If you haven’t been keeping an eye on our auto-updated PhotoWhoa specials page, you’ll be missing out on all sorts of steeply and double-discounted photography-related goodies! Let’s have PhotoWhoa describe their current Top 5 Photography Products of the Month. Tip: Even when PhotoWhoa is offering a discount, you can get an additional 10% off using Read more about This month’s Top 5 from PhotoWhoa (double-discounted)[…]
Back in July I demonstrated Topaz’ AI Clear, billed as “the first desktop application that uses a custom AI noise model to quickly remove image noise and enhance image details.” With the new Topaz Studio update to version 1.12.6 you get a fully updated version of AI Clear, complete with the improvements we’ve come to Read more about Topaz Studio update: NEW AI CLEAR version >3X faster[…]
Software technology is moving ahead much faster than most of us tend to upgrade our hardware. The result is that unless we have a fat yearly hardware budget, we feel left behind, seemingly unable to take advantage of the latest-and-greatest software tech. For example, Topaz A.I. Gigapixel 2.0.0 is very modern, cutting-edge, demanding software. Users Read more about Cutting-edge software vs. obsolete hardware: We accept the challenge[…]
As expected, Topaz is continuing to improve A.I. Gigapixel with the new version (2.0.0) making a huge breakthrough in performance! Topaz says, “Using GPU mode is now 5x faster! With some optimizations to the GPU processing in A.I. Gigapixel, we’ve improved the speed of processing by around 5x on full-size images (it scales based on the Read more about RELEASED TODAY: Topaz A.I. Gigapixel 2.0 (5x faster!)[…]
Today ON1 announced that ON1 Photo RAW 2019 will be available this November. Version 2019 is one of the biggest and best releases in their history. ON1 Photo RAW 2019 will include tons of improvements to the photo editing workflow and new features, including significant updates to both performance and image quality, notable new features Read more about JUST ANNOUNCED! ON1 Photo Raw 2019 (coming November)[…]
As we were discussing AI Gigapixel 1.1.2 on a major photo forum, a person (making logical assumptions) asked me: “[Gigapixel] is a lot less useful for grainy film images than it is for noisy digital images. (Isn’t it?) It can extract image detail from digital noise better than it can extract image detail from film grain. Read more about Topaz A.I. Clear + A.I. Gigapixel vs. film grain (they win!)[…]
The upcoming Aurora HDR 2019 is billed as “the most advanced HDR editor” by developer Skylum. As part of the celebration, they are offering a pre-release special of $10 off the $99 price for new customers or an upgrade price of $49 for existing users through October 4. Plus you’ll get a pack of bonuses: Read more about For HDR fans: Aurora HDR 2019 pre-release sale[…]
Photolemur 3.0 is scheduled for release September 14 and today is the last day to take advantage of the pre-release sale. Details are as follows: Here are the most essential changes in Photolemur 3: •Automatic Face Enhancement with skin retouch and teeth whitening •Smart Eyes Enlarge •Adding Styles to photos •New menu for opacity settings Read more about Photolemur 3 pre-release sale ends TODAY![…]
In my blog posts thus far featuring Topaz A.I. Gigapixel (now at version 1.1.1, and perhaps the most exciting new software to come along in quite a while), I’ve shown upsizing results obtained from various quality digital images, from 1 megapixel up to 16. Those tests cover the types of digital images a contemporary working photographer Read more about Topaz A.I. Gigapixel challenge: upsizing old film scans[…]
While the results from A.I. Gigapixel 1.0.2 are being considered as very impressive by end users on the various photo forums, Topaz has been working on further improvements to the application which are now included in the new A.I. Gigapixel 1.1.1, just released. (Note: Topaz is not promoting a coupon code or discount for A.I. Gigapixel but we are! Read more about JUST RELEASED: Topaz A.I. Gigapixel 1.1.1 (now CPU compatible)[…]