Topaz Video AI 4.2.2.0.b

Hello everyone,

We have a new beta available for testing.

4.2.2.1.b

Changelog from 4.2.2.0.b to 4.2.2.1.b

  • Fixed interlace model resetting to Prob4
  • Fixed jittery output with Apollo Fast
  • Updated videoai + OpenVINO

4.2.2.0.b

Changelog from 4.2.1

  • Added 2x & 4x Upscaling to DaVinci Resolve OpenFX plugin.
  • Fixed app hanging when swapping inputs quickly.
  • 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 5 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.

How to use 2x and 4x upscaling in DaVinci Resolve OFX Plugin:

  1. Create a new timeline that matches the desired output resolution for your video.
  2. Set the timeline to "center crop without resizing in the Timeline Settings panel.
  3. 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.)
  4. Select 2x or 4x scaling, an AI model, and a parameter mode.
  5. 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 ā€œPreview X framesā€ enable status.
  • Looping previews has a stutter.
  • Live preview can have frame de-sync.
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Issue not fixed… did you guys even read the description of the problem? did you try seeing it for yourself?
It is very easy to reproduce…

Hey, this was just fixed in 4.2.2.1.b, check the in-app updater or use the link in the edited post above! Thanks.

After installing this beta, it has messed up Proteus 4 in the main version of TVAI.

I was working on making previews with the main version CLI. I installed this beta between runs. After the install, the speed of runs doubled and the results started coming out super bad even on settings I had tried before.

Guessing it has to do with the Proteus 4 model that is available for download now. When I installed the Beta, I told it to delete old models.
Since then I have reinstalled the main version of TVAI and restarted my computer. The new Proteus 4 model is still there and is still slower and gives terrible results.

New results:
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Old results exact same settings:
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I’ve been waiting for some of the basics to get taken care of, surely these are so obvious, someone should have noted by now.

  1. When setting a range for preview, you can set in/out and then press the magnifier and it stretches the timeline to the in/out.
    It works well, but keeps losing the display. Then to reset it, you must drag the slider to anything to enable the magnifier again,
    and then you can set it.
  2. That ā€˜Custom Resolution’ option… seriously, you need to specify which one to ā€˜prioritize’, just make all three available and scale
    it with whatever one is manipulated.
  3. I guess there is nothing to say here, but you went down the rabbit hole and put the ā€˜most recent item on the timeline’
    at the bottom. so, scrolls off the screen, and the double line when the current item is processing makes the 2nd item off screen.

For the grid, there was much discussion in the previous version and you finally put the option to set most recent line on top. This grid looks so convoluted with its parenting that changing that now might be difficult. Why that wasn’t recognized at the outset… well, I guess you had to be in the room.

Also, what happened to the thermometer? I don’t see anything moving, which I did early on in v4, but haven’t seem on in some time now.

Lastly, I’ve mentioned before, why such a short description… is anybody using a vertical TVAI screen, so that this space is not available?

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My suggestion on the grid, is a grid for each side, why try to cram that all onto one grid. It’s not intuitive like it is. I make dozens of previews, I like to work on one side, and then when I get a good one, I switch to the other side, and try to do better. If would be far easier to have a grid each side, and we could simply select the item we like best. Oh… and you could put back the most recent item on top since the grid would be so much simpler…

So is it a model issue or a program version issue?

EDIT: I compared the new downloaded model in the BETA (I cleared my model Directory) vs. the older Model from From Jan 31st that is in my non Beta model directory and the file size is exactly the same.

@luke.roche It is partially fixed (4.2.2.1b).
here are the steps you need to do to see it.

  1. load 2 or more videos (I loaded 4 videos), Select All (Videos) for batch settings.
  2. set your upscaling settings you want (I selected x2) and Interlace → Dione TV (or Iris, whatever you like).
  3. now click on any video individually on the list, (that is not the 1st video on the list where you at when you set the batch process) and you will see it resets it to proteus 4

the problem I am having with this is I can’t export the CLI (CTRL+SHIFT+E) of each video once I set my base line export settings, as it will CLI output the Proteus model on all the videos, not the Dione TV in the command preview window (apart from the 1st video). I need those CLI Export/Preview , as I then tweak those to my needs. but I want it with the correct AI model and AI settings (each AI has different settings parameters).

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After using the Crop function the Enhancement settings are gone. This issue was reported by Imo before. Also when you made a lot of previews the application becomes very sluggish/laggy. Even removing the groups of previews may take a noticeable amount of time.

4.2.2.1b disappeared… why? Should anyone who downloaded it not be using it for any reason?

Okay, thanks for the information! I will look into it next chance I get.

will it make it for this release?

The download link is still in the OP of this thread. Can’t you see it?

Deleted last post as I made a mistake, you can export multiple files again in this release (thankfully), but the default preset is still not being applied to imported files as in the previous release (changes to ā€˜None’)

You’re right, I was deceived by the fact that 4.2.2.1b was not in the subject, and also my memory. :face_with_thermometer:

@luke.roche
I posted a bug report with a video depicting the problem
please watch it…

I found the root of my issue. Nothing to do with models, just mistakenly renamed some files.

What was it in the end…? you keeping me in suspense on purpose? :slight_smile:

I am not certain how it happened. The original file got replaced with the upscaled file. I’m blaming my script. I might have unintentionally programmed it to do that if I forget to give it a new name.

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