Topaz Web adds Speed Boost and Starlight Fast 3: same quality, up to 10x faster upscaling
azed_ai · x · 2026-09-29
Topaz Labs for Web launched Speed Boost plus a new Starlight Fast 3 model, bringing faster cinema-grade video upscaling to the browser:
- Starlight Precise 2.6: up to 10x faster with Speed Boost
- Starlight Fast 3: same quality at 4x the speed
- Proteus: up to 5x faster, with 4K upscaling in real time or faster
The author tested Starlight Precise 2.6 with Speed Boost on their own footage and shared the before-and-after result.
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