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Topaz Video AI Changelog

What's new in Topaz Video AI 3.1.2

Jan 31, 2023
  • Changes from v3.1.1:
  • Improved Auto-Crop or Full-Frame Stabilization for long videos and videos with shot changes
  • Significant performance improvement for GTX 16xx series GPUs compared to 3.x.x
  • Support for single channel image sequences
  • Fixes Apollo frames being less than expected
  • Fixes Apollo getting stuck at slow-mo factor over 10x
  • Default for video export setting is now “With Preview” that fixes exported video not opening in other applications
  • Misc. bug fixes and improvements
  • Known Issues:
  • If all models fail, please try deleting the .tz files in your model folder. The location of this folder may be found in the preferences menu
  • Please reach out to our support team if the issue persists

New in Topaz Video AI 3.1.1 (Jan 25, 2023)

  • Changes from v3.1.0:
  • Added Apollo model back
  • Added different export options to avoid clean-up pass or creation of temp files
  • Faster preview playback on Mac
  • Fixed Themis getting stuck randomly
  • Fixed issues with frame interpolation adding duplicate frames at the beginning
  • Fixed exports to network drive
  • Fixes issue with Theia not getting the right params
  • Fixes Proteus Auto getting stuck when preview is less than 0.5s
  • Fixes noise not being applied for enhancement models
  • Rearranged Preferences - removed Advanced tab, moved default preset to Interface tab
  • Misc. bug fixes and improvements

New in Topaz Video AI 3.1.0 (Jan 18, 2023)

  • 150-400% faster previews and exports:
  • You can expect significantly faster exports and previews from Topaz Video AI v3.1. The exact speedup depends on your hardware, video, and AI models used, but internal testing has recorded a consistent +50-100% performance improvement on most configurations.
  • Internally, we’ve parallelized the processing pipeline to improve hardware efficiency. We have not reduced or optimized the AI models themselves, so model quality should remain identical to earlier versions.
  • Themis helps you increase the perceived sharpness and detail of your videos by removing blur instead of just increasing edge contrast. Give it a try and let us know what you think!
  • Faster in-app playback:
  • The in-app video player will now play videos at up to 3x faster, as we’ve improved the efficiency of frame rendering. While playback may still not be real-time for large videos, it has significantly improved over v3.0.x and will improve more in the future.
  • Other quality of life improvements:
  • The 6 releases over the past month have also improved the general quality of life of the app:
  • Improved JPEG output quality
  • Prevent OS from sleeping when app is processing
  • Fix many issues related with image sequences imports
  • More reliable login method
  • Improve stability and fix various crashes

New in Topaz Video AI 3.0.12 (Jan 11, 2023)

  • Fixes crashing at 99%
  • Fixes auth issues for users who run the installer using a different user than used for running TVAI
  • Fixes output resolution not showing correctly when some non-square pixel videos are converted to square pixel
  • Preset name is limited to max 20 characters
  • Misc. bug fixes and improvements

New in Topaz Video AI 3.0.11 (Jan 4, 2023)

  • Fixed TensorRT models not running on 4000-series GPU
  • Fixed output resolution displayed inaccurately when changing to Square Pixel
  • Better render quality when a video is zoomed
  • Added “Close video - Command/Ctrl+W” option to File dropdown
  • Disabled double click while processing
  • Misc. bug fixes and improvements

New in Topaz Video AI 3.0.10 (Dec 28, 2022)

  • Changes from v3.0.9:
  • Improved JPEG output quality
  • Prevent mouse from clicking through dialogue box to background
  • Cap max processes count to 4 in preferences
  • AI error messages are only shown if the process fails
  • Misc. bug fixes and improvements
  • Known Issues:
  • If you are logged in and recieving a watermark on Windows, try deleting the %PROGRAMDATA%Topaz Labs LLCTopaz Video AIauth.tpz file while the app is closed.
  • If all models fail, please try deleting the .tz files in your model folder. The location of this folder may be found in the preferences menu.

