If you already had an older version of ON1 Photo RAW 2019 installed, you were recently greeted with this exciting dialog: And moments later, you had your FREE update to version 2019.5! Today, ON1 is making this update available to everyone. If you do not currently own Photo RAW, you can download a free 30-day Read more about Just released: ON1 Photo RAW 2019.5 (free update/trial)[…]
Topaz has been working hard to further improve upon one of their most popular and cutting edge apps: Gigapixel AI. Topaz says, “Gigapixel AI is currently the only photo enlargement product available that can actually add detail back to your upscaled photo.” Version 4 was just released and boasts several useful improvements, which we shall Read more about Topaz Gigapixel AI 4 is out! Free upgrade/discounted[…]
Today Topaz is launching Sharpen AI to “help photographers create tack-sharp images in real-world conditions by mitigating camera shake, focus problems and general softness”. Topaz goes on to say, “Sharpen AI’s main differentiator vs. other sharpening tools is that the machine learning training process allows it to understand the difference between detail vs. noise. This means that Read more about NEW FROM TOPAZ! Sharpen AI (discounted/free, replaces InFocus)[…]
It seems that Topaz Gigapixel now has a little brother! It’s called Topaz JPEG to RAW AI, and it’s sort of a “Hamburger Helper” for the many of us who shot a lot of digital photos before RAW was a thing – or for those stuck with only a smartphone when a DSLR was more appropriate. Read more about New Topaz app! JPEG to RAW AI (launch discount)[…]
Everybody’s favorite Topaz product, Gigapixel, just received a major update to version 3! For existing customers, this update is FREE (as are ALL of Topaz’s updates). For new users, there is an unadvertised 15% discount on Gigapixel as well as any other Topaz product with our coupon code. Let’s take look at what’s new here! Read more about Just out! Topaz Gigapixel 3 (free update/unadvertised discount)[…]
So here I was on my holiday break from work going through an accumulation of data on my external hard drive (projects, data, images, etc.) when I came across this March, 1999, 1-megapixel photo of a Southern California mountain wildfire, taken with a Kodak DC265. Dramatic shot, but in its original state it is very Read more about 1-Megapixel makeover with Topaz Studio[…]
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!)[…]