Topaz Video AI v3.2.3

Topaz Video AI Releases
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Hello Everyone!

A new release of Topaz Video AI is now available.

v3.2.3
Released April 25th, 2023

Downloads: Windows | Mac

Changes from v3.2.2

  • Improved speed of Apollo model
  • Added text indicator for the final stage of video processing
  • Added new docs link to Preferences help icon
  • Added warning for image sequence export file overwrite
  • Updated new docs link in the top menu bar
  • Updated check for software updates dialog
  • Fixed preset apply issue affecting filter locks
  • Fixed preset dialog user flow bugs
  • Fixed image sequence exporting into parent directory
  • Fixed persistent temporary files on export
  • Fixed tab persistence in preferences dialog
  • Fixed double-click Mac title bar to maximize
  • Fixed dragging window issue
  • Fixed input view scroll bar
  • Fixed update dialog spacing issues
  • Fixed panning resetting issue when looping previews
  • Fixed out of sync issue when exporting from preview
  • Misc updates

Known Issues

  • Split view doesn’t work correctly for input/outputs over 8K
  • Preview mismatch might happen for image sequence output when FPS is not default
  • Downloading model fails sometimes (turn off auto detect proxy)
  • Apollo Fast hasn’t been added yet but it shows up on the benchmark panel

Submit files here: Dropbox

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

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I had Apollo crash twice on 3:2:2 using crop, stabilization and 50i Deinterlace DVx2 and Apollo 59.94fps all together. Will try same with 3:2:3. Using 2080Ti.
UPDATE: My 2080Ti fan seems to be blowing lots of hot air out, and presumably Apollo (as above job settings) is flying through the WHOLE job without crashing.
Will report later…

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Temporal flicker on Apollo is still present and possible worse than v3.2.2 or v3.2.1.

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j.tochtenhagen - Star Trek Voyager S01E01_02730-02830_prob3_manual.mkv_snapshot_00.15.800
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Source : 720x576 PAL DVD
Upscale to 1920x1440 Square Pixel
Using Proteus Fine Tune Auto

At timecode 00:15 black circles appear on the bottom left at his back (see screenshot)

This gets worse using manual settings depending on the parameters and the black circle flips with brighter artefacts (see second screenshot)

I have uploaded files to Dropbox

j.tochtenhagen - Star Trek Voyager S01E01_02730-02830_prob3_manual.mkv_snapshot_00.15.739
j.tochtenhagen - Star Trek Voyager S01E01_02730-02830_prob3_manual.mkv_snapshot_00.15.7391920Ă—1440 95.8 KB

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Topaz Video AI  v3.2.3
System Information
OS: Windows v11.2009
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 8-Core Processor             31.924 GB
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti  11.816 GB
Processing Settings: device: 0 vram: 1 instances: 0
Input Resolution: 1920x1080
Benchmark Results
Artemis		1X: 22.35 fps 	2X: 12.40 fps 	4X: 3.03 fps 	
Proteus		1X: 20.59 fps 	2X: 11.82 fps 	4X: 3.11 fps 	
Gaia		1X: 7.90 fps 	2X: 5.44 fps 	4X: 3.31 fps 	
4X Slowmo		Apollo: 30.27 fps 	APFast: 56.09 fps 	Chronos: 17.80 fps 	CHFast: 25.01 fps
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This issue goes way back to version 1. It’s been reported many times.

FWIW I started with Voyager sourced from PAL, but I was disappointed in the quality. Even though PAL has 625 lines of resolution, it was still converted from NTSC master with 576 lines of resolution. Even with the extra lines of resolution, you gain nothing in regards to output quality. The PAL colors are terrible. I purchased the NTSC set of DVD’s and got much better results, except for those bizarre moving blotches in the more dark areas.

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I would like to mention that in the 3.2.3 version the preview is not following the processing properly and at some point it even might get stuck completely showing a static image for the rest of the processing. :eyes:

On the other hand a whole movie 720 pixels wide and enlarged to full HD can now be processed in only five hours via Proteus V4 on my RTX 2070 Super. :slight_smile:

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Just updated to 3.2.3 on my M1 Mac mini and now the application simply will not open any video content to edit. Neither dragging and dropping, or opening by searching.

