A lot of you took advantage of the Black Friday offers I posted on the Plugs ‘n Pixels Discounts page and that’s great! But if you haven’t yet, move fast before they end so you don’t have to wait another year. (While you’re on the Discounts page, scroll down to see the ongoing discounted offers Read more about Did you grab the discounts? LAST FEW DAYS[…]
Beginning right now, you can save a huge amount on Topaz products, but for only a few days! I can always get you 15% off, but this week you can get 25-60%! Save 25% on individual items storewide! If it isn’t the Pro Pack or the A.I. Bundle you’ll save 25% automatically on any item Read more about Happy T(opaz) Day! 25-60% off beats the usual 15% (11/22-26)[…]
It’s our favorite time of the year, when software developers (and everybody else under the sun!) get especially generous with steep discounts. Starting right now, a number of our favorite imaging app and add-on vendors have live deals, and as the week progresses, more will be appear. I’m keeping track of a number of these Read more about Black Friday imaging software specials are here![…]
Today ON1 released Photo RAW 2019, the latest version of its standalone full photo editing suite. Photo RAW 2019 includes all-new features and technologies along with a streamlined workflow that is elegant, powerful and easy to learn. Notable new features include a new non-destructive workflow for layers, auto-alignment of layers, focus stacking, a new portrait tab, Read more about ON1 releases Photo RAW 2019 (free trial available)[…]
In my recent blog posts you’ve seen me demonstrate how Topaz products such as A.I. Gigapixel and A.I. Clear can redeem lo-res and noisy images, salvaging them into highly usable final results. After all that extreme enlarging, clarifying detail and noise reduction, sometimes you want to just let your hair down and do something wild! Read more about Topaz goes wild! A.I. Remix update (unadvertised discount)[…]
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!)[…]