New in Topaz Video AI 3.0.9 (Dec 21, 2022)

  • Hotfix for watermark issue in v3.0.8
  • Windows users will be logged out by this update

New in Topaz Video AI 3.0.8 (Dec 21, 2022)

  • Changes from v3.0.7:
  • Users with expired licenses no longer need to login at every startup
  • All users will need to relogin on the first launch of v3.0.8
  • “No space left” error message will now show available space
  • Fix audio transcoding when there are more than 2 audio channels
  • Removed automatic v-sync.
  • Constant framerate videos will no longer become VFR
  • Output FPS is now exact
  • Fix off-by-one frame for image sequence imports
  • Add option for auto-playback to preferences
  • Known Issues:
  • If you are logged in and recieving a watermark on Windows, try deleting the %PROGRAMDATA%Topaz Labs LLCTopaz Video AIauth.tpz file while the app is closed.
  • Users on some GPUs may see a “model failed” message before processing starts.
  • If all models fail, please try deleting the .tz files in your model folder. The location of this folder may be found in the preferences menu.
  • Please reach our to our support team 2 if the issue persists

New in Topaz Video AI 3.0.7 (Dec 14, 2022)

  • Switch to more reliable web-based activation method
  • On Windows, app will no longer sleep when processing
  • App now correctly detects start frame for image sequences
  • Fix error when processing without any models selected

New in Topaz Video AI 3.0.6 (Dec 6, 2022)

  • Changes from v3.0.5:
  • Autoplay disabled in preview
  • Default FPS for image sequences can be changed
  • Fixed H.265 encoders on NVIDIA GTX cards
  • Version number in Get Info on Mac is now correct
  • Known Issues:
  • Some users may experience reduced performance compared to 2.6.4
  • Preview experience needs to be improved
  • Attempting to export without any filters selected may result in an error

New in Topaz Video AI 3.0.5 (Nov 30, 2022)

  • Added support for AV1 encode on intel ARC GPUs
  • Quality now matches 2.6.4
  • Performance/quality fixes for videos with SAR
  • Fixes model downloading in most cases
  • Fixes bulk export/preview not working correctly
  • ProRes 444XQ only enabled for macOS Monterey and above
  • “Auto” audio setting works in more cases
  • Export file names no longer contain randomly generated numbers
  • JPG output

New in Topaz Video AI 3.0.4 (Nov 16, 2022)

  • Changes:
  • Starting an update in app no longer shows pending exports warning when no previews/exports are running
  • Installer no longer prompts to remove VEAI 2.
  • The UNINSTALLOLDVEAI=1 command line option can perform this step for users who still want it
  • Fixed login program wrongly returning unowned status for some users
  • Misc UI tweaks
  • Known Issues:
  • Quality mismatch between 2.6.4. and 3.0.x for some models.
  • Some users may experience reduced performance compared to 2.6.4
  • Preview experience needs to be improved

New in Topaz Video AI 3.0.3 (Nov 9, 2022)

  • Changes from v3.0.2:
  • Fixes exporting to NAS drive.
  • Fixes importing/exporting EXR image sequence.
  • Fixes stabilization when there is a single quote (’) in the Temp/Export path.
  • Fixes right panel scrolling to the warning message.
  • Fixes Interlaced model copy-paste.
  • Image sequence can be output up to 16k.
  • Improved in-app download speed.
  • Misc. bug fixes and improvements.
  • Known Issues:
  • Quality mismatch between 2.6.4. and 3.0.x for some models.
  • Some users may experience reduced performance compared to 2.6.4
  • Preview experience needs to be improved

New in Topaz Video AI 3.0.2 (Nov 2, 2022)

  • Changes:
  • Fixes login issue with special characters.
  • Fixes UI not opening or crashing at launch.
  • Fixes Open Command Prompt on Mac.
  • Fixes next frame needed to be clicked twice.
  • Fixes Reveal in Finder / Show in Explorer.
  • Updated Preferences UI.
  • More meaningful error messages with possible solution.
  • Fixes issue with Deinterlace and FPS changes.
  • Misc. bug fixes and improvements.
  • Known Issues:
  • Quality mismatch between 2.6.4. and 3.0.x for some models.
  • Some users may experience reduced performance compared to 2.6.4
  • Preview experience needs to be improved

New in Topaz Video AI 2.6.4 (Apr 15, 2022)

  • Major features:
  • Support for Intel ARC GPUs
  • Improvements:
  • Nvidia GTX performance improved by 10-15%.
  • M1 16GB machines performance improved by 15-20%.
  • Reduce machine load allows M1 users to use the app without heating up.
  • Fixes need to repeated login on certain machines
  • Audio is now properly kept on Mac for certain input formats like wmv, vob etc.

