{"id":2612,"date":"2021-03-11T23:38:02","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T07:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/?p=2612"},"modified":"2021-03-11T23:48:19","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T07:48:19","slug":"topaz-good-news-bad-news-mostly-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/topaz-good-news-bad-news-mostly-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Topaz: Good News &#038; Bad News! (mostly good)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>First the bad news: <strong>TODAY<\/strong> is the last day to get Topaz <strong><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.topazlabs.com\/video-enhance-ai\/ref\/5\/\" target=\"_blank\">Video Enhance AI<\/a><\/strong><\/strong> at the double-discounted rate. Readers of this blog can use coupon PLUGSNPIXELS for <em>an additional 15% off<\/em> \u2013&nbsp;bringing the original $299.99 retail price way down to only <strong>$127.49<\/strong>, but only through TODAY, March 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s it for the bad news! Now the <strong>good news<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I had some opportunity to test a few current Topaz apps on the new <strong>M1 MacBook Pro<\/strong> running the latest update of Big Sur. While Topaz officially says &#8220;<em>updates for M1\/Apple Silicon processors may take several months<\/em>&#8220;, I didn&#8217;t notice any problems while testing <strong><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.topazlabs.com\/video-enhance-ai\/ref\/5\/\" target=\"_blank\">Video Enhance AI<\/a><\/strong><\/strong>, <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/topazlabs.com\/gigapixel-ai\/ref\/5\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gigapixel AI<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/topazlabs.com\/studio\/ref\/5\/\" target=\"_blank\">Topaz Studio 2<\/a><\/strong> with that configuration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1202\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/bigsur.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/bigsur.jpg 1202w, https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/bigsur-768x438.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1202px) 100vw, 1202px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some screenshots from the M1 MacBook Pro:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(I just clicked through the scary warning in <strong>Video Enhance<\/strong> and went about my business&#8230;)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"218\" src=\"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/warning.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2623\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"864\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ssvideoenhance-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ssvideoenhance-2.jpg 864w, https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ssvideoenhance-2-768x431.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Topaz Gigapixel<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"864\" height=\"488\" src=\"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ssgp-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ssgp-1.jpg 864w, https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ssgp-1-768x434.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Topaz Studio<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"864\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ssts.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ssts.jpg 864w, https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ssts-768x435.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>For more detailed info on <strong>Video Enhance<\/strong>, see my <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/upsize-video-400-8k-new-topaz-video-enhance-ai-2-double-discounted-save-172\/\" target=\"_blank\">previous blog post<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First the bad news: TODAY is the last day to get Topaz Video Enhance AI at the double-discounted rate. Readers of this blog can use coupon PLUGSNPIXELS for an additional 15% off \u2013&nbsp;bringing the original $299.99 retail price way down to only $127.49, but only through TODAY, March 12. That&#8217;s it for the bad news! <a href=\"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/topaz-good-news-bad-news-mostly-good\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"sr-only\">Read more about Topaz: Good News &#038; Bad News! 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