{"podcast":{"title":"MacVoices","slug":"macvoices-318767","podcast_index_feed_id":318767,"rss_url":"https://maclevelten.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://macvoices.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/c/6/8/d/c68df68ff0894efa/MacVoices_audio_3000_reexport.jpg","author":"Chuck Joiner","episode_count":1991,"summary":"The talk of the Apple Community","last_synced_at":"2026-06-18T04:21:37.343146+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/macvoices-318767"},"episode":{"title":"MacVoices #26151: NAB - Topaz Labs Talks Upscaling, HDR, and Apple Silicon Performance","slug":"macvoices-26151-nab-topaz-labs-talks-upscaling-hdr-and-apple-silicon-performance","published_at":"2026-05-22T19:26:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/macvoices-318767/macvoices-26151-nab-topaz-labs-talks-upscaling-hdr-and-apple-silicon-performance","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/macvoices-318767","url":"https://maclevelten.libsyn.com/macvoices-26151-nab-topaz-labs-talks-upscaling-hdr-and-apple-silicon-performance","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/maclevelten/MV26151.mp3?dest-id=51998","summary":"At NAB 2026, Russell Pompea, Account Executive from Topaz Labs , discusses major advances in Topaz Video, including Starlight Precise 2.5 for restoring low-quality footage, SDR-to-HDR conversion, and Apple Silicon optimization. The conversation also covers Topaz's photography tools, model customization, subscription pricing, local vs. cloud processing, and shared responsibility for cloud security. Show Notes: Chapters: 0:02 Introduction from NAB 2026 0:13 Topaz Labs booth and what's new 0:33 Updates to Topaz Video and Starlight upscalers 0:53 Upscaling, denoising, deblurring, stabilization, and HDR conversion 1:15 Starlight Precise 2.5 and low-quality footage restoration 1:40 Restoring older catalogs, DV footage, film scans, and documentaries 2:08 Babylon 5 upscaling and ongoing Topaz improvements 2:46 Apple Silicon optimization and M-series performance gains 3:24 Studio and post-production feedback shaping development 3:56 Topaz tools for photography and still images 4:56 Wonder models for photo restoration and noise removal 5:21 Model choices, customization, and deeper editing controls 6:11 Subscription pricing and Topaz Studio options 7:44 AI processing costs, cloud use, and on-device inference 8:25 Cloud processing, security, and in-house AI models 9:32 Shared security responsibility between vendors and customers 10:57 Where to learn more about Topaz Labs 11:07 Closing comments from NAB Support: Become a MacVoices Patron on Patreon http://patreon.com/macvoices Enjoy this episode? Make a one-time donation with PayPal Connect: Web: http://macvoices.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/chuckjoiner http://www.twitter.com/macvoices Mastodon: https://mastodon.cloud/@chuckjoiner Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/chuck.joiner MacVoices Page on Facebook: http://www.facebook.…","meta_description":"At NAB 2026, Russell Pompea, Account Executive from Topaz Labs , discusses major advances in Topaz Video, including Starlight Precise 2.5 for restoring lo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":733,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/macvoices-318767/episodes/macvoices-26151-nab-topaz-labs-talks-upscaling-hdr-and-apple-silicon-performance/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/macvoices-318767/macvoices-26151-nab-topaz-labs-talks-upscaling-hdr-and-apple-silicon-performance.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}