New in Topaz Video AI 2.6.3 (Feb 17, 2022)

  • Major features:
  • Processing is faster on all M1/M1 Pro/M1 Max with 16GB or more of memory
  • Windows uninstaller now prompts to remove all previous versions from the “Add or remove programs” menu
  • Improvements:
  • Windows memory leakage has been reduced
  • Fixes mac memory leaks and improves stability
  • Audio is now properly kept on Mac
  • Improves stability while batch processing and end of the video processing
  • Preference added for Proteus parameters not to update to values automatically
  • Closing the app will ask for confirmation

New in Topaz Video AI 2.6.2 (Dec 16, 2021)

  • Major features:
  • Updated Chronos Fast model for better quality results
  • Timecode is officially supported and works correctly in the app
  • Input FPS can be changed for image sequences now
  • Improvements:
  • Improves application stability
  • Audio on Mac should be in sync when using trimmed video
  • Various batch processing related stability fixes
  • Chronos model output FPS and duration is accurate now
  • Duplicate video in batch processing works correctly
  • Output FPS has correct decimal representation
  • Dione models no longer double duration and set output FPS correctly
  • Keep audio is disabled for models that change FPS
  • Custom output scale and dimensions work as excepted now
  • Minor GUI fixes

New in Topaz Video AI 2.6.1 (Nov 19, 2021)

  • Major features:
  • Updated Chronos Fast model for better quality results
  • Improved performance for mac when the app is running in the background or when display is off
  • Improvements:
  • Keep audio on Mac works correctly on Mac now
  • The app will not slow down processing when in background, behind the screensaver or Lock Screen on mac
  • ETA estimation is more accurate
  • Files can be read and saved to all drives, remote directories and other writable paths
  • Fixes issue with flickering download of the same model again and again on certain hardware
  • Decimal places on output filenames rounds at 3 digits
  • Output won’t be overwritten even on custom file path
  • Batch processing model parameters stay as expected
  • CRF setting works correctly on output and will not generate unintended huge mp4 files
  • Output FPS can be set to as high as 240
  • Fixed FPS to be correct for decimal values
  • VEAI will not show version incompatible models
  • Selected models in Model Manager should show correctly

New in Topaz Video AI 2.6.0 (Nov 10, 2021)

  • Major features:
  • Native M1 Mac support
  • Chronos Fast model for videos with rapid motion
  • Proteus, Artemis and Dione updated for reduced artifacts, faster processing
  • Improvements:
  • Improved preferences panel with all settings in one place
  • The VRAM slider is local to the user hardware, so max will mean use all memory on device
  • Ability to view and use all models without using model manager
  • All models now maintain color consistency better than before
  • Installer size has been reduced significantly
  • Lots of bug fixes
  • Known Issues:
  • Keep audio on Mac does not work

New in Topaz Video AI 2.4.0 (Aug 5, 2021)

  • Major Features:
  • Chronos v2 - Further training to fix model artifacts and to make the result more natural
  • Proteus v2 - Further training to make the result more natural
  • Model Manager - Under the “File” menu, allows you to download / delete / move your AI models, as well as view information about them
  • New trial flow - when not logged into the application, a watermark will be applied to the output
  • Beta model support - application will now display when new beta models are ready to try. Go to File -> Manage AI Models -> Preferences, and tick “Enable beta models” to get early access to our models in development
  • Model updates can now be downloaded separately from application updates
  • Improvements:
  • Application will now tell user that a model file is being downloaded, if one is being downloaded when trying to process
  • Login flow has been improved, and now displays correct error information when login was not successful

