# Starlight Mini

### Model Overview

**Starlight Mini** is the first local diffusion model for video enhancement, delivering the core strengths of Starlight technology, optimized for desktop workflows. It enables diffusion based restoration and enhancement without relying on cloud processing. Mini is currently the most powerful diffusion-based video enhancement available for local desktop use.

Starlight Mini is well suited for degraded and archival sources, including 8mm and 16mm film, MiniDV, and standard definition video with automatic deinterlacing. Its output emphasizes natural texture and motion consistency, helping reduce flicker, banding, and overly harsh detail.

### Key Capabilities

* First and most powerful diffusion based video enhancement model available for local desktop processing
* Ideal for restoring degraded, archival, and low resolution footage that challenges traditional models
* Produces natural, stable results with reduced flicker, banding, and background artifacts

### Pricing

| Frames Per Credit — 1080p | Frames Per Credit — 4k |
| ------------------------- | ---------------------- |
| \~26                      | \~12                   |

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### Getting Started

**Endpoint**

* [https://api.topazlabs.com/video/](<https://api.topazlabs.com/video/&#xA;>)
  * `model` — `"slm-1"`

**Model-Specific Parameters**

* `start_idx` — integer, default 0
* `end_idx` — decimal, default infinity
* `upscaling_factor` — decimal, default 1.0
* `ffmpeg_encoding` — string, optional
* `ffmpeg_preproc_filters` — string, default `""`

### Examples

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