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Topaz Enhance V2.2 Released
10/30/2006 Topaz Labs LLC releases Topaz Enhance V2.2, an update release to its advanced video enhancement plug-ins for After Effects/Premiere Pro/Digital Fusion.PLANO, TX – October 30, 2006 – Video enhancement company Topaz Labs LLC releases Topaz Enhance V2.2, an upgrade to the acclaimed video enhancement plug-in for Adobe After Effects. It contains filters that: enhance SD to HD, de-interlace videos, suppress noise while enhancing clarity and details, sharpen blurred videos, remove color bleeding, reduce codec artifacts, and create visual effects. Major changes from the preview release are:
- Added a new combo filter, “Enlarge*”, which is special designed to simplify the task of SD to HD conversion.
- Fixed Premiere Pro 1.x and 2.x incompatibility issue. Now all filters can be used with all the version of Adobe Premiere Pro.
- Implemented multiple-CPU rendering support for some filters, increase rendering speed on dual core and multi CPU system.
- Fixed minor bugs.
Compatibility: Topaz Enhance V2.2 works with Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, and Eyeon Digital Fusion. Currently, only the Windows operating system is supported.
Pricing: Topaz Enhance V2.2 retails at $349.00 USD per license. Volume discount and site license are available upon request.
Availability: Topaz Enhance is immediately available for download at http://www.topazlabs.com. It comes with a 30-day free trial period. Previous customers are recommended to upgrade to this release free of change.
Topaz Moment, PE, V3.2 Released
10/02/2006: Topaz Labs LLC releases of Topaz Moment, Production Edition, V3.2, an update to its acclaimed software that capture large volume of high resolution images from video using super-resolution technology.Plano, TX, October 02, 2006 -- Topaz Labs LLC, a company specializing in video enhancement, announces the release of Topaz Moment, Production Edition, V3.2. The major changes are:
- “Shutter lag” is improved. Now you can capture the frame that you pause at.
- Step frame backward button added. You step forward and backward for most of the video formats.
- Some improvement to enhancement engine to produce more natural looking images.
- Bugs fixes.
Current Topaz Moment, Production Edition, customers are welcome to upgrade to this release free of charge. No new license key is need.
Topaz Moment V3.2 Released
10/02/2006: Topaz Labs LLC releases of Topaz Moment V3.2 an update to its acclaimed software that capture high resolution frames from video using super-resolution technology.Plano, TX, October 02, 2006 -- Topaz Labs LLC, a company specializing in video enhancement, announces the release of Topaz Moment V3.2. The major changes are:
- Step frame backward button: Now you step both forward and backward for most of the video formats.
- No “shuttle lag” any more: now you can capture exactly the frame that you pause at.
- More natural looking images: the enhancement engine has been improved.
- Many bugs fixes.
Current Topaz Moment V3.0 and V3.1 customers are welcome to upgrade to this release free of charge. No new license key is required.
Topaz Moment V3.1 Released
07/08/2006: Topaz Labs LLC releases of Topaz Moment V3.1, a minor update to its acclaimed software that capture high resolution frames from video using super-resolution technology.Plano, TX, July 08, 2006 -- Topaz Labs LLC, a company specializing in video enhancement, announces the release of Topaz Moment V3.1. This release includes some minor bug fixes. Current Topaz Moment V3.0 customers are welcome to upgrade to this release with no need to have a new license key.
Topaz Moment Production Edition Released
07/04/2006: Topaz Labs LLC announces the release of Topaz Moment, Production Edition, software for webmasters and production houses to batch capture large number of video stills with up to 4X resolution increase.Plano, TX, July 4, 2006 -- Topaz Labs LLC, a company specializing in video enhancement, announces the release of Topaz Moment Production Edition. Designed for webmasters and production houses, this software can batch-capture a large number of video stills with up to 4X resolution increase.
Topaz Moment Production Edition is a Windows application that is specifically designed for video production houses and webmasters to turn large number videos/DVDs into a database of high resolution pictures. It uses the advanced super-resolution and other enhancement technologies not available anywhere else.
"My company’s project required 1000+ DVD's to be screenshotted; we luckily found Topaz Moment and used it to batch over 250,000 screenshots in just a couple of months.” said Matthew Clapham, CEO of Internet Media Production, Australia. “We are very impressed with the software and especially the image enhancement algorithm which is second to none. Most of the DVD screenshots turned out more like photos than DVD video captures. The batching process was easy, stable and has every feature you could want. This software saved us months of work and gave us better quality images than our competition."
