On the latter, see: Topaz Video AI 5.5 + 5.5.1 - #398 by meimeiriver
Like I said, in that thread, without (near) lossless output options, you can’t really use the output stream for post-processing; and with a lossless option, you effectively can’t grab the output stream. (Who can afford to download a near 1T mov file?) Cloud Rendering is essentially antithetical to home-use.