU modes. The existing “All GPUs” option now supports NVIDIA cards running TensorRT models, leading to major utilization increases for systems with 2+ NVIDIA cards. This mode is now named “Single video” under “GPU Settings”.

The second mode, “Multiple videos”, optimizes for large export queues when running on systems with multiple GPUs. We’ll have more to share about this Video AI Pro feature when it launches in June.

4. New Welcome Screen

Quickly reopen projects and resume renders using the new Welcome Page. This is a home for recent projects and includes the ability to select favorites for easy access.

5. Preferences UI Refresh

Navigate settings using the new preferences sidebar with expanded categories and new tooltips.

6. Colorspace settings added to Video Input Options

Set custom colorspace, color primaries, color trc, and color range for video inputs with metadata issues.


5.0.4

Changelog from 5.0.3
Fixed a bug where large file names take up all the space in export panel
Updated wording for Output Resolution area in Video Settings
Added project name to Windows title bar
Updated app icon for Windows (higher resolution)
Fixed empty time display mode in export panel
Added the 'hide filters' button to the Windows title bar
Fixed failing import of EXR/DPX conversions
Updated presets for old models (Proteus v3 -> v4, Chronos Fast -> Apollo)
Upgraded to FFmpeg 7 + OpenVINO 2024.1
Known Issues
EXR/DPX Exports may lose input frame number.
Inconsistent “Preview X frames” enable status.
Looping previews has a stutter.
Live preview can have frame de-sync.


5.0.3

Changelog from 5.0.2
Added back reset button for timeline zoom.
Added .SER as an importable file type.
Fixed certain input tiff sequences failing to load with projects.
Fixed 0s elapsed bug when finishing export.
Fixed stabilization not reloading in app (loading with error).
Fixed benchmarking failing to load.
Fixed trim + crop + rotation persistence across projects.
Fixed EXR+DPX failing to reconvert.
Known Issues
EXR/DPX Exports may lose input frame number.
Inconsistent “Preview X frames” enable status.
Looping previews has a stutter.
Live preview can have frame de-sync.


5.0.2

Changelog from 5.0.1:
Fixed variable frame rate exports.
Fixed rotation previews in Workspaces.
Fixed overriding FPS values in Workspaces exports.
Fixed some Workspaces related corruption of project.tvai.
Fixed main selected video sometimes not being remembered.
Fixed rotation/crop/trim related loss of thumbnails.


5.0.1

Fixed trimmed exports with audio not functioning as expected.
Fixed intermittent crashes caused by previews.


5.0

1. Workspaces
Video AI now keeps a library of active previews and exports, allowing for project-style organization.

Your app workspace will be saved and reloaded to pick up sessions exactly where you left off using the same preview files.

2. Pause/Resume for Exports
You can now pause and resume exports in Video AI.
Prioritize different queue items on-the-fly, start up a different project, or even switch to a GPU-intensive game without losing render progress.

Even after system reboots, power loss, or unexpected crashes, your export sessions can be restored.

Paused exports are saved to disk, freeing up all CPU and GPU utilization.

3. Wonder UI Refresh

New colors & icons across all Topaz Labs apps for a unified, streamlined look.
4. Nyx v3

Nyx 3 improves the consistency of denoising across a wider variety of videos.
The accuracy of the auto-parameter estimation has been improved, and the sharpen control has been restored.
The model no longer sharpens by default, significantly reducing the unnatural grainy texture ( orange peel artifacts 6). The figure below illustrates this issue in Nyx 2 and the result from Nyx 3.
fewer Moire pattern artifacts
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Input (Left) Nyx v2 (Center) Nyx v3 (Right) [Gamma increased for comparison]

5. DaVinci Resolve/OFX plugin updates
Dione Dehalo & Dione Robust added to Enhancement models.
Motion Deblur moved to a separate section of the plugin control panel.
Caveats / Notes:
The following settings must be enabled for pause/resume:
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Pause/resume is not currently available for exports using Stabilization.


4.2.2

Changelog from 4.2.1
Added 2x & 4x Upscaling to DaVinci Resolve OpenFX plugin.
Fixed preset issue with deinterlace 2x being overwritten to 1x.
Fixed problem where batch processing will only export one video.
Updated minimum trim length from 1sec to 6 frames of time.
Fixed inconsistent model labels in enhancement and second enhancement.
Fixed issue with ProRes reporting two Codec labels.
Fixed bug where opening preferences windows would stack infinitely.
Removed incompatible settings with mkv container.
Fixed interlace model resetting to Prob4
Fixed jittery output with Apollo Fast
Updated OpenVINO: compatible Intel devices will perform more reliably.
How to use 2x and 4x upscaling in DaVinci Resolve OFX Plugin:

Create a new timeline that matches the desired output resolution for your video.
Set the timeline to "center crop without resizing in the Timeline Settings panel.
Apply the Enhance effect to any clips that require upscaling to the Edit panel in Resolve. (The plugin will not show scale modes in a Color node.)
Select 2x or 4x scaling, an AI model, and a parameter mode.
If your desired output resolution is not exactly 200% or 400% the size of the input video, use Resolve’s transform tools to crop/fit the video to the timeline.
Known Issues
EXR/DPX Exports may lose input frame number.
Inconsistent “Preview X frames” enable status.
Looping previews has a stutter.
Live preview can have frame de-sync.


