After discussing where Pixop came from and how it works, I wanted to understand why it exists. Why does a team of developers in Denmark spend years building filters that make video look better? And what’s next? So I asked Jon.

In Part 1, we followed Jon Frydensbjerg from his early Amiga days to his current work as Pixop’s co-founder and CTO. Now let’s dig into what Pixop actually does, and how its AI-powered filters work.

For the truly non-geek: This piece is aimed at non-technical audiences, too, and I’m told not everyone knows what a “sprite” is. It could be (1) a small magical creature, (2) a tiny, delicate person, (3) a two-dimensional image in computer graphics, (4) a large electrical discharge above thunderstorms, or (5) a lime-flavoured soft drink. Jon usually talks about option 3, but honestly, he brings a bit of all five. Oh, and “real-time” means that computers can do their magic on a video stream without having to delay or slow it (ie, it takes less than an hour to upscale an hour of video – In live scenarios, the magic happens in milliseconds.)

A successful live trial with Chilevisión proves Pixop’s AI can deliver real-time HD to UHD conversion — with stunning results and zero workflow disruption.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly used to tackle Ultra HD (UHD) video production challenges, offering solutions for improving resolution, colour accuracy, dynamic range, and frame rates. Pixop, a company specializing in AI-driven video enhancement, has been at the forefront of this transformation.

Pixop helped TV 2 Danmark enhance and upscale videos of Queen Margrethe's birthday celebrations using our AI video enhancement software.