Upscale with Topaz has no audio... how do u REPLACE FOOTAGE?

Since the upscaled files have no audio, I’d keep the original clips as the source for audio and replace only the video portions. One approach is to use the upscaled files as video-only replacements while leaving the original audio tracks untouched, which should preserve all your existing cuts and edits.

​@mark@headTrix ​@Kevin-Monahan 

Mark, I do not see this so far. I get the audio in 26.5.0 on Win 11, whether working from the bin or a timeline. But there are other issues. In the preferences dropdown, I see V1.1.1, so I assume that is the version of the panel. There is log export for Topaz support.

Spoiler alert: my post ends without the “rest of the story.” I’ve already delayed 5 days, and I can see this is the beginning, not the end. So rather than create a new info post about Topaz for Premiere (and a bug report), I’ll post what I have so far here.

I had not paid attention to this new panel, and had to poke around a bit to find it. It is part of their Web apps, and a bit hard to find on their website:

https://www.topazlabs.com/premiere-panel

Easiest is to go to the Cloud desktop → Stock and Marketplace → Plugins, Search topaz and find “Topaz Labs for Premiere.” The install is free; payment is via credits for cloud processing. The standalone apps, which I have used, have large model update downloads, and the processing takes time even on a reasonably powered machine. See the cloud/pay via credits is intriguing.

Once installed, it is under Window → UXP Plugins → Topaz Labs, and opens a floating panel. When I search the forums, the AI summary focuses on non-Premiere problem issues. I don’t see any so far, but very lightly tested.

The best resource is their help page:

https://docs.topazlabs.com/topaz-video/topaz-panel

A how-to from Topaz.

I tested a simple 30 second HD stereo mp4 using a 2x proteus upscale. The panel shows my current credit balance. (I still have a regular Topaz subscription, so I already had a login and credit balance.) And when I set up a render, it tells me how many credits it projects will be used. Both tests were short and processed quickly in the cloud.

It looks very odd in the timeline. My original sequence is the single clip, V1/A1. After the render, there is  a new clip inside a “topaz” bin, that shows as having both video and audio. And the original and new files on disk have and play video and audio. And in the bins, they both show video and audio. In the timeline, V2 is the new video, linked to A1 the original audio. V1 is unlinked and the original video.

I later worked in the same project, and something was not working correctly. I didn’t connect that with Topaz, but it happened again when working in the same project after restarting PR.

I was clicking different clips, doing nothing special. I opened one of the uprezzed clips in the Source monitor and clicked play. I got the media not present. The UI was not frozen, but I could not change panels, the play button showed the “stop” icon but was unresponsive. Eventually it hung, said “not responding,” and when I tried to X out, it gave a “trying to recover info” that never ended. No crash report option.

More when I can….

Stan

Hey Mark,

Thanks for the post. I have not tried this yet. What if you lock tracks, then do the scale operation, select the clip, and then use Replace With Clip > From Bin (Match Source)? Does that work? If not, perhaps it's a limitation. Can anyone else verify the workflow?

Thanks,
Kevin