4.2.1

Changelog from 4.2.0
Added plugin installation selection to Windows .msi package.
Fixed batch processing issues with interlaced/mixed FPS inputs.
Fixed previews overwriting exports when using "Export As".
Fixed preview sets / views losing their selection across inputs.
Fixed MXF trim errors.
Fixed non-square PAR videos not fitting to preview window.
Fixed input-specific playback errors.
Fixed some cases of content scrolling beyond edge of containing window.
Added Export Error Resolver to macOS.
Filter states per view + selected view are now preserved across swapping inputs.
Resolve Plugin Updates:
Faster processing, reduced initialization time, resolved some memory access crashes.
Updated to Proteus v4
"Estimate" button fixed (macOS)
After Effects Plugin:
Plugin can now be installed to beta releases of After Effects.
Known Issues
EXR/DPX Exports may lose input frame number.
Inconsistent “Preview X frames” enable status.
Looping previews has a stutter.
Live preview can have frame de-sync.


4.2.0

Changelog from 4.1.2
First public beta plugin release for Davinci Resolve
Video AI is now available within Davinci Resolve as an OpenFX plugin. This first release includes all Enhancement models + Motion Deblur for both Windows and macOS.

The OpenFX plugin can be installed either during app installation (automatic on Windows and an optional checkbox on macOS) OR after app installation from the “Plugins” button in the app’s top menu bar.

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The OpenFX plugin can be used in both the Edit workspace and as a Node within the Color workspace
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Aion Frame Interpolation model
More accurate motion estimation for high-resolution inputs.

Reduced artifacting and ghosting when compared with Apollo and Chronos.

True 16x slow motion without duplicate frames.

Improved temporal consistency.

Can reduce tiling artifacts depending on available VRAM.

No TensorRT support in this beta release.

3D LUT option in Export panel
Process log footage directly in Video AI by selecting a .cube file to apply during exports
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Low Disk Space Warning System
When queuing items for export, Video AI will now warn if the selected output disk is low on space. This threshold is fully customizable from the Preferences → Advanced menu.
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Other Changes & Fixes
Changed Previews/Exports sections to use tab buttons to toggle display.
Fixed bug where renamed FHD presets still have the previous preset as a duplicate.
Fixed bug where some codec names caused the export button to overlap.
Fixed bug where file names containing '#' were truncated in "Export As" dialog.
Fixed bug where FPS is doubled when reading interlaced video files and caused errors for Frame Interpolation.
Added options to append original filename and model names to image sequence export settings.
Fixed various rotation issues.
Fixed bug where cropping a rotated image sequence did not display the full frame.
Fixed bug where Auto Letterbox/Pillarbox crop was done incorrectly for rotated videos.
Fixed bug where switching inputs would reset rotation in preview views.
Fixed bug where input video thumbnails did not correspond to changed rotation.
Fixed bug where rotation metadata was not read when files were imported.
Known Issues
Resolve-specific
On first launch, you may need to manually enable the Video AI OpenFX plugin from Resolve's preferences menu:
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TensorRT is not currently supported on NVIDIA cards.
It is recommended to enable "Show All Video Frames" in the Edit workspace when using the Enhance plugin.
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Nyx performance is significantly slower compared to the in-app model.
Video AI app
Batch processing selection can overwrite FPS output.
EXR/DPX Exports may lose input frame number.
Inconsistent “Preview X frames” enable status.
Looping previews has a stutter.
Live preview can have frame de-sync.


v4.1.2
Released February 13th, 2024

Properly closes ongoing preview/export and makes sure background processes are killed.
Added toggle button for displaying remaining time/elapsed time for ongoing preview/export processes.
Added sharpen value to metadata on Nyx Fast exports.
Renamed HD presets to FHD (1080p)
Added three new QT codecs: QuickTime v210, r210, and QTRLE (Animation).
AV1 codec now allowed in .webm container.
Enabled a preference option in 'Advanced' for disabling the conversion from DPX->16bit TIFF..
Fixed some inaccurate labeling in UI (SAR-> PAR and Tooltip updates).
Fixed a bug where the remaining time of ongoing processes could show negative values.
Fixed bug with time remaining text for finished processes showing 0s.
Known Issues
Batch processing selection can overwrite FPS output.
EXR/DPX Exports may lose input frame number.
Inconsistent “Preview X frames” enable status.
Rotation w/ previews will intermittently be over-rotated.
Looping previews has a stutter.
Live preview can have frame de-sync.
Auto-parameter estimation moved to GPU for non-AVX2 CPUs.


