Sharpen & UPSCALE Videos to 4k Using A.I | Topaz Video Enhance vs Pixop
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Intro 0:00
Video Enhance AI 0:32
Introducing Pixop 0:42
How to upscale on Pixop 1:15
Before & After 4:18
Pixop vs TopazLabs VEAI 4:37
Verdict 5:21
Special treat 6:33
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Zoom in! Enhance! Stay sharp 😎Pixop is another upscaling tool that's much more affordable, works on any browser, and videos are processed on the cloud, any other upscaling tools I should test next ?
@user-jc1vj6eb6x
2 жыл бұрын
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@100Bucks
Жыл бұрын
If you're a PC gamer you need to check out Lossless Scaling. Does the same as this. Completely max your game out on low resolution like 720p. Then upscale the game window to 4k. Easily max out all games with this $5 program.
@sharptoothtrex4486
Жыл бұрын
That is a great idea for those Sesame Street Gymnast segments as options.
@BOXING_LOUNGE
Жыл бұрын
Hey Champ, sweet video! I upscale 720p to 2160p using 2 hardware upscalers. Mcable gaming edition (720p - 1080p) & 4K Gamer Pro (1080p - 2160p) 🙏
@100Bucks
Жыл бұрын
I want either one but those units are expensive. Simple solution would be is to use a computer connected to a 4k screen. Then use a $20 "zero delay" capture card running OBS or windows video camera. Run the game system to the computer which gets displayed to the 4k TV. And top it off with a filter from either OBS studio or Lossless Scaling.
A point well made. My view is there is something to be said for both options: purchasing a plugin/ application outright, & buying a service on a need basis only. To clarify, when customers purchase a Topaz Lab product they own it; they just need to pay upgrade fees when their computer running system is upgraded.
Very interesting video! The problem is your original footage looks good to start with... A really good test of the software would be to enhance an old Mac Sennett movie or a Laurel & Hardy film. If it can clean these up, then you would have a real winner.
@MDMZ
Жыл бұрын
Fair enough, I want to point out that youtube's compression and watching this video in 1080p also makes it hard to see the difference between input and output, I will keep that in mind for future videos, till then I hope the comparison and the takeaways I shared are helpful 😊
Pixop is expensive. Just think how much it would cost for one 2-3 minute video. Guess it just depends on how many videos you want to upscale, as to which option makes the most sense based on affordability.
@MDMZ
Жыл бұрын
yep! makes sense
@themightyflog
3 ай бұрын
Looks expensive. Might as well do topaz labs.
I see differences. Pixop appears to have sharper clearer image than the Topaz. There are no lines or slight blurriness in Pixop either.
I think this needs a disclaimer at the beginning to state that this is endorsed by the company you are reviewing.
@MDMZ
2 жыл бұрын
Hi, there is actually, the video is marked as a sponsorship, there's an "includes paid promotion" overlay that shows up at the very beginning 😉
@Bloodshade
2 жыл бұрын
@@MDMZ ah you’re right there is, it doesn’t show up on my PC but it does on my phone. It’s probably a YT extension that’s killing it
@MDMZ
2 жыл бұрын
@@Bloodshade oh possibly
@razorbackroar
Жыл бұрын
I think you should not comment until you think
@Bloodshade
Жыл бұрын
@@razorbackroar I think your mum should’ve kept it at a BJ
Thank you for the video. This product save my video!!
@MDMZ
Жыл бұрын
Glad it helped!
Wow I never heard of this one, can't wait to try it out. Thanks!
@MDMZ
2 жыл бұрын
Have fun!
Really cool tech, great for smaller projects or clips from multiple sources with some that aren't 4K.
@MDMZ
2 жыл бұрын
Exactly, it's perfect for when u just need to upscale one or two clips, looking forward to new features
If you wanna do this free, use the program called hybrid. Then compress the video with a program called handbrake. I said hybrid first because it does 60fps better than any other program out there.
@grayhamgrayhamson1466
Жыл бұрын
handbrake has ai upscale?
