Topaz Video AI Beta v3.3.9.0.b

Hello everyone,

We have another beta available for your testing.

3.3.9.1.b

Changelog from 3.3.9.0.b:

  • Fixed issue with preferences dialog not opening

Downloads:

Changelog from 3.3.8:

  • 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 (and a few other UI tweaks)

Known Issues:

  • Videos with mismatched metadata and streams will display incorrect duration
  • Frame number preview length may shorten on app restart
  • Crop to Fill / Letterbox / Pillarbox preset values may not migrate correctly
  • ā€œInclude Live Previewā€ Checkbox is broken
5 Likes

Can’t open the Preferences dialog via the File menu or via the keyboard shortcut. Other menu options seem to be operating normally. This is on Win10 22H2.

Edit: Added logs as they state something about an error creating the Prefs dialog.

logsForSupport.tar.gz (8.9 KB)

1 Like

Can confirm this is also an issue on W11. Can’t do anything further with this Beta if we can’t get into the prefs.

From the logs:

2023-07-28 19-05-29.356 Thread: 16056 Debug Error creating preferences dialog qrc:/preferences/PreferencesDialog.qml:148 Type ExportPreferencesView unavailable
qrc:/preferences/views/ExportPreferencesView.qml:292 Tooltip is not a type
1 Like

Can confirm Preferences also does not open on my Windows 10. Export As is working again though.

Cropping preview functionality has been restored, thank you.

Please implement saving of cropping and trim parameters to the preset.

Please implement copy and paste of the timecode value both with keyboard shortcuts as well as with right-click.

My Presets dropdown was completely blank until I saved the current settings as a new preset. After that, all existing presets (the default ones and my custom ones) appeared on the dropdown again.

2 Likes

Seconding that.

1 Like

I often can not access the preferences menu. When selecting it, nothing happens. I am on Windows 11 here. Also export as is not working. :eyes:

1 Like

On further testing, the ā€œPresetsā€ dropdown is a bit cursed. Now, no presets are loading on the list (just ā€œnoneā€ available as an option). If I save a preset, it is gone on next program start.

same with me:
Preferences don’t open,
Presets can be opened, modified, and stored,
Include Live Preview can’t get activated,
Export work.

1 Like

First problem: if i click on ā€œFileā€ - ā€œPreferencesā€ā€¦ but nothing appens! :sweat_smile:

1 Like

Confirmed File/Preferences also does not open on Mac

Same here, can’t open Prefs, keyboard or mouse.
Win11, (finally update yesterday to 22H2).

1 Like

I see the Resolution is working again, but can’t believe one must select from a drop-down ā€œPriority Attributeā€, please don’t have that, just let 3 fields be available and set it to whatever one we choose! (And set it again if someone puts in a width, tabs out and then sets a Height, us users can figure out the rest).

Same finishing wait for 30 seconds at least on final frame. This using Iris Interlaced.
Separate 980 pros for the program and the export/preview folders.

The preview is still not displayed synced with the original while processing.

Hello and thanks for this new Beta.

When clicking ā€˜Preferences’ in the menu, nothing happens.

Seconding my omission of this beta unless my custom paths are respected, and that anonymous data collection is turned off, as I not only do not have room on my SSD (The default paths) but the incredibly large files that would be written to that disk would DRASTICALLY shorten its life as I usually export lossless videos between upscaling and the finished video from my pipeline!

I’ll know if my settings were reset during installation, and from checking the logs.

Thanks, though, for letting us know about the preference bug!

Hi Beta Testers,

Thanks for giving 3.3.9.0.b a try. I have released a 3.3.9.1.b that should hopefully fix the preferences dialog issue. I will continue to look into the other issues reported in this thread.

3.3.9.1.b

Changelog from 3.3.8:

  • Fixed issue with preferences dialog not opening
5 Likes

Prefs dialog now does work again here with the new 3.3.9.1.b on Mac Studio M2 Ultra / MacOS 13.4.

Live Preview cannot be selected for actual exports while it works for the Preview.

Still the ā€œfill up all RAM plus swap space bugā€ with IRIS when upscaling and RAM set to 100% occurs - which does not happen at 10%; plus the BIG performance drop when setting RAM to 100% and doing SD upscales.

Interesting to see that in VEAI v3.3.9.1.b the name and tooltip has changed for what was ā€œrecover detailsā€ - now ā€œimprove detailsā€.
I find the tooltip to be telling of an issue I have with the Iris V1 model.
ā€œUsed to improve fine texture and detail lost due to in-camera noise suppressionā€.
What I see is different. I am seeing texture and detail lost due to VEAI Iris V1 noise suppression / upscale / revert compression.
In the attached example, zoomed at 200%, there is no ā€œin-camera noise suppressionā€ reducing details on the forehead. Those details in the input are smoothed out by VEAI Iris V1. Having it set to manual makes no difference with revert compression and reduce noise noise at zero and with Improve Detail at 100. Also, this example is not just an input/output frame mismatch - there is no output frame with any forehead detail

1 Like

Yes, it does seem to apply a uniformed denoise across the entire frame to equalise the results (It’s an uneducated observation as I don’t have access to the tech being used)

I’m curious if they can train not only facial reconstructive components, but also human physique/clothing, which would require using nudity/genitalia to be used, and I would hope progress in that regard won’t be discouraged due to attitudes with nudity.

As an artist, I view nudity from the perspective of artistic human anatomy as the human form is not sexual by default as it’s only a human form, no, it’s the context that makes nudity sexual, so I’m guessing progress with the models aren’t stunted due to attitudes about the nude human form.

If we can use a database of facial features, we should also be able to use human physical components as well as clothing, and other inanimate objects, and the like, which would eliminate the need for a uniform denoise filter.

But they are working on Iris vers 2, so I’m excited to see what they come up with!

But for extreme blurring I usually turn down the revert compression considerably, and bump up the restore original detail, and try to find a balance by tuning those as well as recover details.