New in Topaz Video AI 2.3.0 (Jun 30, 2021)

  • Major Features:
  • New model: Chronos Slo-Mo / FPS Conversion. Use this model to increase your video’s framerate, or make any video slow-motion
  • New model: Proteus 6-Parameter. Use this model to fine-tune deblocking, detail recovery, sharpening, noise reduction, dehaloing, and antialising
  • Preset Manager: Allows you to create and switch between multiple presets, as well as download and load them
  • Improvements:
  • New tutorial: Slo-Mo & FPS Conversion
  • Engine improvements for better speed and stability on a large range of hardware
  • Added the ability to switch between showing frames and showing timecodes in the UI
  • Processing completion time now displays in hours:minutes:seconds instead of just seconds
  • Application should resize correctly at extremely small resolutions
  • Estimated completion time and seconds per frame are now averaged out over 3 frames, making them slightly more stable
  • Playback speed in the preview is now based on output FPS if there is one, else the input FPS
  • Tutorials have been revamped to allow forward / back movement without having to explicitly click the suggested buttons
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed excessive memory usage when switching models
  • Fixed a memory leak when exiting preview mode. This will have a major affect on memory use when previewing, especially when using Comparison View
  • Fixed a frame-skipping issue when previewing the deinterlacing models that double the framerate
  • Fixed .mp4 getting appended to .mov files when choosing a custom output location, which was causing write errors when processing
  • Feedback dialog now allows click-to-close and has been added to the Mac Help menu
  • Menus now have borders around them so they no longer blend into the background
  • Fixed keyframing tutorial not selecting the correct model when starting the tutorial
  • Grain Settings now get applied to all models when using Comparison View (previously, they would only apply to currently selected one)
  • Model parameter sliders (for Theia, Proteus) now allow you to click and hold to change their values
  • Comparison Preview panels should now pan correctly when the preview is rendering or looping
  • When adding videos to the list when videos are already open, the first one added will now be selected
  • When processing, the playback controls now disappear and are replaced with a frame counter showing how many frames have completed processing
  • Removed the ability to launch the application after install, which breaks drap & drop on first launch
  • Added a cap to the amount of frames that can be previewed
  • Preference panel is now scrollable, and should no longer overflow at extreme resolutions
  • Preference panel should now be faster to load
  • Better error messaging when path is too long on Windows or an invalid video is being previewed or processed
  • Application will quit processing a video that it cannot write to

New in Topaz Video AI 2.2.0 (May 6, 2021)

  • Major Features:
  • Comparison View - Preview multiple models at the same time side-by-side
  • New model selector - Switch between “Suggested” and “All” when selecting a model
  • Encode your videos with a newly added codec: ProRes 422
  • Toggle the Grain Settings on and off, so if you never use it, you never have to worry about it again
  • Improvements:
  • Moved the number of preview frames settings out from the Preferences and into the main application window for easier switching
  • Added before / after sliders to newer models to show the potential quality improvement at-a-glance
  • UI has been given a consistency pass as to look cleaner and less chaotic
  • Interface will now remember your last-used preview mode when previewing
  • Initialization of application should be slightly faster on Windows
  • Fixes:
  • Videos are no longer locked even after being closed in the application
  • Fixed issue on certain macs where Split View would not function properly
  • Updated inference backends for better performance and stability
  • Fixed preview panel bounding issue with certain video sizes and scale amounts
  • Mac menu should now properly show whether certain options are disabled or not in certain application states
  • Mac menu check marks in the preview window should now function correctly with the currently selected preview mode

New in Topaz Video AI 2.1.1 (Mar 31, 2021)

  • Fixes:
  • Fixed the garbled text issue on some Mac machines
  • Video Format dropdown should no longer clip at the bottom of the screen when the window height is small
  • Multiple animations have been removed during processing, which should speed up processing times slightly (your mileage may vary)
  • “Keep Audio” and “Crop to fill frame” should both stick correctly between different videos in a batch

New in Topaz Video AI 2.1.0 (Mar 26, 2021)

