It’s a bit of a busy time in software land as our favorite developers have released or are about to release new versions of their flagship products. In this post we’ll take a quick look at the latest offerings from ON1, who are about to release Photo RAW 2026 in October. I have been working Read more about The latest news from ON1: Pre-release sale of Photo RAW 2026 ends in 2 days![…]
Topaz has come up with a way to provide rolling access to their latest AI models and other technical advancements while making their ENTIRE collection of “Topaz Studio” apps and cloud services available at a reasonable price. Right away, to take advantage of this, you need to check the status of your Topaz account to Read more about Topaz 9/16 deadline: Is your account ready?[…]
ON1 Software just released its latest image upscaling offering, Resize AI 2026! It is an obvious alternative to Topaz’ Gigapixel AI (which I also cover on this blog). Before we get started with the smackdown (discussing the pro’s and con’s of each software option), let me say I am long-time “friends” with both developers, so Read more about TOPAZ vs. ON1: AI Upscaling Smackdown![…]
I’ve just finished a months-long project involving re-rendering previously created AI abstract images, using Topaz Gigapixel AI Redefine along with NVIDIA 4090 GPUs. The results are a huge set of very interesting and very usable textures and images for many different purposes! What are “Abstract Extracts”-? My 9 month project was over 3 years the Read more about FREE IMAGE SAMPLE PACK –Plugs ‘n Pixels “Abstract Extracts” from Gigapixel[…]
ON1 is kicking off its 20th Anniversary with a site-wide sale all month long! Here’s what’s happening: Products up to 75% off!Plugins starting at just $19.99Site-wide discounts on ON1 Photo RAW, Effects, NoNoise AI, and moreCustomer photo contest with gift card and merch prizes Photo RAW 2025 really shines when it comes to creative enhancements. Read more about ON1’s 20th Anniversary sale starts NOW! Save up to 75% site-wide on Photo RAW, Effects, NoNoise AI and more[…]
In the last several days Topaz has released updates to its new versions of both Photo AI and Gigapixel AI. The details as presented by Topaz are pasted below. But first, some of my own examples of old family photo restoration using the latest releases. PHOTO AI A section of a scan of a small Read more about Catching up with Topaz Photo AI & Gigapixel AI[…]
This is an exciting time every year with our favorite software developers pulling out all the stops to give us their best deals! Each year I round up the offers, choosing from some of my own most-used resources, so you can connect with them efficiently. Here’s the quick-access list at the moment, below which I Read more about QUICK SUMMARY: Digital imaging software Black Friday deals[…]
Topaz has just released a couple of exciting upgrades to both its Photo AI and Gigapixel AI apps! Since I have so many examples to show, I’ll keep the words to a minimum (more product details can be found at the end of the post). I was using the pre-release version of each app as Read more about JUST RELEASED! Topaz Photo AI and Gigapixel AI new versions: Super Focus, Redefine and more![…]
In Part 1 of today’s “Radical Enhancement” series we looked at Topaz Photo AI and how it can help recover and restore even very lo-res and fuzzy digital images from years ago. In Part 2 we will explore how the latest Topaz Gigapixel compliments Photo AI and offers slightly different technology to help you achieve Read more about RADICAL ENHANCEMENTS #2: Topaz Gigapixel AI, new version[…]
On August 22, Topaz released a new update to their flagship product, Photo AI. Within this single app you can choose and stack several Enhancements to denoise, sharpen, upscale, color correct, adjust lighting and recover faces. See the bottom of this post for technical details. My own photography collection consists of 25 years of digital Read more about RADICAL ENHANCEMENTS #1: Topaz Photo AI, new version[…]