Merserk/dlss5-visual-enhancer

DLSS 5 Neural Rendering for Images & Video with Frame Generation, RTX Video Super Resolution, HDR, and Color Grading

Visual Enhancer – AI‑powered image & video upscaling for Windows

What it is

  • A portable Windows‑only desktop (and CLI) application that lets you run NVIDIA‑based AI effects on photos and videos. It strings together a configurable pipeline of NVIDIA DLSS 5 Neural Rendering, DLSS Super‑Resolution, RTX Video Super‑Resolution, frame‑generation, HDR conversion, sharpening (NIS/CAS), film‑grain, colour‑grading LUTs and more.

Why it matters

  • DLSS 5 (Neuro‑frame) is NVIDIA’s newest AI‑driven renderer, originally for games. Visual Enhancer repurposes that engine for offline media, giving creators a way to upscale, denoise, add frame‑rate, and apply AI‑style enhancements without a full‑blown video‑editing suite.

Key capabilities

Category What you can do
Neural Rendering Apply AI‑style transfer, skin‑tone control, automatic masking, custom masks, and multi‑pass rendering to both images and video.
Scaling & Super‑Resolution Choose classic resampling filters, DLSS AI upscaling (DLAA mode or quality presets), or RTX Video SR with selectable scale factors.
Frame Generation Boost video FPS using DLSS Frame Generation or the separate Video Frame Generation filter (optical‑flow quality, scene‑cut detection).
HDR & Colour Convert SDR to 10‑bit HDR, tweak contrast/saturation/peak luminance, apply .cube LUTs, match reference images, and export graded LUTs.
Sharpen / Grain NVIDIA NIS or AMD FidelityFX CAS sharpening, plus adjustable film‑grain (static or animated).
Video‑only tools Denoise, Deblur, high‑bitrate upscaling, lightweight fast upscaling, and full‑pipeline export with audio, subtitles and metadata preservation.
Workflow Drag‑and‑drop files or folders, batch processing with per‑file progress, real‑time preview (split/2‑up/output view), preset saving (JSON), and non‑destructive comparison.
CLI VE_CLI.exe mirrors the GUI pipeline for scripting: render, upscale, interpolate, and device listing.

Supported media

  • Images: PNG, JPEG, WebP, AVIF, TIFF, BMP, GIF, SVG, HEIF/HEIC, plus many RAW formats. Export up to 16‑bit PNG/TIFF.
  • Video: MP4, MKV, MOV, AVI, WebM, M4V, TS/MTS/M2TS, WMV, FLV. Export to H.264, H.265, AV1, ProRes, FFV1 (10‑bit RGB) and compatible containers.

System requirements

  • Windows 11 64‑bit.
  • NVIDIA RTX GPU (GeForce RTX 20‑50 series) with up‑to‑date driver. DLSS Frame Generation needs RTX 40/50 and hardware‑accelerated GPU scheduling.
  • Vulkan‑capable GPU for video filters (NVIDIA, AMD or Intel). CPU‑only decoding/encoding is not enough for the AI stages.
  • Sufficient disk space for temporary video data and outputs.

How to get started

  1. Download the latest ZIP from the Releases page.
  2. Extract it anywhere you like.
  3. Run Visual Enhancer.exe (or VE_CLI.exe for command‑line use).
  4. Drag media into the app, enable the desired cards, reorder them, and hit Export. Presets can be saved as JSON for reuse.

License

  • The core code is under the Merserk Source License (a custom permissive‑ish license allowing personal, professional and commercial use of the software and its outputs). Third‑party components retain their original licenses.

Bottom line Visual Enhancer is a focused, Windows‑only tool that brings NVIDIA’s latest AI rendering tech to offline image and video workflows. It’s useful for creators who want high‑quality upscaling, frame‑rate interpolation, or AI‑style enhancement without buying a full‑scale video‑editing suite.

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