  • Major Features:
  • Artemis MQ/LQ have been updated, with dehaloing removed (introduced in v11). Artemis MQ/LQ v12 should not produce the hazy look found in v11, and is now more similar to v10 with quality improvements.
  • Two new Artemis models: Artemis Dehalo and Artemis Strong Dehalo v1. These models specifically address the oversharpening problem, and should have less of a hazy look than Artemis MQ/LQ v11.
  • Dione TV/TD have been updated, with dehaloing removed (introduced in v2). Dione TV/TD should not produce the hazy look found in v2, and has a similar look to v1 with quality improvements.
  • Two new Dione models: Dione Dehalo and Strong Dehalo v1. These models address the oversharpening problem with previous versions, and should introduce less haze than previous versions.
  • Playback toolbar has been overhauled to be more flexible, fully functional, and easy to use
  • More preview modes: Choose between single view, split view, and side-by-side view
  • Improvements:
  • When opening videos, only the first one is selected to prevent accidental editing of added videos
  • Continuous scrolling, with ability to input a specific zoom amount
  • Added ability to change the number of previewed frames in Preferences
  • Added ability to change the preview panel’s background color, chooseable from Preferences
  • Added ability to change the video playback toolbar’s docked position to above or below the preview panel
  • Preview panel now bounds the preview video correctly within it’s borders
  • Controls panel has been cleaned up and made more consistent as to not appear as cluttered
  • Redesigned video thumbnails to make the selection box and clear button more visible
  • Added filename to video thumbnail
  • Most actions have shortcuts now
  • Removed the “Are you sure?” quit dialog
  • Grain settings, Dione interlaced mode, MOV selection, and MP4 Compression Factor have all been added to the command-line interface
  • Dione interlaced mode has been added to the CLI
  • MOV selection has been added to the CLI
  • Compression Factor has been added to the CLI
  • Preferences dialog now shows a confirmation icon when a setting has been updated
  • Zoom Original has been removed, to reduce confusion in the previewing experience
  • “Reset default settings” has been added to the Process menu on Windows and Mac
  • Preview panel now remembers what portion of the video you were panned to between each video
  • Fixes:
  • Window resizing should now be much faster
  • Grain settings should stick when loading auto-save, and apply correctly to “Save Default”
  • Grain textbox input should work in 0.1 values
  • “Don’t Show Again” checkbox should work correctly in the System Compatibility dialog
  • Fixed a typo in the “Continue Processing” dialog

New in Topaz Video AI 2.0.0 (Feb 25, 2021)

  • Major Features:
  • Two new model updates: Artemis v11, and Dione v2
  • Artemis LQ and MQ v11 evolve from Artemis v10 with added ability to handle over-sharpening artifacts in medium or low-quality progressive input videos
  • Dione TV and TD v2 are enhanced from v1 that also remove over-sharpening artifacts in medium or low quality interlaced input videos
  • UI has been updated and overhauled to provide for a better experience
  • Improvements:
  • Menu toolbar has been added on Mac
  • When multiple videos are selected, settings in the right panel now apply to all selected videos
  • Able to open videos in their containing folder when videos are done processing
  • Model parameters and post process settings have been changed to sliders to provide for better fine-tuning
  • Reset Settings button has been added
  • Output FPS has been added to the footer at the bottom of the program
  • Reset Trim button has been added to the scrubbing toolbar

New in Topaz Video AI 1.9.0 (Feb 25, 2021)

  • Changelog:
  • New Dione-DV/TV/TD v1 models for de-interlacing/enhancing/upscaling analog videos
  • Update Artemis HQ/LQ/MQ to v10
  • Add adaptive grain parameters to reduce “plastic” looking output.
  • Support reading .dv, .vob and .mxf video files.
  • Change the “scale” to a real number for setting precise output dimensions.
  • Improved processing speed on certain systems.
  • The installer has an option to keep existing models
  • Bug fixes:
  • All GPU mode no longer causes model loading error.
  • Fixed model parameters change inconsistent problem.