@100Bucks
Жыл бұрын
@@grayhamgrayhamson1466 Yes, you have to really look at all options. Some where in there it says allow upscale. If you don't check mark that place with a specific resolution. The rendered video will stay the same as it when it. That specific menu must be checked mark with your desired resolution. Your computer will be unusable while your rendering the upscale. Just walk away from it and come back to it later.
@GeorgeAlexanderTrebek
Жыл бұрын
@@100Bucks Handbrake upscale is not the same as topaz or other ai upscalers, and is much worse. Even on their own website they do NOT recommend it, only for specific instances such as uploading to youtube in 4k to achieve a higher allowed bitrate. Since you are re-encoding with handbrake again your final product will be worse quality than before despite being 4k.
@TsunaTakahiro
Жыл бұрын
What about mobile? Is that only for pc?
@100Bucks
Жыл бұрын
@@TsunaTakahiro Yes, it's only PC. What you can do is record with a phone at 720p 29.97 or 30fps. Then later on upscale with with a PC at 4k 60fps with handbrake or Hybrid. It's best to upscale when you don't have to use the PC because it's a long render process. Set up the upscale, walk away from the PC because it won't be usable until render is complete.
in the video I noticed you used Artemis medium quality in VEAI and the results were about the same as what Pixop did. so does that mean that if you had used Gaia HQ then your results would have been better than Pixop? When i am upscaling videos from 1080p to 4K I usually use Gaia HQ because it gives great results but takes forever to process using my RTX 2070 Super. Is it possible to get the same results as Gaia HQ using Pixop or is Artemis Medium Quality about as good as it can do? I'm asking because I would rather pay a small fee and have someone else stress their GPU for 15hrs straight instead of me stressing my GPU for 15hrs straight lol.
@steadyfoundations9327
Жыл бұрын
Did you ever get the answer to this?
@NonLegitNation2
Жыл бұрын
@@steadyfoundations9327 nope
Can't Wait To This Comes Down To Be Able To Work On Phones.
@MDMZ
2 жыл бұрын
That would be revolutionary right ? Well guess what! You CAN! since pixop works on your browser and processes on the cloud 😉
I missed the focus on one of my great timelapses, so I definitely need to try this!
@MDMZ
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Try it out and let us know how it went
@timefilming
2 жыл бұрын
@@MDMZ the only thing I doubt... I don't want to give smb my original footage, because I'm not sure they won't use it in the future
@MDMZ
2 жыл бұрын
@@timefilming I really doubt it, you still have ownership of your original content/videos, just like how uploading on youtube doesn't entitle youtube to owning our content.
@timefilming
2 жыл бұрын
@@MDMZ hm... I upload here with a watermark (though not big). Anyway, I scrolled through their website and found NOTHING about the copyright, just 100500 paragraphs of unnecessary and standard formal information. Meanwhile, it's essential and must be on the main page. IMHO
@mikomarcello
Жыл бұрын
@@timefilming with all due respect, no one cares about your out of focus timelapse footage.