Price: $199. Site license and volume discount is available upon request.
Availability: Topaz Moment, Production Edition, is immediately available for download at http://www.topazlabs.com. It comes with a 30-day free trial period.
About Topaz Labs LLC: Topaz Labs LLC., a privately owned company in Plano, Texas, specializes in developing video enhancement products and technologies. It is the first company that brings super-resolution and other state-of-the-art technologies into commercial software applications. Topaz Labs LLC also licenses its technologies to other software and IC developers.
Contact: Albert Yang
214-556-6680
marketing@topazlabs.com
Topaz Enhance V2.1 Released
06/22/2006Topaz Labs LLC releases Topaz Enhance V2.1, a major speed improvement release to its advanced video enhancement plug-ins for After Effects/Premiere Pro/Digital Fusion.PLANO, TX – June 22, 2006 – Video enhancement company Topaz Labs LLC releases Topaz Enhance V2.1, a major upgrade to the acclaimed video enhancement plug-in for Adobe After Effects. It contains ten filters that: enhance SD to HD, de-interlace videos, suppress noise while enhancing clarity and details, sharpen blurred videos, remove color bleeding, reduce codec artifacts, and create stunning effects.
“The power of Topaz Enhance comes from our breakthroughs in video enhancement technologies,” explains Albert Yang, president of the company. “Our unique super-resolution algorithm truly converts SD to near-HD resolution with amazing clarity. The algorithm also provides superb de-interlacing quality. Our pixel-based motion-compensated noise filter not only reduces noise but also unravels details obscured by noise. Our proprietary edge enhancer creates crisp edges without overshooting or noise amplification.”
The new release is noticeably faster than the previous version. De-interlacing is more than five times faster, and the SD video to HD video enhancement is three times faster than V2.0. Video quality of resolution enhancement and other filters have also been improved. In addition, the new release is optimized to perform well on AMD processors as well as Intel processors.
Compatibility: Topaz Enhance V2.1 works with Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, and Eyeon Digital Fusion. Currently, only the Windows operating system is supported.
Pricing: Topaz Enhance V2.1 retails at $349.00 USD per license. Volume discount and site license are available upon request.
Availability Topaz Enhance is immediately available for download at http://www.topazlabs.com. It comes with a 30-day free trial period.
About Topaz Labs LLC. Topaz Labs LLC., a privately owned company in Plano, Texas, focuses on developing video enhancement products and technologies. It is the company that first brings super-resolution and other state-of-the-art technologies into commercial software applications. Topaz Labs LLC also licenses its technologies to other software vendors and IC developers.
Company website: http://www.topazlabs.com
Contact Email: marketing@topazlabs.com
Contact phone: 214-556-6680
Topaz Moment V3.0 Released
06/06/2006. Topaz Labs LLC announces the release of Topaz Moment V3.0, a major update to its highly acclaimed software that capture high resolution frames from video using super-resolution technology.Plano, TX - June 06, 2006 - Topaz Labs LLC, a company specializing in video enhancement, announces a new release of its highly acclaimed video frame capturing and enhancing software, Topaz Moment V3.0.
Topaz Moment employs four advanced technologies: (1) super-resolution that creates a higher resolution image from multiple video frames; (2) advanced noise reduction that suppresses frame noise with little loss of details; (3) edge enhancement that sharpens the picture without increased noise or overshooting; and (4) optical flow motion compensated de-interlacing to handle interlaced video sources. Using these state-of-the-art techniques, Topaz Moment produces images that are the cleanest, sharpest, and highest quality available anywhere. Topaz Moment can handle most of the video files including avi, wmv, mpeg, mpeg2, mpeg4, quicktime movie, realmedia video, and more.
This new release exhibits a completely revamped user interface and our second generation super-resolution enhancement engine. It also fixes a number of technical issues and adds several new innovative features such as thumbnail capturing.
“The new version of Topaz Moment works faster, better, and more efficiently than previous versions,” says lead designer Albert Yang. “The new user interface also makes it a lot easier to use, especially for those already familiar with Media Player Classic.”
Pricing: $39.99. Reseller price and volume discount is available upon request.
Availability: Topaz Moment V3.0 is immediately available for download at http://www.topazlabs.com. It comes with a 250-use free trial period.