v4.1.1
Released January 30th, 2024

Changelog from 4.1.0
Fix crashing on certain specific inputs.
Fix crashing on previewing for certain inputs.
Fix certain EXR/DPX inputs not converting to 16bit Tiff correctly.
Updates to OpenVINO to improve Intel ARC stability and performance
Applying frame interpolation related batch processing commands will correctly apply the FPS relative to the original.
Fix top part of window being hidden for some users.
Fix bug where auto params being lost when switching to Theia.
Fix bug with generating temp files for Exports.
Fix many preset related problems/bugs.
Add toggle functionality to switch between displaying the remaining time and the elapsed time for export processes.


v4.1.0
Released January 16th, 2024

Changelog from 4.0.9
Model Updates
Proteus v4
Better handles noise and compression artifacts.
Works on interlaced and interlaced progressive videos as well.
Improves faces better than Proteus v3.
Reduces ghosting of the previous frame at scene changes.
Better results on Auto.
More temporal consistency.
Faster than Proteus v3 in most cases.
Iris LQ v2
Improvements in detail, especially, for non-face inputs.
Improves temporal consistency (reduces 'marching ant' artifacts).
Reduces ghosting of the previous frame at scene changes (same as Proteus v4).
Reduces color distortion.
Adds TensorRT models for faster inference on certain NVIDIA machines.
Nyx Fast v1
Improvements to processing speed -- twice as fast as Nyx v2.
Reduced oversharpening and texture artifacts compared to Nyx v2.
Allows tweaking Sharpen slider value (Nyx Fast only).
Full changelog
AVX2 requirement removed and replaced with a warning about possible errors.
In a future update, auto-parameter estimation will be moved to the GPU to handle cases where Video AI is running on an incompatible CPU.
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Rebuilt EXR + DPX support in-app
EXR and DPX inputs will now be correctly downsampled to 16-bit TIFF for processing, and exported at 32-bit linear color.
This function requires a large amount of available disk space on the drive selected for exports.
Support for ACES and other color formats is still underway, and our team is actively seeking different use cases for EXR and DPX to further improve compatibility.
Added focus fix feature to enhancement.
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Improve missed focus in videos with the new "focus fix" mode for the Enhancement filter.
This feature changes the way models affect input videos by downscaling inputs before upscaling.
Two different modes can be used to control the strength of this effect:
Standard mode first downscales input media to 50% and then upscales to 2x.
Strong mode first downscales input media to 25% and then upscales to 4x.
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Added Full Disk Access prompt to resolve disk access errors on macOS.
Improved some UI elements in filters panel.
Fixed incorrect frame interpolation related bugs when applying presets.
Fixed bug where SAR information was not retained across inputs.
Fixed bug where switching between Relative to Auto and Auto modes would not reset sliders.
Fixed bug where Nyx is resetting "Recover Original Detail" to 0.
Fixed window display related errors.
Fixed fullscreen UI issues.
Fixed bug where the app would hold a filesystem lock on input videos after app close.
Fixed bug where audio codec getting reset during trim change.
Fixed bug with metadata loss on MKV exports.
Fixed bug where Export Error Resolver tries to resolve preview related errors.
Known Issues
Batch processing selection can overwrite FPS output.
EXR/DPX Exports may lose input frame number.
Inconsistent “Preview X frames” enable status.
Rotation w/ previews will intermittently be over-rotated.
Looping previews has a stutter.
Live preview can have frame de-sync.


v4.0.9
Released January 2nd, 2024

Updated EULA and added it to help menu for viewing.
These changes only affect Enterprise users working with Video AI in certain venues such as movie theaters and premium streaming services.
Adobe After Effects plug-in now available for macOS.
Disabled audio automatically when there are no audio tracks in input.
Batch processing now preserves more from video input settings on export.
Setting priority on outputs now respects your priority decisions.
Fix rotation bug where it won't rotate around 180 degree axis of current selected rotation.
Batch processing crop will only apply to cropped input videos, not all the selected ones.
Fixed incorrect version labels in UI.
Added "Recover Original Detail" slider details to labeling.
Known Issues
Batch processing selection will overwrite individual video filter settings.
Inconsistent “Preview X frames” enable status.
Rotation w/ previews will intermittently be over-rotated.
Looping previews has a stutter.
Live preview can have frame de-sync.


v4.0.8
Released December 19th, 2023

Added an Export Error Resolver that helps people automatically resolve export related errors.
When there is an export error, a dialog will pop up to assist in automatically resolving the error.
This will be specifically helpful for large batch processing related problems.
Added further support for batch processing.
Fix problems with non-square PAR related Image Sequence inputs.
Fix rotation not being respected for non-preview related views.
Fix many thumbnail related mismatches.
Fix timeline related bugginess surrounding Image Sequences.
Video Player now supports frame by frame seeking inside frame-interpolated previews.
Removed few-pixel-wide black overlay when in Comparison Mode.
Model Manager will now attempt download multiple times before reporting connection failure.
Known Issues
Inconsistent “Preview X frames” enable status.
Rotation w/ previews will intermittently be over-rotated.
Slow-motion playback intermittently inaccurate across two slow-motion previews.
Looping previews has a stutter.
Live preview has some frame de-sync.