- IF was forced to choose, it would clearly be Video Enhance AI but there is cheaper if not 100% free options Vidia Enhance AI may be behind but PIXOPs pricing structure can easily turn into $1000+ of dollars real fast because of the whole "pay per minute model" which looks "affordable" at a quick glace/though, but you realize that the pricing model shit adds up insanely quickly. Mainly because I would assume most people who are already, just getting into, or are tempting to get into this "scene", are usually because of nostalgia and the drive/desires to reviving and breathing new life into all their favorite moves, tv shows, series, etc) from their past by turning them old blurry messes into clean 1080P-4K image/video. In that lens, the amount of hours can be a few hours to fuckin thousands of hours of content. Now, Do that with PIXOP and hypothetically to Upscale 500 hours through there service. The sheer amount of money PIXOP would charge would easily be (off the top of my head), in the $5000+ range. - By that single preface alone, Everyone would be better off, no question, to go crazy and buy a Dedicated $5000+ PC with top of the line components, multiple GPU's, etc) which would still be cheaper and free past a certain point if you don't include the tiny bit extra of electricity it would cost to run the PC. You also wouldnt even need spend $5K on a PC for fast and amazing results but it was to make a point. On top of it all, that PC is now youres, its tangible, it will be doing your bidding 5-10 years into the future, and can be used for literally everything you can imagine at the absolute highest performance. The Highest Quality of Gaming Experience, A Record Breaking Beast of a Workstation PC for Video Editing, Production, Compositing, VFX, 3D software, Simulations, Game Development, etc); - To stay on topic, No contrarians in terms of It's capability for using it in all the other existing and up coming methods of AI based training models and methods for using AI and Deep Learning for Art, 3D Models, Deep Fakes, Simulations, etc). Again, just to re-iterate the comparison, You'd would have your own Absolute Beast of a personal PC that is powerful enough be in the Top %0.00000001 of Home PCs. Giving you Every choice to do Anything you want at the highest levels of Performance. Or you could just have the One service built on a business model that uses misleading psychological tactics against its users made to siphons money out of their pockets slowly over time. Its a business model which is proven to work and its why many other companies with similar services do the same shit. - Im sure People understand what I mean, yeah? I can surely see the practical use of PIXOP for the extremely rare case for users and scenarios. On a side note, people would be surprised what a mid level $1000-1500 PC is capable of these days based off what ive seen from others claims in forums and my own experiences. But seriously, if anybody is into playing around with AI and Up-Scaling in particular, it may seem overwhelming or scary to learn about and I understand. But Its honestly not very difficult to get into if you spend just a little bit of time with the intent of learning a couple things (just like anything in life) you can be doing this shit in no time. Its not like your the crazy coders and engineers creating all the software behind all the tech, you are simply just learning how to use those tools that are already made. You dont even need a crazy PC to do some good Up-scaling or AI generation... Example: I used my older secondary PC dedicated for streaming, rendering, and AI Training that does pretty well while I save up to upgrade. Just last month I Up-scaled the original Ghost In The Shell Movie to a nice sharp 4K image it took Less than a night to do on a PC. But I also went EXTRA EXTRA and Did some Visual Compositing to it as well with NUKE. I did some Color Grading, Some Denoising, Sharpening, Light Balancing, added some FX like lens flares, light streaks, camera shakes, etc) all to add my own flare and what I thought would make the experience better to rival newer productions. Some Would call it Blasphemy at that extent. Dont care. It fucking SLAPS now. I also Re-Mixed and Re-Mastered all the Original Audio from each of 6 Tracks of 5.1 Surround Sound and completely brought the AUdio into the 21st century as well. Im proud of it and it looks 20 years newer. All on a midrange PC. My Next Project is a toss up of WICKED CITY, AKIRA, Ninja Scroll, Vampire Hunter D, Fit of the North Star, but I have a massive list of Movies Im going Revive for the Generations before me that cant appreciate anything less than 1080;, and not just "Anime...: I did the Composting FX Audio Work on my Current Mid-High End PC but the upscaling was all the older PC PC Specs for the Upscaling: 4790K - CPU 64GB DDR3 - RAM GTX 1080TI - GPU
@LorenzoNW
11 ай бұрын
I own a set of DVDs of Boys Over Flowers with the original soundtrack that I bought on Ebay. The K-Drama is about 20 hours long. I bought a copy because the online versions (Netflix, Viki, Hulu, and Amazon Prime) don't include the OST, which is half of what made it such an iconic K-Drama. And the replacement soundtrack is just awful. The problem is that the picture quality of my set is somewhere between DVD and VHS. This is because it's a pirated copy. I later found out that no legal copies were ever made of BOF with the OST and English subtitles. I'm guessing this is related to sync licensing. Can yourecommend a free or less expensive AI software to enhance the resolution and picture quality? I've heard some good things about VIDEO2X. Are you familiar with it?
Will that work on upscaling old footages from 1900, slowing them down? I want to slow it down, because it looks fast and colour it but i just don't know what to do. Can u give me an advice?
