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Topic 12Buying & KwaFlux

Inside KwaFlux

Product notes, how we build and test KwaFlux, and integrations.

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How-to

4 articles

Step by step, with settings that worked.

Inside KwaFluxHow-to

KwaFlux on Mac: Supported Macs, Setup, and Performance Tips

Which Macs run KwaFlux, how to install it, what the GPU Acceleration Component and Standard Mode mean, and how to keep AI video fast on Apple Silicon.

· 7 min
Inside KwaFluxHow-to

How to Make AI Video Enhancement Faster: Workflow, Settings, and Hardware

Why AI video enhancement is slow and how to speed it up: process less, pick the output size, order the steps, and use the GPU and app settings well.

· 10 min
Inside KwaFluxHow-to

How to Test Any KwaFlux Tool for Free Before You Buy

No account or card needed: what you can test in KwaFlux for free, how long each preview runs, how to judge a result fairly, and what a plan adds.

· 8 min
Inside KwaFluxHow-to

Drive KwaFlux from Codex, Claude, OpenClaw, DeepSeek, Hermes, and Cursor

KwaFlux ships a local MCP server. Keep the app open and connect Codex, Claude, OpenClaw, DeepSeek, Hermes, or Cursor. Convert, repair, enhance, and download need sign-in and a paid plan.

· 5 min

Explainer

1 article

How it works, and how to tell the cases apart.

Inside KwaFluxExplainer

KwaFlux: Everything You Need to Know (Features, Platforms, Pricing, Updates)

What KwaFlux is, what it includes, which systems it runs on, what is free and what is paid, how licenses work, and what changed in each version.

· 10 min

Deep dive

3 articles

Long reads with measurements and sources.

Inside KwaFluxDeep dive

Hardware Video Decoding and Encoding on Windows and Mac: D3D11, CUDA, Vulkan, OpenGL, and Metal Explained

How NVDEC, NVENC, Quick Sync, AMF, D3D11VA, Vulkan Video, and VideoToolbox work, what a zero-copy GPU pipeline is, and when hardware encoding pays off.

· 14 min
Inside KwaFluxDeep dive

A Frame That Doesn't Have to Go Home: How KwaFlux Keeps Video on the GPU from Decode to Encode

A 4K 10-bit frame is about 24.9 MB, and every trip between RAM and the GPU costs time. Here's how KwaFlux keeps pixels on the GPU from decode to encode.

· 12 min
Inside KwaFluxDeep dive

How we score video quality — and what VMAF actually measures

One "+30 points" number mixes repair with resolution jump. KwaFlux splits source, same-resolution repair, and gated delivery. VMAF is fidelity to a reference, not a glow-up.

· 4 min

Perspective

1 article

Where the industry is heading, and why we build the way we do.

Inside KwaFluxPerspective

Building trust before asking for a credit card

How we designed the download, pricing, and legal experience to earn confidence before checkout — not after.

· 4 min

News

1 article

What we shipped and why.

Inside KwaFluxNews

What is KwaFlux? A local app for video, photos, and sound

A look at why we built KwaFlux: one desktop tool for restoration, enhancement, color and motion, AI Beauty, AI Audio Denoise, and delivery — without juggling separate apps.

· 2 min

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