v4.0.7
Released December 12th, 2023

Changelog from 4.0.6
Model Manager GUI has now been added. Access with File -> Model Manager.
Reintroduced live preview to the new 4.x system.
Added a way to toggle Comparison Mode UI. You can now lock the left view to Original.
Improved frame desync related issues in player.
Improved 'Export' tab UI to show more details.
NLE Plugin Update
Added multi-frame rendering for After Effects.
Known Issues
Inconsistent “Preview X frames” enable status.
Rotation w/ previews will not be rotated.
Slow-motion playback intermittently inaccurate across two previews with different slow-motion factors playing at the same time.
Looping previews and Play button has a stutter.
Live preview has some frame de-sync.


v4.0.6
Released December 5th, 2023

Changelog from 4.0.5
Updated the video player.
Improved speed/responsiveness of player in general workflow.
Video player no longer stutters through previews playback.
Video player no longer stutters when exiting previews.
Video player can handle larger preview load in timeline.
Known Issues
Inconsistent “Preview X frames” enable status.
Rotation w/ previews will not be rotated.
Slow-motion playback intermittently inaccurate across two previews with different slow-motion factors playing at the same time.
Looping previews has a stutter.
Traded some speed on play-button-click-to-playing to improve speed on preview playback.


v4.0.5
Released November 28th, 2023

Changelog from 4.0.4
Fixes for default constant bitrate values in preferences.
Fix for “open in external player” failing.
Fix issue where entering custom values into text boxes doesn’t hold.
Simplify presets UI.
Improvements to frame de-duplication in frame interpolation.
Fixes frame count for interpolated output.
Fixes initial frames for enhancements.
AE Plugin Changelog
Added ‘Auto’ & ‘Relative to Auto’ support.
Known Issues
Inconsistent “Preview X frames” enable status.
Preview frames syncing may be off by roughly 1/2 a frame.
Rotation w/ previews will not be rotated.
Stuttering on entrance-to/leaving previews / looping.


v4.0.4
Released November 14th, 2023

Crop is visually applied to the input and previews.
Adds description to preferences for Import/Export explaining that they will be applied the next time a video is opened.
Hides telecine option for image sequences (previously did nothing).
Removes confusing “Processing” label on exports that was appearing while they are waiting in queue.
Fixes zoom and upscaling issues with non-square SAR videos.
Fixes inconsitencies in crop tool.
Fixes issue in split view causing video to scale down in size while dragging pane handle.
Fixes issues editing previously applied crop.
Known Issues

Inconsistent “Preview X frames” enable status.
Preview frames syncing may be off by roughly 1/2 a frame.
Rotation w/ previews will not be rotated.
Stuttering on entrance-to/leaving previews / looping.


v4.0.3
Released November 7th, 2023

Improved accuracy and consistency of frame interpolation.
Fixed issue that sometimes caused Nyx to use 2x upscaling instead of 1x.
Known Issues

Inconsistent “Preview X frames” enable status.
Preview frames syncing may be off by roughly 1/2 a frame.
Rotation w/ previews will not be rotated.
Stuttering on entrance-to/leaving previews / looping.


v4.0.2
Released October 31st, 2023

Adds related preview ranges underneath preview group, including processing status and stats for each preview.
Adds looping of preview ranges by clicking the “Loop” button in the preview list.
Adds: jump directly to a preview in the timeline by clicking on it in the list.
Adds: mouse scroll wheel zooms timeline when hovered.
Adds: choose under “preview” button if you would like to process both views or just current (default current).
Fix: only show message about Nyx scaling when using old nyx-1 model.
Fix: do not reprocess previews starting at the same starting timeframe as an existing preview.
Fix: looping on in-out range.
Fix: “Auto”, “Relative” or “Manual” showing in preview info for enhancement models that don’t use this feature.
Fixes: various minor UI issues.
Known Issues

Overlapping preview ranges may have strange playback effects. This will be addressed in the next few releases.
Inconsistent “Preview X frames” range selection (example: selecting 10 frame preview may generate 9 frames)
Preview frames syncing may be off by roughly 1/2 a frame.
Rotation w/ previews will not be rotated.
Some users may see a slight “stutter” during playback of rendered previews. This is file-dependent and does not affect output videos.
Cropped videos will show the full input dimensions during Preview, but the applied Crop setting will be applied to Exports.
Currently not all the models are supported on Intel ARC (model support will be added week to week).
Videos with mismatched metadata and streams will display incorrect duration.
Using Telecine mode can cause a mismatch in playback over time. This will be addressed in a future release.
B&W toggle is causing a color shift in image sequence output.


v4.0.1
Released October 24th, 2023

Restored ability to enter custom slow-motion values (like 2.5x).
Better UI/UX for Direct Comparison view – in-progress previews are now dimmed to show their processing status.
Fixed timeline zoom precision related issues.
Fixed UX in tutorial slideshow.
Fixed blank GPU options in preferences.
Known Issues