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Hi, is there a page in the site to download older versions? The only option I get v2

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Nice performance bump with Apollo and Apollo fast definitely looks promising. Have yet to test the quality though

Topaz Video AI  v3.2.3
System Information
OS: Windows v10.2009
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-10900K CPU @ 3.70GHz  63.89 GB
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090  23.59 GB
Processing Settings: device: 0 vram: 1 instances: 1
Input Resolution: 1920x1080
Benchmark Results
Artemis		1X: 30.70 fps 	2X: 13.50 fps 	4X: 3.95 fps 	
Proteus		1X: 23.19 fps 	2X: 10.91 fps 	4X: 3.68 fps 	
Gaia		1X: 14.07 fps 	2X: 9.59 fps 	4X: 3.95 fps 	
4X Slowmo		Apollo: 31.59 fps 	APFast: 54.93 fps 	Chronos: 29.15 fps 	CHFast: 24.82 fps 	


Topaz Video AI  v3.2.0
System Information
OS: Windows v10.2009
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-10900K CPU @ 3.70GHz  63.89 GB
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090  23.59 GB
Processing Settings: device: 0 vram: 1 instances: 0
Input Resolution: 1920x1080
Benchmark Results
Artemis		1X: 29.93 fps 	2X: 15.56 fps 	4X: 4.24 fps 	
Proteus		1X: 21.25 fps 	2X: 10.42 fps 	4X: 4.00 fps 	
Gaia		1X: 14.08 fps 	2X: 9.77 fps 	4X: 4.14 fps 	
4X Slowmo		Apollo: 26.23 fps 	Chronos: 28.51 fps 	Chronos Fast: 26.86 fps
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How do I select APFast / Apollo fast? I don’t see it in the UI (v3.2.3)

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It’s not yet available, you can only see it in the benchmark.

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For my part, it is very fast on my RTX 3070 with Proteus

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Do you make an upscalle of DS9? For my part, I do a deinterlacing via Handbrake without changing the resolution. Then I have 2 options:
Either I scale to 1280x1024 with Proteus relative to auto with some setting and then I finish by scaling to 1440x1152 on the 2nd pass.

Or I do directly in one pass with Proteus relative to auto with stronger settings than before. And I finish in Premiere pro with a light sharpening filter or the denoise filter from the Magic bullet suite from Red Giant (now called Maxon)

I get very good results in general as you can see on this picture.

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I just updated from an rtx 3070 to rtx 4090 and seeing no difference in speed. Any ideas?

Topaz Video AI  v3.2.3
System Information
OS: Windows v11.2009
CPU: 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-13900K  127.75 GB
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090  23.59 GB
Processing Settings: device: 0 vram: 1 instances: 0
Input Resolution: 720x480
Benchmark Results
Artemis		1X: 206.98 fps 	2X: 87.20 fps 	4X: 26.75 fps 	
Proteus		1X: 160.52 fps 	2X: 82.67 fps 	4X: 26.16 fps 	
Gaia		1X: 84.91 fps 	2X: 62.56 fps 	4X: 33.19 fps 	
4X Slowmo		Apollo: 223.07 fps 	APFast: 453.04 fps 	Chronos: 168.52 fps 	CHFast: 209.70 fps 	


Topaz Video AI  v3.2.3
System Information
OS: Windows v11.2009
CPU: 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-13900K  127.75 GB
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090  23.59 GB
Processing Settings: device: 0 vram: 1 instances: 0
Input Resolution: 1920x1080
Benchmark Results
Artemis		1X: 40.34 fps 	2X: 19.29 fps 	4X: 5.97 fps 	
Proteus		1X: 34.61 fps 	2X: 16.66 fps 	4X: 5.69 fps 	
Gaia		1X: 15.85 fps 	2X: 10.91 fps 	4X: 6.13 fps 	
4X Slowmo		Apollo: 38.85 fps 	APFast: 71.00 fps 	Chronos: 32.34 fps 	CHFast: 32.21 fps
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It’s too bad we can’t see all of your Proteus settings in your screenshot! :stuck_out_tongue:

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You’re getting:

Artemis		1X: 40.34 fps

3070s are getting:

Artemis		1X: 15.61 fps
Artemis		1X: 13.95 fps

If your real video processing time has not improved, I always suspect the storage drive.

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Mac mini M2 base user…updated to 3.2.3 …it opens, but doesn’t let me input any video.Help Topaz !

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@simon.scott-3897 @Patrix

Hello,

This is an issue our team is aware of and will be patched soon. For now, a clean install of the 3.2.3 release (from the full .dmg installer) will correct the error.

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All drives are new gen4 m.2
I mainly up convert 480i dvd to FHD. Only saw 20fps speed increase.