@MDMZ
Жыл бұрын
it all depends on the input, I suggest you give it a try
I'm gonna upscale my Doctor Who collection haha
@LaurenceReeves
Жыл бұрын
Maybe not 😂 it’s going to cost me over £100 for one episode 😬
Topaz labs is so slow, it’s not worth it. Davinci resolve how ever work lighting fast and the results are the same!
@nyrubin
Жыл бұрын
@LonerClown and free upgrades for life, where topaz you have to buy the newest version
@MelvinDlaCruz
2 ай бұрын
This coming looks like somebody who works for the other company, because topaz is way better because it's way cheaper
@nyrubin
2 ай бұрын
@@MelvinDlaCruz yea ok cuz they hire minorities lol foh
promocode doesn't work bro.
@MDMZ
Жыл бұрын
hi, as mentioned the discount offer is available for a limited time only, let me reach out to pixop and see if I can get it extended ;)
Thx for the video. I will stick with VideoEnhance AI. A standalone offline app, I pay 1 time and done. I hate it when they go with subscriptions, cloud or web-based. And for video editing totally not practical. You gonna upload a 3 GB file? Of course no. Idiot companies!
@MDMZ
2 жыл бұрын
I think for VEAI the one time payment is in reality for 1-year subscription, don't take my word for it make sure to check their T&C
@NonLegitNation2
Жыл бұрын
@@MDMZ its for a lifetime subscription
@MDMZ
Жыл бұрын
@@NonLegitNation2 yes, but as far as I know you need renew your subscription to access major updates
NOTE It's pay first.
Will this work for insta 360 X3 videos? They are 1080p but I want to upscale 4k
@MDMZ
Жыл бұрын
should work fine, give it a try :)
nice but if i want to test settings, do i have to pay for every test file?
@MDMZ
Жыл бұрын
I believe your best option is to run a preview first, it costs way less
Works well!! DANKEEE
there is any that doesn't require me to log in or make an account for?
My video failed when processing, i already buy it but i get nothing. How to solve this problem?
@MDMZ
Жыл бұрын
do you get an error msg? you can contact their support and see what's going on, try changing your browser, make sure the file format is supported etc.. or simply try again later
Can it be useful for movies of 3 hrs duration, or any alternative to do this job?
@MDMZ
2 жыл бұрын
it is, but for such long duration I suggest you go with a subscription based solution, that will save you some money, Pixop is great for short clips if you don't plan to upscale videos on a regular basis
Do a video showing both Video Enhance AI and Pixop converting more lengthy videos like above 10mins. Will that be possible?
@MDMZ
2 жыл бұрын
Hi Ahrar, great suggestion, are you trying to see how much time each software takes to process ?
@minhajurrahmansiam123
9 ай бұрын
@@MDMZI wanna enhance video above 10 minute.What may I do?
Your download should automatically start below. We've also sent your trial information emails, and you can always download all product trials here. Nikmati perangkat lunak non-percobaan gratis tahunan ini pada akhirnya untuk membayar.
Where is $1 offer?😢
Hi sir . I am not understand billing method plz solution please I am enter my debit card number and detail but no response ? I am from india and I m use this website my mobile 👍 it's. Work my mobile ??
@MDMZ
Жыл бұрын
hey, sounds like something you need to contact pixop to solve
Does it only do 25 fps?
@MDMZ
10 ай бұрын
nope, you can upscale videos in pretty much any fps
Ok, just signed up. But where do I use the promo code?
@MDMZ
2 жыл бұрын
Hi João, you can apply it when buying processing credit, enter the amount then press "buy", a promo code input will show up ;)
while it is impressive, i see significant jiggering between the frames when it is not just processing a still image of bird but moving objects. i am investigating wether neat video might be better at this, i believe it is called temporal filtering. so far i can conclude that ae "in-house" noise removal is quite useless compared to these other tools
@MDMZ
Жыл бұрын
you're using pixop mainly for noise reduction ?
can you increase the frame rate with it
@MDMZ
Жыл бұрын
it's seems like they are working on that feature: www.pixop.com/filters/vfi
It does not work 😢
Can I use this in ios? Please answer
@MDMZ
7 ай бұрын
it works on the cloud, so you can access from pretty much any browser
@Ceritanyadiha
4 ай бұрын
@@MDMZcan I ask again, I'm sorry how do you remove the black bars in topaz ai video?
