Topaz Video AI API

About Topaz Video AI

Upscale to 4K, remove noise or blur, convert to HDR, smooth or slow down motion.

Call it with the model name topaz/video-ai/upscale on POST /jobs/createTask, from $0.00706.

Introduction

Video AI’s enlargement tool is for a small recording that needs a larger place in an edit: an interview insert, a phone clip or an animated scene. It offers source-specific processing rather than a single look, so a face-damaged transfer and a clean computer-rendered shot need not receive the same treatment.

Key features

The 21-model selection covers general enhancement, several degrees of source damage, edge halos, repeating interference and interlacing. Proteus provides the initial setting, Rhea focuses on faithful detail, and Iris addresses faces in degraded material. Dione is relevant when alternating scan lines are part of the recording rather than ordinary blur.

The podcast trial expanded a five-second 640×360 shot into a 1920×1080 file without losing its microphone audio or 24 fps timing. In the street trial, bicycle contours became easier to read but block-shaped compression remained in places. The result demonstrates useful enlargement while leaving a visible ceiling on what the damaged input can support.

Request parameters

Pricing

Prices are in USD. The API uses a separate USD balance. Website credits cannot be used or transferred to it, and API funds cannot be transferred to website credits. When a task is accepted, we reserve the maximum quoted amount from your API balance. On completion, we charge for actual usage, never more than the hold, and release the remainder. If the task fails, the hold is released.

Send the same request body to POST /jobs/quote to see the estimated and maximum USD charge before running. A quote does not run the task or charge your balance.

Use cases

For a talking-head compilation, process a short answer that includes both facial movement and the microphone. This exposes problems that a still portrait would conceal, including edges that change as the speaker turns.

For a mixed-media sequence, separate animation from old DV material before testing. Gaia’s animation options and Dione’s interlace treatments address different source structures; one choice across the entire sequence can miss the reason a particular shot looks poor.

Prompt guide & pro tips

There is no prompt field for this operation. Start with proteus at 1080p, inspect a representative section and change the model according to the visible problem.

Check the returned dimensions before conforming the shot, especially with the two presets that always double width and height. Compare thin lines, eyes and hair at the intended display size, then play the whole take with sound. Keep the input beside the output during approval so sharper contours are not mistaken for complete removal of compressed texture.

API quick start

Call the Topaz Video AI API in three steps

1. Create an API key. Sign in to PopNow and create a key in the API console. Keys start with sk-popnow-. API calls use your separate USD balance.
2. Send the request. POST /jobs/createTask with model topaz/video-ai/upscale and an input object that follows the parameter table. The response returns a task ID straight away.
3. Get the result. Poll GET /jobs/recordInfo with the task ID, or pass a callBackUrl and we post the result to it. Download the output links when the task succeeds.

# 1. Create the task. Keep the Idempotency-Key if you retry after a network error.
export IDEMPOTENCY_KEY="$(uuidgen)"
curl -X POST https://api.popnow.ai/api/v1/jobs/createTask \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $POPNOW_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $IDEMPOTENCY_KEY" \
  -d '{
  "model": "topaz/video-ai/upscale",
  "input": {
    "video_url": "https://media.popnow.ai/effects/flower-bloom-1abd6efb.mp4",
    "preset": "proteus",
    "resolution": "1080p"
  }
}'

# 2. Copy data.taskId from the response, then poll until state is succeeded, failed, canceled or expired.
TASK_ID="TASK_ID_FROM_RESPONSE"
curl "https://api.popnow.ai/api/v1/jobs/recordInfo?taskId=$TASK_ID" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $POPNOW_API_KEY"

Replace the prompt and any links with your own. The API tab has the response, polling and callback reference.

Topaz Video AI API questions

All Topaz models

• Topaz Bloom APICreative upscaling that adds new detail to AI art and illustrationsFrom $0.36 per image
• Topaz Denoise & Sharpen APIRemove noise or fix blur at the same resolution, up to 24 MPFrom $0.12 per image
• Topaz Gigapixel APIFaithful, generative or transparent upscales to 2K, 4K or 8KFrom $0.12 per image
• Topaz Astra APICreative video upscaling with new texture and detail, up to 4KFrom $0.36 per second
• Topaz Starlight APIGenerative repair that rebuilds detail in soft or compressed footage, up to 4KFrom $0.07 per second
• Topaz Video AI APIUpscale to 4K, remove noise or blur, convert to HDR, smooth or slow down motionFrom $0.002 per second

Other video APIs

• MiniMax H3 APIExpressive clips with audio, up to 30 seconds or 2KFrom $0.125 for a 5-second clip
• Video Upscaler APIUpscale any clip to 1080p, 2K or 4KFrom $0.006 per second
• FLUX 3 APIVideo with synced sound and a quick draft tierFrom $0.30 for a 5-second clip
• SeedVR2 Video APIRestore and upscale a clip to 1080p, 2K or 4KFrom $0.024 per second

More about Topaz Video AI

Try it

Topaz Video AI AI Video Upscaler onlineCreate videos with Topaz Video AI in PopNow

Endpoints

Topaz Video AI · Video EnhancerTopaz Video AI · Slow Motion

Docs

Topaz Video AI model ID and input schema in the API docsPopNow API quickstart: send your first requestImage to video guide for the PopNow APIWebhooks: get Topaz Video AI results without polling