Inconsistent “Preview X frames” range selection (example: selecting 10 frame preview may generate 9 frames)
Preview frames syncing may be off by roughly 1/2 a frame.
Rotation w/ previews will not be rotated.
Reprocessing overlapping preview areas.
Some users may see a slight “stutter” during playback of rendered previews. This is file-dependent and does not affect output videos.
Cropped videos will show the full input dimensions during Preview, but the applied Crop setting will be applied to Exports.
Currently not all the models are supported on Intel ARC (model support will be added week to week).
Videos with mismatched metadata and streams will display incorrect duration.
Using Telecine mode can cause a mismatch in playback over time. This will be addressed in a future release.
B&W toggle is causing a color shift in image sequence output.


v4.0.0
Released October 17th, 2023

Changelog from 3.5.4:

Comparison views: apply different filters to Views 1 & 2 to compare them. Freely switch between reviewing input clips and previews to find the best settings possible for your video.
Preview history: previews are tracked based on filter settings and shown grouped together on the video timeline.
Zoomable timeline: take advantage of timeline zoom controls to hone in on smaller areas of a large video.
In & Out Trim: replaced the “trim” edit mode with an In & Out option comparable to other video editing applications.
Refreshed UI and filter icons: tighter more informational display.
Nyx v2: improve results and 2x scaling mode.
Significant performance improvements for the in-app video player.
Crop controls moved to video input panel.
Known Issues:

Some users may see a slight “stutter” during playback of rendered previews. This is file-dependent and does not affect output videos.
Cropped videos will show the full input dimensions during Preview, but the applied Crop setting will be applied to Exports.
Currently not all the models are supported on Intel ARC (model support will be added week to week).
Videos with mismatched metadata and streams will display incorrect duration.
Using Telecine mode can cause a mismatch in playback over time. This will be addressed in a future release.
B&W toggle is causing a color shift in image sequence output.


v3.5.4
Released October 12th, 2023

Changelog from 3.5.3:

Fixes issue making it impossible to set custom resolution based on height or scale when locking aspect ratio.
Fixes issue with custom resolution presets based on height not being applied.
Known Issues:

Currently not all the models are supported on Intel ARC (model support will be added week to week).
Videos with mismatched metadata and streams will display incorrect duration
Frame number preview length may shorten on app restart
Using Telecine mode can cause a mismatch in playback over time. This will be addressed in a future release.
B&W toggle is causing a color shift in image sequence output.


v3.5.3
Released October 10th, 2023

Changelog from 3.5.2:

Adds “Black and White” toggle to video input options.
This option will desaturate output to prevent models from adding color to Black & White videos.
Adds “Telecined” toggle to video input options.
This option will reverse the telecine process and deinterlace your video to 23.976 fps before applying AI models.
Adds detailed tooltips to Output Settings.
Enables ProRes, H264/5 and AV1 encoders for Linux.
Fixes many color-banding issues seen in the in-app player.
Fixes update issue related to frame interpolation / ffmpeg that some users experienced after updating to 3.5.1 and was not fully addressed by 3.5.2.
Fixes tooltips so they never go off-screen.
Fixes UI issues in video settings when information displayed is multiple lines.
Changes filter tooltips so they are now also seen when you hover on the filter name and not just the icon.
Changes “os” field in video-encoders.json to a regular expression (regex) evaluation to give more flexibility.
Known Issues:

Currently not all the models are supported on Intel ARC (model support will be added week to week).
Videos with mismatched metadata and streams will display incorrect duration
Frame number preview length may shorten on app restart
Using Telecine mode can cause a mismatch in playback over time. This will be addressed in a future release.
B&W toggle is causing a color shift in image sequence output.


v3.5.2
Released October 3rd, 2023

Changelog from 3.5.1:

Adds Iris options to select between Medium/Low Quality. Medium will use Iris-v2, Low will use Iris-v1.
Adds 1x & 2x deinterlace options for Interlaced videos when keeping original fps.
Adds detailed tooltips for all preferences.
Adds info about Iris & Nyx models to Progressive models tooltip.
Adds detailed metadata for Iris & Nyx enhance models to exported video file.
Adds “Noise” value for enhancement models to video metadata when not zero.
Fixes ffmpeg issue causing exported video to sometimes get stuck in playback.
Fixes for rotation issues for files with rotation metadata. This was causing many of the issues like “file opened upside down.”
Fixes issues selecting “original” fps option in fps selector.
Fixes FPS display to drop extra "0"s when the fps is a whole number.
Fixes filter order when deinterlacing which should lead to higher quality visual results.
Fixes metadata for exported video when using Iris to only say “Deinterlaced” when the original video was actually Interlaced.
Iris LQ/MQ

After reviewing user feedback, our research team has decided to split Iris into two models depending on input quality. Iris v1 will now be called “Iris LQ” and is recommended for very low resolution videos and highly compressed content. Iris v2 is showing better performance on medium-resolution videos (more than 480, less than 1080) and will now be labelled “Iris MQ”.

We believe this is the best way to communicate the specific strengths of each model, and we appreciate all the feedback that came in after the initial release!