About Topaz Labs LLC
Topaz Labs LLC., a privately owned company in Plano, Texas, specializes in developing video enhancement products and technologies. It is the company that first brings super-resolution and other state-of-the-art technologies into commercial software applications. Topaz Labs LLC also licenses its technologies to other software and IC developers.
Company website: www.topazlabs.com
Contact Email: marketing@topazlabs.com
Contact phone: 214-556-6680
Topaz Enhance V2.0 Released
March 06, 2006. Topaz Labs LLC. releases Topaz Enhance V2.0, a major upgrade of the acclaimed video enhancement plug-in for After Effects.PLANO, TX - March 06, 2006 - Topaz Labs LLC, a company specializing in video enhancement, unveils Topaz Enhance V2.0, a major upgrade to the acclaimed video enhancement plug-in for Adobe After Effects. It contains ten filters that enhance SD video to HD, de-interlace video, suppress noise while enhancing clarity and details, sharpen blur video, remove color bleeding, reduce codec artifacts, and create stunning effects.
“The power of Topaz Enhance comes from our breakthroughs in video enhancement technologies,” explains lead developer Albert Yang. “Our unique super-resolution based algorithm truly increases SD video to near HD resolution with amazing clarity and details. The algorithm also provides superb quality for de-interlacing. Our pixel-based motion-compensated noise filter not only reduces noise but also unravels details obscured by noise. Our proprietary edge enhancer creates crisp edges without overshooting and noise amplification.”
Compatibility
Topaz Enhance V2.0 works with Adobe After Effects 5.0 and above, Adobe Premiere Pro 1.0 and above, and Eyeon Digital Fusion 4 and above. Currently, only the Windows operating system is supported.
Pricing
Topaz Enhance V2.0 retails at $349.00 USD per license. Volume discount and site license are available.
Availability
Topaz Enhance is immediately available for download at http://www.topazlabs.com. It comes with a 30-day free trial period.
About Topaz Labs LLC.
Topaz Labs LLC., a privately owned company in Plano, Texas, specializes in developing video and image enhancement technologies. Through products and services, Topaz Labs is dedicated towards bringing the most state-of-the-art technologies to graphic and video professionals and consumers.
Company website: http://www.topazlabs.com
Contact Email: marketing@topazlabs.com
Contact phone: 214-205-2266
Topaz Vivacity V1.3 Released
01/01/2006. Topaz Labs LLC releases Topaz Vivacity V1.3, adding full Photoshop scripting support to its powerful image enhancement Photoshop plug-ins.PLANO, TX - January 1st, 2006 - Topaz Labs LLC, a software company specializing in image and video enhancement technology, releases an updated Topaz vivacity V1.3, a Photoshop plug-in for image enhancement.
The breakthrough algorithms used in this software can affect a distinct improvement of imperfect images. The avid photographers and graphics professionals will find Topaz Vivacity to be an invaluable tool to rescue otherwise unusable images and enhance image in all aspects. With Topaz Vivacity, you can: (1) enlarge images still maintain visual clarity, (2) eliminate ISO noise, film grain and other noise with little loss of details, (3) eradicate JPEG and JPEG2000 compression artifacts, (4) sharpen and enhance edges without overshooting or noise amplification, (5) remove color bleeding and recover color edges, and (6) create some amazing special effects.
This new release adds full support to Photoshop scripting and actions, in addition to some minor changes to some filters. This enable Topaz Vivacity filters to be used for batch processing multiple images or in any user defined Photoshop actions or scripts.
Pricing
Topaz Vivacity retails at $49.99 USD. It is available on the Topaz Labs web site at www.topazlabs.com, and many software download sites.
Compatibility
Topaz Enhance has been successfully tested on Adobe Photoshop 5.x and above, as well as most software that support Photoshop plug-ins. Currently, only the Windows version is available.
About Topaz Labs LLC.
Topaz Labs LLC, a privately owned company in Plano, Texas, specializes in developing video and image enhancement products. With today's widespread use of digital still cameras, digital video cameras, and HDTV, the need for enhancing digital images and videos has increased dramatically. Topaz Labs LLC is dedicated towards bringing state-of-the-art image and video enhancement technologies to graphic and video professionals and consumers.
Company website: www.topazlabs.com
Contact Email: marketing@topazlabs.com
Contact phone: 214-205-2266