Real Lanczos upscaling to 4K and 8K. CAS sharpening, denoise, beauty filters, cinematic color grading. Beats Topaz Video AI's $299 desktop app — browser-based, no install.
You have one old wedding video to upscale. You don't want to drop $299 on Topaz. The free alternatives (HandBrake) don't upscale. Online tools either limit you to 30 seconds or charge per-minute.
Topaz Video AI is great. It costs $299. Locked to your computer. Pay again if you switch machines.
Pixop charges $0.50-$3 per output minute. Upscale a 10-min video to 4K = $30. Make 5 of them = $150.
Free, popular, only does compression. Want real Lanczos + sharpening? Build the FFmpeg command yourself.
Real Lanczos scaling, CAS sharpening, optional denoise. Same FFmpeg filters professional studios use.
MP4, MOV, MKV, WebM. Up to 2GB. Any source resolution.
1080p / 2K / 4K / 8K. We figure out aspect-ratio preservation and padding automatically.
Default · Beauty (skin smooth) · Cinematic (warmth + vignette) · Restoration · Warm · Cool. Or use 8 individual sliders.
H.264 CRF 16-18, AAC 320kbps, +faststart. Streaming-ready, plays anywhere.
Not Instagram filters. Real FFmpeg color science.
True 4-tap Lanczos resampling. Best mathematical fit for upscaling video — preserves detail, no blur, no ringing.
AMD's Contrast Adaptive Sharpening. The same algorithm used by FidelityFX. Adaptive — sharpens edges without ringing.
High-quality 3D denoiser. Removes grain and compression artifacts before upscaling. Critical for old footage.
Brightness, contrast, saturation, gamma. Real-time preview. Apply per-shot or globally.
Color balance shift (warm/cool). Matches color temperatures across clips for consistent look.
Bilateral filter on skin tones. Subtle — doesn't plastic-ify faces. Adjustable strength.
Soft darkening at frame edges. 6 angle presets. Adds depth and focus to talking-head content.
Add subtle noise for cinematic feel. Variable intensity. Hides upscale artifacts when used lightly.
After enhance, send to Captions (transcribe + burn in 4K), Watermark Remover (clean up), Audio Converter (extract audio).
Side-by-side with the desktop apps and online services.
| Feature | KhaledMedia | Topaz Video AI | Pixop | HitPaw |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8K upscale support | 4K only | 8K paid | ||
| Real Lanczos + CAS | unknown | unknown | ||
| Beauty filters built-in | limited | |||
| Browser-based (no install) | ||||
| Free tier for testing | trial only | 30s only | ||
| Cross-tool integration | ||||
| Pay per minute | ||||
| Starting price | $0 | $299 once | $0.50-3/min | $29/mo |
5 free 1080p enhances per day. Upgrade for 4K, 8K, and unlimited processing.
For static-content upscaling (talking heads, music videos, screen recordings) our Lanczos+CAS+denoise pipeline matches Topaz closely. Topaz wins on heavy motion / damaged footage where their AI motion-interpolation shines. For 95% of use cases, we're identical at $0 vs $299.
Some tools do bilinear scaling and call it "upscaling". That's not. Real Lanczos uses a 4-tap (Lanczos-4) windowed sinc filter — mathematically the optimal reconstruction. We use that.
We re-encode audio to AAC 320kbps (the streaming standard). Original audio quality is preserved up to the source bitrate.
Roughly 2-3× the video duration on our server (a 1-min 1080p→4K = 2-3 min). 8K takes 4-5×. Live progress updates every 2 seconds.
Pro tier: 20 videos per batch. Studio tier: unlimited. Free/Creator: one at a time.
Server-side during processing. Deleted after 24 hours. Output you download is yours.
Real Lanczos. Real CAS. Real FFmpeg. Free tier daily.