Starlight Sharp

Starlight Sharp

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Starlight Sharp excels at processing low-resolution footage, delivering superior results for challenging content. The model provides improved handling of smaller faces and facial details for enhanced clarity, while producing noticeably sharper and more detailed enhancement results compared to previous offerings.

The following available outputs:

  • 1x (Native resolution)
  • 1920x1080 (FHD)
  • 3840x2160 (4K UHD)

*Starlight Sharp, can export a 4K output using a special second pass. This is currently using a Nyx variant under the hood to assist in the 4K output. This optional method is available until the model can produce this natively. You can decide your own 4K upscaler by inputting the 1080 result as source.

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  • Generates a more realistic render with an approach to minimize the “rubber-like” output found on human faces when other upscalers or restoration AI Models are too ‘clean”.
  • Reduces some compression flickering from low quality videos.
  • Starlight Sharp can Produce a bit more details when compared to Starlight.
  • Dual Deployment Options: Available on both cloud and local platforms for maximum flexibility
  • Multi-GPU Support: Leverages multiple NVIDIA GPUs in parallel for enhanced processing capabilities
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Starlight AI Model

Starlight Sharp is a model variant of Starlight.

  • You will need to first select the Starlight AI Model.
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  • Just a little below, you will see a section called Model Variant. This is where you will click on the caret to reveal the drop down menu. The second option is Starlight Sharp.
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  • If this is your first time using the Starlight Model, you will be prompted to “Run system check” before you can download the model.
  • Once you click on the button, the system check will conclude if your system can indeed run the model and you will be given access to download.
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  • When the download is complete, you can close out of this window.
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  • Now that you have the model downloaded, you can now use it on your videos.
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Starlight Sharp Notes

  • Starlight Sharp is currently only available for local rendering to Windows users with NVIDIA GPUs, and is quite demanding in terms of VRAM, requiring 16GB of VRAM in order to run the model effectively.
  • Due to the model complexity, this is a large resource intensive AI Model, so long render times are expected when rendering locally.
  • Recommended to use square-pixel video footage at or under 1920x1080 to avoid any aspect ratio shifts
  • Ensure that you are using the latest driver for your graphics card.
  • Currently capped at 1080p resolution. We plan to improve this in future releases.
  • Starlight Sharp is a standalone enhancement and can’t be combined with other filters.
  • Please note that if you have text that is too small, blurry or inconsistent, the result may not be processed correctly. The AI model may interpret unclear text as a texture or pattern.
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  • If you have interlaced videos, it is recommended that you de-interlace first before enhancing with with this model.
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Have a great time using Starlight Sharp!

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