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AI Video Enhancement

Forum|Forum|5 months ago
August 28, 2025
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I am on the search for a decent AI tool to clean up some old (town history) videos. I gave up on Topaz a year ago because it didn't seem to really accomplish much and the price has gone way up. I haven't seen anything like an Adobe Plug-in which is a little surprising. Has anybody found something that works, Premiere related or standalone, to clean-up some older VHS era videos?

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jessica1213

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I’ve been trying out a few tools myself and gave Nero AI Video Upscaler a shot: https://pcai.nero.com/video-upscaler

On some music videos the results were mixed — a few clips came out nice, others not as great. But with old footage and especially VHS, it’s been really solid and consistent, which I like a lot.

It’s standalone on Windows, so no need for Premiere or plugins. If you’re still experimenting, this one might be worth a try.

Warren Heaton

Community Expert

@John Ellenberger

Since you've scratched Topaz off the list, check out BorisFX UpRes ML. It's subscription based, but there's a free trial and there is an option to subscribe for one month at a time - so, in theory, you could pay for it only when needed. When not subscribed, you don't have to uninstall it so that it's ready the next time you need it.

The BorisFX plug-ins work in both Premiere Pro and After Effects (their website only lists UpRes ML as being for After Effects, but I it shows up in Premiere Pro and can be applied).

John T Smith

Community Expert

I don't know if this will do what you want, but I saw mention of it somewhere (can't remember where)

https://www.winxdvd.com/winxvideo-ai/

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John EllenbergerAuthor

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I looked at that but didn't try it because the claims they were making seemed exaggerated (to put it politely). I tried Nero AI Upscaler. It was slow and didn't really make any improvements (plus the trial version puts a big logo in the middle of the output making it unusuable). I may return to Topaz. When it was released it was affordable but it became very expensive, slow and didn't do much that I could detect so I refused to pay the last renewal.

John T Smith

Community Expert

Hmm... does that site have a trial you can test?

Peru Bob

Community Expert

I use Neat Video as a plugin for Premiere Pro:

https://www.neatvideo.com/

Warren Heaton

Community Expert

@Peru Bob

+1 for NeatVideo. It's saved countless shots for me over the years.

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John EllenbergerAuthor

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I did actually did try the NeatVideo plug-in. I didn't care for it
because:'

- Very Pricey
- Complex interface which I found hard to figure out
- Not clear what impact it was having on the output. For something like
cleaning up old VHS video it didn't seem to do much (which was true of all
the tools).

I think this tool is meant for folks that shoot video for a living. I am
an occasional user and shoot about 1 project / mo. as a volunteer producer
for the local access channel.

...which begs the question of why I pay $700+/yr. for CC. (but that's a
different topic)

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