External editing on MacOS appears to be broken in the same way as Denoise. The fix for Denoise is coming up on 6 weeks from the latest version release date?
When can I see the image examples of the new AI model in comparison with the current model? I canât renew if i donât know what im buying.
Also im still bitter that i paid originally for a perpetual license, then a yearly license and we got hardly any updates all year and now this claimed update right on renewal date.
Is there a limit on the number of threads to download files from Topazâs servers now? If so what is the maximum number threads allowed? My IDM always stops downloading and canât connect to your server.
I canât post pictures yet, but I see a little more detail and better handling of the colour noise in the 5.7.0 standard model. The image I used isnât an image that brings out the best in Gigapixel, Iâd probably put it go through Denoise AI first or play with the options, e.g. Low Res gets rid of the color noise pretty decently, but that is why I chose it as a test image.
Using a different tool for adjustment is a good idea, but does not fundamentally change the source image provided by Gigapixel. Also I found that the Gigapixel reconstructed enlarged image then processed through other Topaz AI software produced some strange illogical details.
Can you provide a download of the new standard model? The online download interrupts the workflow and is really slow and anxious.
If worried about server and network overhead, you can add the P2P download module in the next version, which can effectively solve almost all download problems.
I ran a small photo (547 x 602 px)of a child with V5.6.1 @ 3X and found that the Lines model produced the best results, sharper than the standard model. I then updated to 5.7.0 and again the Lines model was far better. I didnât notice much difference in the standard model.
For me, the Lines mode in version 5.6.1 worked great, sometimes replacing the standard mode.
But yesterday there were three events that changed something a lot in the system,
and now the results of versions 5.6.1 and 5.7.0 depress me.
Windows has been updated to version 21H1.
The Net Framework has been updated.
nVidia Studio driver has been updated to version 472.47.
Now the human skin in the images in standard mode looks too blurry,
at the same time the background and vegetation in some places, but not everywhere, look too sharp and contrasting, as well as the pattern and details of clothing.
The problem of square or diamond-shaped pupils and oval iris of the eyes has returned again.
The hair looked like last yearâs wet straw.
Small images (640x480) become simply disfigured.
I donât understand what happened.
I rolled back to version 5.6.1, but it didnât help, the problems remained.
Iâll try to go back to the previous studio driver. .
Application & Version: Topaz Gigapixel AI Version 5.6.1
Operating System: Windows 10 Version 2009
Graphics Hardware: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
OpenGL Driver: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 472.47
CPU RAM: 65227 MB
Video RAM: 12288 MB
Preview Limit: 8000 Pixels
Iâm still to find where âVery compressedâ model could be useful, it always gives awful and unrealistic results no matter the source image is a high compressed jpeg.
My upgrade plan expired in october and still donât know if itâs still worth jumping now on v5.7 like @sono2000 said previously.
For me Gigapixel AI has been in regression since v4.4.5 where I still get the best results.
Standard mode is blurrier than latest updates. Looks like the downloaded model version instead the old ânot downloadedâ model. Way better the not downloaded model from 5.6 and older versions.
I tested version 5.7.0. I compared a 4032 x 3024 resolution image by upscaling by 2. I did the test with 5.6.1 and 5.7.0 with the same settings in automatic mode for the standard mode. The 5.6.1 version gives better results. In 5.7.0, it sharpens the possible compression artifacts. In 5.6.1 it smoothes them. But anyway, I almost never use the automatic setting. If I put a little more noise reduction, the result is as good as in 5.6.1.