Known Issues:

Currently not all the models are supported on Intel ARC (model support will be added week to week).
Videos with mismatched metadata and streams will display incorrect duration
Frame number preview length may shorten on app restart


v3.5.1
Released September 26th, 2023

Fixes the frame interpolation models repeating frames when changing FPS.
Reduces model loading time for Nyx, Proteus, Iris Auto and Relative to Auto.
Fixes stabilization not running on lower memory machines.
Fixes crashes related to image sequence fps change.
Adds warning when rotating after setting crop dimensions.
Adds 10-bit for NVENC AV1.
Automatic parameter estimation now runs on 8 frames instead of 20.
Fixes for Nyx as second enhancement: will now automatically make the first enhancement perform upscaling.
Iris-v2 is supported on Intel ARC.
Known Issues:

Intel ARC is currently unsupported.
For Interlaced and Interlaced-Progressive videos, setting FPS back to Original may cause issues. To get around this, re-import the file. This only happens after manually changing the FPS.
Videos with mismatched metadata and streams will display incorrect duration
Frame number preview length may shorten on app restart
Some vertical videos will be rotated an additional 90 degrees when imported


v3.5.0
Released September 19th, 2023

Adds “Nyx” Enhancement model.
Adds Iris v2 model.
Adds support for rotating videos 90, 180, and 270 degrees.
Adds crash logs to “logs for support” and changes format to zip file.
Adds change moving “Enable Previous Model Versions” preference to advanced section of settings.
Adds change renaming “Second Pass Enhancement” to just “Second Enhancement” to reduce any potential confusion with two-pass encoding.
Fixes bug causing logs to be inaccessible on Windows.
Fixes special characters in file path causing export failure when using Export As.
Fixes crash on app open for some machines.
Fixes trim accuracy issues for ProRes.
Fixes bug causing inaccuracy with video duration after resetting trim range.
Nyx:

A new model for denoising high-quality video.
The focus of the model is on footage from high-quality cameras captured in less-than-ideal lighting conditions.
Processes videos at 1x scale to maintain the level of detail in the input video while removing noise.
Iris v2:

An improved version of Iris v1, offerring more details and sharpness especially to faces.
It uses TensorRT models for Nvidia GPUs and could result in a 50% speed-up.
It also reduces the “previous frame’s ghost” artifacts.
It reduces “marching ant” (diagonal movement of texture) artifacts, especially, for 1x and 2x.
Attention:

The format for support logs is being changed to include license information (auth.tpz). While this file is encrypted and only useful on your machine, please try to avoid posting it or your support logs here by mistake. This would not likely lead to a problem, but better to be safe than sorry. Please submit any logs directly to our support team or devs

Known Issues:

Intel ARC is currently unsupported.
If using Frame Interpolation to increase fps over 2x, output may contain duplicate frames.
For Interlaced and Interlaced-Progressive videos, setting FPS back to Original may cause issues. To get around this, re-import the file. This only happens after manually changing the FPS.
Videos with mismatched metadata and streams will display incorrect duration
Frame number preview length may shorten on app restart


v3.4.4
Released September 12th, 2023

Adds AV1 encoder for AMD 7000 series and 700 iGPUs.
Adds option to reset all preferences to defaults.
Adds new “Advanced” tab section to preferences. More items will be added to this in the future.
Adds change to copy all subtitle tracks for MKV exports. Support for more containers will be added in the future.
Adds improvements to file size for dynamic high setting without sacrificing visual quality (targets 95 VMAF).
Adds fix vastly improving responsiveness for live preview for MKV & WebM formats.
Changes minimum preview duration to 0.5 seconds, which fixes some bugs that could happen with <10 fps videos.
Fixes NVIDIA Tesla GPUs not showing encoder options.
Fixes videos encoded with H265 from AMD GPUs not playing on iOS and macOS.
Fixes output bitrate appearing on an output item when using a codec that does not use bitrate (ex. ProRes).
Fixes bug making it impossible to seek by typing frame number after trimming.
Fixes target bitrate in preferences displaying incorrect number.
Known Issues:

Intel ARC is currently unsupported due to Intel driver issues.
For Interlaced and Interlaced-Progressive videos, setting FPS back to Original may cause issues. To get around this, re-import the file. This only happens after manually changing the FPS.
Videos with mismatched metadata and streams will display incorrect duration
Frame number preview length may shorten on app restart


v3.4.3
Released September 5th, 2023

Adds MOV container option for FFV1 encoder.
Adds dynamic bitrate options for Apple Silicon computers.
Adds “Import” section to preferences and moves “Default Import File Type” to this section.
Adds preference for default FPS for image sequence import. Changing fps on an image sequence that has been imported will no longer be “sticky” - set your default here instead.
Fix for aspect ratio input to reset to Custom after applying reset or auto crop.
Known Issues:

Intel ARC is currently unsupported.
For Interlaced and Interlaced-Progressive videos, setting FPS back to Original may cause issues. To get around this, re-import the file. This only happens after manually changing the FPS.
Videos with mismatched metadata and streams will display incorrect duration
Frame number preview length may shorten on app restart


v3.4.2
Released August 29th, 2023

Fixes many issues related to in-app player seeking and trim related precision.
Fixes for deinterlaced video playback and processing feedback.
Adds FFV1 encoder options.
Adds option to preferences to default to searching for image sequences during import.
Adds “Advanced” section to application settings and moved “Show Second Enhance Control” here.
Removes “Show Intermediate Resolution Control” - this will always be shown when Second Enhance is enabled.
Fixes bug that could cause processing failures on first app launch after updating.
Fixes for Preview button - enabled for all valid trim ranges.
Fixes to Export As to respect the selected folder in preferences.
Fixes issue causing one additional frame to be processed during preview


v3.4.1
Released August 22nd, 2023

Added second enhancement
Added new user guidance
Added preference to turn off new user guidance
Video player playback and trim functionality is more reliable and accurate
Improved dynamic bitrate usability
Improved tooltips


v3.4.0
Released August 15th, 2023

Added Dynamic Compression Options (H264 and H265).
Added ability to create presets from anywhere.
Added new user experience tips (with preference to disable all).
Added “refresh login” button to update screen that will allow you to update your license by signing in again.
Added quality Improvement for first few frames while using enhancement models (except Gaia).
Added Iris to benchmark tool.
Added speed improvements for Iris on macOS Ventura (1x and 2x upscale).
Added capability to run Apollo on M1/M2 with HD or above input videos.
Added processing change: Minimum number of frames needed is now 4 instead of 5.
Fixes first few frames repeating in frame interpolation.
Fixes login to work with proxy settings.
Fixes processing on Intel CPU machines (12th, 13th gen). No longer slows down when app is minimized or out of focus.
Fixes image sequence issues when non ASCII characters are in the path.
Fixes ANE process using up all Memory on Mac.
Fixes for Tesla GPUs. Now show NVENC H264 and H265 encoders.
Fixes for log files. Can now be opened when app is open (Ctrl+G, Cmd+G).
Potential Fixes

Processing failures when exporting large number of frames.
Intel Arc/iGPU processing issues.


v3.3.10
Released August 8th, 2023

Changes from v3.3.9:

Fixed Color Correction Parameters
Fixed Preferences UI Bug
Added more Tooltips
Improved Logging
Improved Recover Original Details Tooltip
Known Issues:

Videos with mismatched metadata and streams will display incorrect duration
Frame number preview length may shorten on app restart
Seeking/preview may not work well with DPX inputs


v3.3.9
Released August 1st, 2023

Reworked custom output resolution workflow to better support presets
Added tooltips for video output settings panel
Fixed preset migration for video output settings
Fixing Theia to Interlaced Enhancement UI bug
Fixing Proteus and other sliders text box bug
Added tooltip for automatic pillarbox/letterbox removal in crop tool
Fixed textbox focus for output resolution
Fixed Interlaced Iris naming
Fixed integer overflow issue for start frame number
Changing toggle box to checkbox in UI
Added version labels for Proteus and Theia
Exports / Previews now show filename when hovering over thumbnail
Fixed video setting handling of SAR values for custom resolution
Fixed “proteus” showing up in FFmpeg command and added additional preset migration safeguard
Updated the live preview checkbox in preferences
Known Issues:

Videos with mismatched metadata and streams will display incorrect duration
Frame number preview length may shorten on app restart
Seeking/preview may not work well with DPX inputs


Topaz Video AI v3.3.8
Released July 26th, 2023

Changes from v3.3.7:

Fixed image sequence previews overwriting or deleting previously completed exports

Topaz Video AI v3.3.7
Released July 26th, 2023

Changes from 3.3.6:

Iris Interlaced now has Recover Original Detail slider


Topaz Video AI v3.3.6

Changelog from 3.3.5:

Reworked Preset creation, modification, delete, and apply user workflows.
Reworked custom output resolution flow.
Removed (Modified) text from presets.
Fixed video scan type changing bug when switching presets.
Fixed Preview switching Iris.
Fixed auto crop stabilization preset issue.
Fixed Proteus defaulting to V1 instead of V3 in some cases.
Output FPS combo box does not duplicate the selection.
Enhancement filter will now stay enabled for custom output resolution.
Known Issues:

Videos with mismatched metadata and streams will display incorrect duration
Frame number preview length may shorten on app restart


v3.3.5
Released July 18th, 2023

Changes from v3.3.4

Fixed invalid state for start frame number when passed an empty string
Fixed Start Frame Number getting invalid number when deleting value to modify it on Windows
Fixed values close to max available for Start Frame Number getting random or negative values
Start Frame Number & Same as Input locations have been swapped
Fixed Start Frame Number not resetting to original when selecting “Same as Input” in Preferences
Known Issues:

Videos with mismatched metadata and streams will display incorrect duration
Frame number preview length may shorten on app restart
Export settings from old presets might not be applied correctly. Try creating a new preset if this happens to you.
Deleting custom Start Frame Number value may place that setting into an invalid state on Windows. As a workaround, select the value and modify it


v3.3.4
Released July 11th, 2023

Changes from v3.3.3

Adds option to export settings allowing a custom start frame number to be set for image sequence exports.
Adds a new preference for default start frame number when exporting an image sequence and not matching the input (ex. if you want first frame to be 0000.png vs. 0001.png or 0042.png)
Adds “.3gp” as an available file type when importing videos through the file opener.
Fixes bug causing image sequences to be re-exported with start frame off by one when matching start frame from import.
Fixes color space issues when importing image sequences and exporting as video. Color space will be converted to BT709 when input color space is RGB & exporting to YUV pixel format.
Fixes invalid output when exporting PNG or DPX to VP9
Known Issues:

