Recommendations for AI-upscaling software.

[Phase3]

Hello all,

I'm looking to use some AI upscaling software, as there is some footage of a deleted scene in one of my fan edits that I'd like to upscale. I believe the footage is in 720p, whereas the rest of the edit is in 1080p.

If anyone has had some experience with this, could you please recommend some software to me?

Thanks!

 

[Bobson Dugnutt]

Topaz AI Video Enhance, all the way. Best program I've ever used for it and the only one ive ever needed

 

[krausfadr]

I’ve not seen too many deleted scenes in 720p. Almost always they are SD quality. Topaz can still do a good job with SD upscaling to 1080p (it can shift colors though).

EDIT…TIP: if any footage shows interlacing lines, deinterlace it in handbrake first. Topaz deinterlacer is garbage.

 

[Phase3]

Thanks very much to both of you!
@krausfadr
I may well be mistaken about the footage being in 720p; SD sounds much more likely!

Thanks very much for the tip about interlacing; I will run the footage through Handbrake first.

Cheers!

 

[TriggeredPuppy]

Topaz is absolutely superior, but for anyone who happens to own the Studio Version of Davinci Resolve (it comes with certain cameras or other hardware including their fantastic Speed Editor keyboard), one of the additional features is what they call Super Resolution. For already reasonable quality footage (1080p or high quality 720p) it can upscale to 4k with decent results. Again, if you have the money to throw at Topaz that's going to get you much further. Just an additional option!

 

[The Scribbling Man]

For those that might not want to spend wads of cash. Are there any free options that are worth experimenting with? Or is Topaz seriously the only option worth trying?

 

[addiesin]

For those that might not want to spend wads of cash. Are there any free options that are worth experimenting with? Or is Topaz seriously the only option worth trying?

I mess around with a free one called Video2x, it has a few models to work with and a basic GUI so it's not all command line. There may be better upscalers out there but that's what I have been able to find.

The RealSR and SRMD models are the ones to try for film footage. The others are for animation I think.