Topaz Labs updates GenAI video tool

Topaz Labs has updated its generative video cleanup model, Starlight Precise 2.5, with sharper faces, clearer text and fewer artificial-looking artifacts in AI-made footage. (developer.topazlabs.com) The model is part of Topaz’s March 31, 2026 “Precision Update,” which the company said added four new models and nine improvements across its image and video tools. Topaz said Starlight Precise 2.5 is aimed at bringing generative artificial intelligence video to 4K with more realistic detail. (prnewswire.com) In plain terms, video enhancement models work like automated restoration passes: they enlarge footage, remove noise, sharpen edges and invent missing detail frame by frame. Topaz describes the Starlight family as diffusion-based models built for difficult archival footage and modern generative artificial intelligence video while trying to keep motion stable across frames. (developer.topazlabs.com) Starlight Precise 2.5 is the realism-focused branch of that lineup. Topaz’s developer documentation says it improves facial detail, fabrics, materials, labels and logos, and is designed to reduce the “plastic” look that often gives away synthetic video. (developer.topazlabs.com) The company is also pitching the update as a workflow product, not just a visual one. Topaz’s downloads and product pages say its application programming interface lets customers integrate video upscaling, enhancement and restoration into their own websites and applications, and the March update expanded the catalog of models available through that interface. (topazlabs.com) (prnewswire.com) That matters for agencies and post-production teams that do not want artists exporting clips by hand from a standalone app. Topaz said Starlight Precise 2.5 is available in Astra, partner applications and its application programming interface, which puts the model inside existing production pipelines. (ai-primer.com) (developer.topazlabs.com) Topaz has been building toward that pitch for months. Its Project Starlight research preview promises fully automatic diffusion-based enhancement up to 4K, and the company’s broader video business already sells tools for denoising, sharpening, stabilization and frame interpolation to filmmakers and editors. (topazlabs.com 1) (topazlabs.com 2) The latest release also spread beyond Topaz’s own software. ComfyUI said on March 26 that Starlight Precise 2.5 was available as a Partner Node at the same price as the prior Starlight Precise 2 model, giving workflow-heavy users another route to run the update. (blog.comfy.org) Topaz’s pitch is straightforward: as artificial intelligence video gets easier to generate, the cleanup pass is becoming its own product category. Starlight Precise 2.5 is the company’s latest attempt to make that finishing step look less synthetic and fit more neatly into studio pipelines. (developer.topazlabs.com 1) (developer.topazlabs.com 2)