- #Topaz studio 2 for scanned slides software#
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A 6000 pixel wide image easily produces a 20 inch print and would produce a decent 30 inch print using a ‘simple’ upscaling method such as Bicubic or Lanczos 3. Today’s modern digital cameras, with 24mp (and greater) sensors all produce image files so large that, unless you want to do a huge print, no upscaling is needed. And that is a first for me – producing a decent 30 inch print from a 8mp image. I did a test print from the AI Gigapixel output file and it’s usable.
The differences are subtle but they are perceptible, much like the difference between DXO’s raw processing and Lightroom’s. Now, the difference between AI Gigapixel and the others is more clear, particularly in high contrast areas, such as where the trees meet the skyline. Here are the results: Results – second image: The tools upscaled it, with AI Gigapixel taking a very long time, although not as long as with the first image. Before, my tests had showed that this was too much and I have never offered a 30 inch 8mp print for sale as the quality was too low. So, it needs to be upscaled by over 100% to do a 30 inch print. This image is from a 8mp camera and is 3504 pixels wide. The path towards Castle Crag – AI Gigapixel Test So I put a much bigger challenge to them: The first test showed me that a moderate upscale is handled well by most software. Experience tells me that these results will print well and you’d be very hard pressed to see any differences between any of these images in a print. Well, there are tiny differences between the outputs, but not enough to make me want to buy AI Gigapixel. Here’s a few comparisons of the results, at 100%: In contrast, ON1 took about 1 minute, Photoshop less than 30 seconds and Affinity Photo took, and I kid you not, less than 2 seconds! Results After half and hour(!) of waiting, I had my dinner and thought it a very good job they offer a 30-day free trial!Īnyhow, it eventually came up with a result.
#Topaz studio 2 for scanned slides Pc#
My PC may not be the fastest, but it’s not a slouch.
#Topaz studio 2 for scanned slides windows#
The windows in the little houses are clearly visible in the print.Īnyhow, to test AI Gigapixel I did a comparison against the following software:īefore showing you the results I can confirm that Topaz were not kidding when they said AI Gigapixel ‘takes a long time to process your image’. And the upscaling looks fine and the prints are great. I need, therefore, to upscale it by about 30% to 7620 pixels wide and, up to now, have used Genuine Fractals in ON1 to do so. The image is 5472 pixels wide, which only yields a 21 inch print. I sell this image as a 30″ by 20″ print, printed at 254 DPI. This may explain the speed issues I experienced. They are specific and several it does not support several graphics cards… My graphics card is on their unsupported list, but it still worked, unless I tried to upsize an old 6mp image to 300%(!). It’s worth checking out the system requirements before using and purchasing this tool. That’s quite some claim and I presented two images to it, to see what it could achieve.
#Topaz studio 2 for scanned slides software#
Gigapixel models calculates over a million calculations per pixel, this software is standalone only(it does not work as a plugin or studio adjustment) that inherently takes a long time to process your image, but the quality of the end result far surpasses our competitors. standalone application for superior Image upsampling, made for batch resizing your images up to 6x! It uses the power of Topaz’s proprietary Artistic Intelligence engine to make sharper and clearer upscaled images more than traditional upscaling tools.
On1 Photo Studio now includes it and for this reason that I have ON1 installed on my PC. Genuine Fractals could upsize images beyond the (then) abilities of Bicubic and Lanczos 3 and became my main tool for this job. Fred Miranda advocated ‘stair interpolation’ – enlarging the image in little steps and then Genuine Fractals came was released. To compensate, photo software created better and better resizing methods, such as bilinear, bicubic and Lanczos 3. They resemble oil paintings – they lose details and print badly. But many landscapes just don’t enlarge nicely.
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Some images – clean, simple, noise free ones, upsize well. Enlarging means adding data to the image without losing image quality. Now I shoot 28mp! But in the old days, making an A4 print required enlarging the image. My first digital camera had 3.3mp and I thought it was incredible.
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