Julian Loc: Sarasota, FL

Any comments about this detail enhancer software? Are there any other alternative products? Your feedback would be appropriated.

DWU2 Loc: Phoenix Arizona area

Photoshop can perform a comparable function.

Ysarex Loc: St. Louis

On1 likewise performs a comparable (possibly superior) function.

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

Julian,

There is a free trial. Maybe you can try it and post the results here.

From what I read, Gigapixel is a little slow but does a little better job than tools like Resize in Photoshop.

Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

ON1 and Photoshop try to do everything. Gigapixel does only one thing and does it well.

yssirk123 Loc: New Jersey

Gigapixel works amazingly well. I compared the output to Photoshop's Super Resolution and found it better. Photoshop however generated much smaller file sizes, was quicker and also did a nice job.

Julian Loc: Sarasota, FL

Thanks everybody for the feedback. I have downloaded the free trial version for Mac and I am beginning to work with it; so far, it seems slower than On1 but the results are quite comparable. More scrutiny will be required in order to give an in depth report. More to come.

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

A comparison is more scientific than applying "Opine"... to Opine is to express an opinion, often as reliable as predicting the weather with a wet finger in the air. I suggest visiting this site showing Gigapixel being the winner:
https://www.lewiskemper.com/blog/and-new-winner

pahtspix

I have tried Gigapixel AI in the past(twice!), and was not completely satisfied with the resuts I had..More recently I've been using the "free" APP from Adobe photoshop Cc called "ENHANCE", and it does a creditable job of doubleing the size of a photo (or cropped photo) in RAW, .tif or .jpg without any artifacts! IE, if you have a sharp photo to begin with, you can enlarge a 12.5"x18.5" image to become a fine one at 25"x37" at 300 DPI!! This app also works quite well on smartphone images as well. It bears repeating that you do need a very good imafge to begin with wheter it's from a camera or a cellphone.. Depending on th photo, I may also apply a light bathing in Topaz Denoise AI once finished!!

jack84037

There is also a software originally by EyeCandy called BlowUp. It is a Photoshop plugin. It is worth a try as well. They offer a free trial to compare.
https://exposure.software/blowup/

cjc2 Loc: Hellertown PA

I purchased the latest copy of the three pact and I see no difference between them and Lr/Ps. Just wanted to check them out for a while, but at this time I will not be upgrading. Best of luck.

Fotoartist Loc: Detroit, Michigan

I have it and am not impressed. I have not seen it bring back a picture from the dead. The shot has to be good to begin with.

Jimmy T Loc: Virginia

My experience with Gigapixel AI is that it is valuable when you crop aggressively AFTER you complete all post-processing of a pic as recommended by Topaz.
Also, do yourself a favor and view the very brief tutorials explaining the different applications of the program.
I recommend starting with the "Settings" set to "Auto". I also prefer the 4-Panel "Comparison View" just to see if the "AI" is making the same decision that I would prefer. This saves me from second-guessing the "AI" and having to run the program four times and guessing which setting would produce the best result.
You may also PP a batch of pics at one time which is very handy.

To give Gigapixel AI the best chance to succeed also:
Be sure to go to "File" (top left) select "Preferences/Application" disable "Auto-Update Preview", and under the "Performance/AI Processor" select the fastest of your "Auto, CPU or Graphics Card" choices. Then set the "Allowed Memory Consumption" to "High". For details of each setting, there is a "Circled ?". Place your cursor over this "Circled ?" and an explanation bubble will appear with recommendations.

Finally: I know that you have your preferred workflow. However, if you run Gigapixel AI before you have a viable (DeNoised, and Sharpened) candidate you will just magnify all of the pics' faults! So start with a well-focused, and sharp pic, and Gigapixel AI will yield a pic that will stand up to pixel peeking.

While I Love Topaz Gigapixel AI, I have no experience with any other similar "Resizer" except PhotoScapeX Pro which is great at downsizing but only "OK" for "Upsizing".
I hope that this helps, please let us know what your experience is using this product.
Smile,
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jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Bear123 Loc: Wild & Wonderful West Virginia

I've used Gigapixel on some digital copies of old slides (40 to 45 years old). After some cleanup of flaws in Photoshop then resizing 4 x in Gigapixel the results were very good. Gigapixel seemed to help hide the flaws in the files when using the very compressed setting.