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 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!)[…]
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)[…]
Topaz’ new A.I. Gigapixel has been proving to be extremely popular, with an overwhelming response to its release. In my last blog post I did my first tests with it and was literally amazed at the quality I was getting when upsizing nearly 20-year-old 1-megapixel digital images by 600%. The only thing IMO that would further Read more about Topaz A.I. Gigapixel vs. PS & ON1 (more tests)[…]
The new A.I. Gigapixel from Topaz is being released today as an app for upsizing pixel-challenged images or monster-sizing RAW ones. Beta testers are commenting that it beats the current market leaders in resampling quality. About A.I. Gigapixel From the press release: Topaz A.I. Gigapixel is a standalone application made for batch resizing your images (it Read more about NEW! Topaz AI Gigapixel upsampling app (w/unadvertised discount)[…]
I’ve mentioned PhotoWhoa a few times in this blog because they’re a great source of all kinds of resources for photographers and digital artists (premium video courses, e-books, actions & presets, live trainings, and much more). They have hundreds of items available, both free and discounted, and are always running huge sales with steep discounts. Read more about PhotoWhoa live widget for your convenience (don’t miss this)[…]