New in Topaz Video AI 1.8.1 (Dec 23, 2020)

  • Fixes:
  • Fixed deleting video from batch processing causes all thumbnails to disappear
  • Fixed when selecting more than one image for inputting image sequence, each image was importing as a separate item to batch process, now the image sequence will import as one item into batch to be processed as an image sequence.

New in Topaz Video AI 1.8.0 (Dec 18, 2020)

  • Major features:
  • Denoise and sharpen video. The new Artemis v9 MQ and LQ models can enhance and upscale low-quality videos with high noise or severe compression artifacts.
  • Improved motion consistency. All new Artemis v9 models produce smooth video output with much less detail flicker.
  • Anti-aliasing. A new Artemis v9 AA model is added to reduce moire pattern or “moving rainbow” which appears in some DLSR or drone cameras.
  • Speed improvement for Intel CPU/iGPU.
  • Big Sur support for (Intel CPU) Mac.
  • Improvements:
  • mp4/mov output stability.
  • Warning msg for the unsupported audio format. (Only support mono or stereo audio input to encode in output videos)

New in Topaz Video AI 1.7.1 (Dec 18, 2020)

  • New features:
  • add ProRes (HQ) .mov format for exporting video
  • AI model update: Artemis v8
  • Notable improvements:
  • fix incorrect GPU listing
  • fix horizontal line artifacts.
  • fix slow-down/hanging when input is a long image sequence.
  • fix audio cracking in some saved mp4 videos
  • improve audio sync
  • handle input image sequence with missing frames
  • display video thumbnail correctly
  • add a warning message if a system is below minimum requirements
  • fix default export file name inconsistency
  • fix crashes in multiple scenarios.
  • set default will change CRF default value

New in Topaz Video AI 1.7.0 (Dec 18, 2020)

  • Major features:
  • New AI inference engine
  • AMD GPU support for dedicated GPUs on Windows, including new RX 6000 series
  • Nvidia RTX GPU tensor core and new RTX 3000 series support
  • More efficient use of GPU VRAM, working better with other GPU intensive apps.
  • New v7 Artemis models with better motion consistency, denoising, and sharpening capability.
  • Jpeg and EXR sequence input support
  • Output MP4 h.264 CRF setting to control output video quality/size
  • Improvements:
  • Theia “Restore Detail” parameter wording changed to “DeBlock” to more closely representing the effect of the parameter

New in Topaz Video AI 1.6.1 (Sep 21, 2020)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed issue where software would crash if output size was an odd value. Outputs for video are now forced to be even sized.
  • Added warning that outputting above UHD can cause issues with the MP4 container

New in Topaz Video AI 1.6.0 (Sep 17, 2020)

  • Improved Video IO:
  • We have rewritten our entire video IO backend to help fix issues such as audio sync, missing frames, extra frames, and file sizes
  • Bitrate Setting:
  • When exporting to MP4 you can now choose your bitrate
  • Improved Theia Models:
  • We have made changes to help reduce artifacts
  • Bugfixes:
  • Fixed an issue where if VEAI couldn't connect to the internet the GUI would not open
  • Fixed some command line issues

New in Topaz Video AI 1.5.3 (Sep 1, 2020)

  • Mac Crash Fix:
  • Fixed an issue on Macs where Gaia would crash on all machines and all models would crash on pre-10.15 machines
  • Windows Openvino Support:
  • Fixed an issue where Openvino wasn't properly getting selected
  • Windows missing DLL:
  • Added a DLL for those who have not already installed Microsoft Redistributable Package 2019.

New in Topaz Video AI 1.5.2 (Aug 28, 2020)

  • Option to Select H.264 or H.263 for Video Output;
  • File sizes are smaller with H.263 than H.264, but H.264 is better quality. We consider this a temporary solution while we re-write our video IO engine to better accommodate different formats.
  • UI Fixes and Messaging Improved:
  • The phrasing of errors and messages has been changed along with some new notifications to give the user more choice in how the application behaves.

New in Topaz Video AI 1.4.1 (Jul 30, 2020)

  • Command Line Interface:
  • Revamped the command line interface to make it easier to use and created full documentation
  • Theia Model Update:
  • The Theia model has been updated with a new version.