01Faces
The presenter stays the same person.
A 3-second talking-avatar clip at 720 × 1280, upscaled 2×. Glasses, curls and skin get sharper while the lip movement and the expression stay untouched: Topaz enhances frames, it does not re-animate them.
A dedicated Topaz enhancement pass for resolution and common compression artifacts: 2× for most clips, 4× for small sources, with no generative style change.
01Real upscale · Topaz Video AI
A 6-second image-to-video clip of an astronaut crossing a red planet, upscaled 2× with Topaz Proteus. Drag the slider: the suit seams, the dust and the edges of the nebula sharpen, and the motion stays frame for frame the same.
02Show, then explain
01Faces
A 3-second talking-avatar clip at 720 × 1280, upscaled 2×. Glasses, curls and skin get sharper while the lip movement and the expression stay untouched: Topaz enhances frames, it does not re-animate them.
02Two scales
2× suits most finished videos. 4× is for small sources: the output is capped at 4K, so the source can be at most 960 × 540, or 540 × 960 for vertical video. Video Editor shows the output size before you run.
03Whole video
Topaz upscales the entire source, up to five minutes long. To enhance only one part, export a trimmed version in Video Editor first, then upscale that export.
03How it works
Upscale the finished edit, not the raw takes: one video up to five minutes long.
Video Editor shows the output resolution and a per-second credit estimate; the server checks the real duration before the final price.
The result is saved to Lab as a new video. Compare it with the source and check faces and on-screen text.
Video Editor
Video Editor keeps the finishing tools in one place. Trim and crop for each placement, retime, grade the colour and burn in a title with a free 5-second preview, then run Topaz on the final export.
Questions before you upscale
It raises the resolution and reduces common compression artifacts with the Proteus model. It does not restyle the shot, add new content or change the motion.
2× suits most clips. 4× outputs up to 4K, so it needs a small source: at most 960 × 540, or 540 × 960 for vertical video.
Up to five minutes. Topaz upscales the whole source; trim it in Video Editor first if you need only part of it.
Per second of video, paid in credits. Video Editor shows an estimate, and the server checks the real duration before you confirm. Planning a video in Director is free, within usage limits.
It helps, but upscaling cannot recover detail that was never recorded. Very soft sources improve less; check faces and on-screen text in the result.
MP4, MOV or M4V videos up to five minutes long. Add the clip on this page, or after you sign in pick it from Lab or upload it in Video Editor.
Your final cut is ready
Choose the clip here, then sign in to continue: Video Editor shows the output size and credit price before Topaz runs.
Up to five minutes per upscale · 4× needs a source within 960 × 540 (540 × 960 vertical)