{"id":1327,"date":"2019-03-25T18:26:20","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T01:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/?p=1327"},"modified":"2019-04-04T14:52:39","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T21:52:39","slug":"topaz-gigapixel-4-is-out-free-upgrade-discounted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/topaz-gigapixel-4-is-out-free-upgrade-discounted\/","title":{"rendered":"Topaz Gigapixel AI 4 is out! Free upgrade\/discounted"},"content":{"rendered":"

Topaz has been working hard to further improve upon one of their most popular and cutting edge apps: Gigapixel AI<\/strong><\/a>. Topaz says, “Gigapixel AI is currently the only photo enlargement product available that can actually add detail<\/strong> back to your upscaled photo.” Version 4 was just released and boasts several useful improvements, which we shall explore below.\u00a0I never tire of running detail-challenged images through Gigapixel as it’s always amazing to see what results can be had with today’s AI technology!<\/p>\n

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Note:<\/strong>\u00a0For existing customers, this Gigapixel 4 update is FREE<\/strong> (as are ALL of Topaz\u2019s updates). For new users, you can save an initial $20<\/strong> through 4\/5 AND\u00a0there is an unadvertised ADDITIONAL 15% discount<\/strong><\/a> on Gigapixel as well as any other Topaz product by using our coupon code at checkout:<\/em><\/p>\n

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Now, what’s new in Gigapixel 4? Here are a few quick highlights:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022The name has been changed from Topaz A.I. Gigapixel to Topaz Gigapixel AI<\/p>\n

\u2022Improved processing models<\/p>\n

\u2022New feature to switch between highest possible quality output, or slightly faster processing<\/p>\n

\u2022Added a product tour that explains various features and settings<\/p>\n

\u2022Revised application icons<\/p>\n

\u2022Revised application splash screen<\/p>\n

Here’s the familiar but revised interface<\/strong> as it appears once a photo\u00a0is loaded and some settings adjusted:<\/p>\n

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(Notice I have chosen a 400% enlargement of the 4-megapixel,\u00a015+ year-old Minolta DiMage S404<\/strong> original and am getting much better results than the camera captured in the first place!)<\/p>\n

Of special note is the new option to control Noise and Blur suppression<\/strong> not only separately, but over six levels ranging from None to High:<\/p>\n

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In the Preferences<\/strong> you now have more control over how much GPU memory is used, as well as whether or not to use the maximum quality AI models (this is important, depending on the type of hardware you are using, as Gigapixel is very demanding):<\/p>\n

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Note:<\/strong>\u00a0For existing customers, this Gigapixel 4 update is FREE<\/strong> (as are ALL of Topaz\u2019s updates). For new users, you can save an initial $20<\/strong> through 4\/5 AND\u00a0there is an unadvertised ADDITIONAL 15% discount<\/strong><\/a> on Gigapixel as well as any other Topaz product by using our coupon code at checkout!<\/em><\/p>\n

This may seem like a little thing, but you can now collapse the preview navigation thumbnail so it doesn’t block your view of the “before” area (see icon at upper left and compare to large screenshot above):<\/p>\n

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Now that you have seen the higher level of control Gigapixel 4 offers, let’s see some results<\/strong>. All of the screenshots below (as shown from within Gigapixel 4’s before-and-after Preview windows set to 100%) represent only a tiny portion of the original image and are being processed at a 400% enlargement over the original data. I kept both Suppress Noise and Remove Blur on the High settings as they seemed best for my particular images.<\/p>\n

Some random\u00a0iPhone<\/strong> images:<\/p>\n

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Some random\u00a0Canon EOS Rebel T3<\/strong> images:<\/p>\n

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Note:<\/strong>\u00a0For existing customers, this Gigapixel 4 update is FREE<\/strong> (as are ALL of Topaz\u2019s updates). For new users, you can save an initial $20<\/strong> through 4\/5 AND\u00a0there is an unadvertised ADDITIONAL 15% discount<\/strong><\/a> on Gigapixel as well as any other Topaz product by using our coupon code at checkout!<\/em><\/p>\n

Sections of a drone<\/strong>-generated\u00a0image:<\/p>\n

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And finally, scanned 35mm film<\/strong> sources:<\/p>\n

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If you already own Gigapixel, get your free upgrade<\/strong>! If you don’t own it, you really should, so get your discount<\/strong><\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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<\/span>[…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1334,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,3,25,31,4,7],"tags":[281,321,313,223,240,245,14,168,243,314,385,390,66,312,172,484,279,8,178,9,38,283,483,153,173,318],"class_list":["post-1327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-discounts","category-general","category-photography","category-post-processing","category-reviews","category-software","tag-ai","tag-ai-gigapixel","tag-blow-up","tag-coupon","tag-coupon-code","tag-deals","tag-digital-imaging","tag-discount","tag-discounts","tag-enlargement","tag-gigapixel","tag-gpu","tag-image-enhancement","tag-interpolation","tag-iphone","tag-lo-res","tag-noise-reduction","tag-photoshop","tag-plug-in","tag-plug-ins","tag-post-processing","tag-sharpen","tag-suppress-noise","tag-topaz","tag-topaz-labs","tag-upsize"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1327"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1381,"href":"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1327\/revisions\/1381"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}