Dose it need good internet?
@gomashow3298
3 ай бұрын
And how much it use
@MDMZ
3 ай бұрын
just good enough to upload and download whatever u video u need to process
@MDMZ
3 ай бұрын
you can find more info on their site
Over a dollar for 10 seconds? I would have spent over a thousand dollars by now if Topaz charged that. No thanks. Very misleading thumbnail.
@MDMZ
Жыл бұрын
it's worth it if all you needed the upscaler for is a 30 seconds video, if you plan to use it often, topaz makes more sense
@thanksfernuthin
Жыл бұрын
@@MDMZ Fair enough. I'm not sure how many people fall into that range but I'm sure some do.
@Alpha_moderno
Жыл бұрын
THANKS BRO, saved me time, youtube sucks with so much misleading stuff
I'm a bit confused about the pricing.Can you tell me the approximate total for a 4 minute 240x320 video that i want to upscale to 1080 or more?Thanx
@MDMZ
Жыл бұрын
Pixop will show you the total cost before you have to pay
I own a set of DVDs of Boys Over Flowers with the original soundtrack that I bought on Ebay. The K-Drama is about 20 hours long. I bought a copy because the online versions (Netflix, Viki, Hulu, and Amazon Prime) don't include the OST, which is half of what made it such an iconic K-Drama. And the replacement soundtrack is just awful. The problem is that the picture quality of my set is somewhere between DVD and VHS. This is because it's a pirated copy. I later found out that no legal copies were ever made of BOF with the OST and English subtitles. I'm guessing this is related to sync licensing. Can anyone recommend a free or less expensive AI software to enhance the resolution and picture quality? I've heard some good things about VIDEO2X. Is anyone familiar with it?
@MDMZ
11 ай бұрын
hi hi, you posed this comment right under the video you need 😁 both pixop and topaz video ai are great solutions
Android work ?
@MDMZ
Жыл бұрын
it works on the cloud, so any device will do
brother i know you are busy but please can i contract with you.
@MDMZ
2 жыл бұрын
what's up
@arafatproductions
2 жыл бұрын
@@MDMZ hey I send message to your facebook and behance account please replay
Uff, that is a LOT of artefacts and jittering. Especially around people and moving objects. And where is the comparison to video enhance? I thought this video is supposed to be video enhance vs pixop?
@MDMZ
7 ай бұрын
the comparison starts around 4:37
Its good becuase no one is gonna crack it so it will continue to make money
@MDMZ
2 жыл бұрын
true :)
@misterwhyte
Жыл бұрын
But if you can crack its competitors then why would you use it at all?
@kurokishizx
2 ай бұрын
@@misterwhyte im still refinding topaz enhance ai cracked version, I used to have it til my laptop resetted ;)
Que vídeo prazeroso de assistir
no freaking subscription plans. We all criticized Abobe and now every damn company wants 10/20 bucks from you do every sigle task
@MDMZ
Жыл бұрын
it becomes an advantage when you don't need to use it often
$47 for a 30 minutes clip ; lol far from your $1
This is a scam. What you did was to use a 4k video, downgrade the quality no then upscale it…..maybe the audience wouldn’t notice the difference, but I can tell….shame on you!!!
@MDMZ
Жыл бұрын
Hi there, like mentioned in the description, the clips I used in this video were all downloaded in low resolution, and then upscaled with pixop, I invite you to try it for yourself if you have doubts about the product, I spend so much time and effort on testing products and making videos so I'd appreciate it if you do some research before you make such accusations, cheers!
Paid and Fake content as usual, typical promotion.
Lol Pixop is going to bankrupt me on a by minute basis =)))
@MDMZ
Жыл бұрын
that means topaz might be a better option for you, if you upscale frequently