Videos with mismatched metadata and streams will display incorrect duration
Frame number preview length may shorten on app restart
Export settings from old presets might not be applied correctly. Try creating a new preset if this happens to you.
Deleting custom Start Frame Number value may place that setting into an invalid state on Windows. As a workaround, select the value and modify it


v3.3.3
Released July 4th, 2023

Changes from v3.3.2

Adds DPX as import option for Image Sequences.
Adds - when export is pressed, an output item will always be added even if there is an error. This should improve batch processing workflows in case of errors.
Adds more clear options to export preferences for “live preview” behavior. This replaces the “video export” option. Behavior will not change from your previous setting for this option.
Adds detailed tooltips in-app to explain “live preview” options.
Adds toggle for “live preview” to export settings to easily turn on/off live preview for exports.
Adds error handling when trying to copy TrueHD audio to MP4/MOV container.
Fixes “Encoder Profile” option in export preferences not showing your saved option when opening preferences.
Fixes “Audio Codec” list in export preferences to be filtered by chosen “Extension” option.
Fixes “videoai” metadata tag missing on exported videos.
Fixes error copying AAC audio with ADTS headers from M2TS video source.
Fixes “back to input” - will always return you to the input video corresponding to the current output video.
Known Issues:

The output settings of old presets may not be applied. Please modify them if needed
Videos with mismatched metadata and streams will display incorrect duration
Frame number preview length may shorten on app restart


v3.3.2
Released June 27th, 2023

Changes from v3.3.1

Fixes frames missing from end of video when exporting with ProRes.
Fixes app sometimes trimming off one frame when exporting full video.
Improves playback speed for output
Adds ProRes Proxy profile for exports
Fixes Iris artifacts on M2
Disables audio for image sequence inputs
Syncs license with server more often if connected to internet
Misc updates
Known Issues:

The output settings of old presets may not be applied. Please modify them if needed
Videos with mismatched metadata and streams will display incorrect duration
Frame number preview length may shorten on app restart


v3.3.1
Released June 20th, 2023

Changes from v3.3.0

New export settings UI and options (details below).
Large list of “encoders” has been replaced with separate selectors for encoders – ProRes, H264, H265, VP9, AV1 – an associated profile/codec, and a GPU option if applicable (ex. you have both a NVIDIA and AMD GPU mounted).
Image Sequence options are given through a tab option now to separate UX flows for Video and Image Sequence exports. Similar to video encoders, we have added Bit Depth options for Image Sequence exports.
Removed “Auto” option for Audio Mode, default behavior is “Copy”. The UI should show an error if this is not possible for your video for compatibility reasons. (ex. PCM audio cannot fit in MP4).
Changed “Transcode” audio mode name to “Convert”.
When Converting audio, you have the option between AAC, AC3, PCM codecs. For MP4 container, you will only be presented with AAC & AC3. When exporting with VP9 + WebM container, the only codec option is Vorbis.
For AAC & AC3 you have the option to set a bitrate for the audio. AAC default is 320k, AC3 is 448k
Saved preferences from previous versions should be migrated to new preferences. ex. if you have a preference set to export as “TIFF lossless 8-bit”, your preferences in the new version should show “TIFF” for encoder and “8-bit” for Bit Depth and this should still be applied when opening a new video.
Added MKV container to extension options for VP9 exports.
Known Issues:

The output settings of old presets may not be applied. Please modify them if needed
Videos with mismatched metadata and streams will display incorrect duration
Frame number preview length may shorten on app restart


v3.3.0
Released June 13th, 2023

Changes from v3.2.9

Adds a new enhancement model Iris for face enhancement and/or improving low-to-medium quality progressive/interlaced videos
Adds Recover Original Detail option for Proteus, Iris, and Artemis models
Adds DPX support
Maps all audio streams with metadata to output
Fixes issue with estimate not working for certain image sequences
Misc bug fixes and improvements
Known Issues:

Videos with mismatched metadata and streams will display incorrect duration
Frame number preview length may shorten on app restart
Submit files here: Dropbox 35

Please take a look at the Video Roadmap Update 734 for more context on what we’re focusing on right now. Thanks in advance for your feedback!

Enhancement model - Iris

Primary aim of the model is to improve human faces
This model is also designed to enhance low- to medium-quality video, particularly, with noise and compression artifacts. Note, the model tends to lose details on high-quality videos
This model is trained to work on all three categories - progressive, interlaced, interlaced progressive
Please look at some examples in the roadmap post 734
Recover Original Detail

Purpose of this slider is to retain details from original source if the model’s output is overly smoothed
It adds the source texture details to the model’s output to bring back the original details