I use the new upscaling models in Gigapixel AI 6.3.2. Has anyone compared the quality of upscaling between GAI 6.3.2 and PAI?
Downloaded the Windows file and installed over the older version without any problem. The activation is new but went ok. v1.1.8 works well but I see that there is still no rotation in the crop tool. The all in one PAI is shaping up nicely.
I don’t believe that other applications can read a local crop applied to a RAW image in Capture One as they are held in either a catalog or session.
You will need to use Edit with, rather than Open with, sending a file with the Capture One adjustments applied.
Through V1.1.8, an A/B comparison of a DNG input file, and JPEG output file (95% quality) shows a definite loss of contrast. I’ve seen this in earlier versions of Photo AI, too.
The DNG is generated by PhotoLab6 (now V6.2.0, but the difference is also seen when using earlier versions of PL6).
Is there a way to u/l the DNG as well as the JPG?
The DNG and JPG are being viewed with either PL6 or Irfan 64 V4.53.
The problem isn’t limited to Photo AI…
The left side of the image is a PL6 DNG file, the right side is a Sharpen JPG file. The montage was created with GIMP 2.10.
The shadows in the cactus, in particular, show a loss of contrast, while the overall bokeh field is darker.
Digging further, I was very disappointed by the histograms for the Sharpen output:
compared to the DNG input:
Sharpen compressed the dynamic range far beyond what makes any sense to me.
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Appreciate you guys added the custom scale multiplier. <3
Done! I dropped 2 Zip files, names starting with UP_
Best Regards, Ulrich
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I got the file to my desktop, but can’t see where I can upload it as a file. If I open the .log file with the console, the text box is empty. Advice?
If you’d like to open the log file, you can use TextEdit on your Mac. Please send me the file either here by using the icon highlighted below or through: Dropbox. Let me know in case you’ve sent it through Dropbox. Thank you!
I just had a look at the file characteristics and it’s showing 0 bytes, so that’s why there’s nothing to see. I re-ran the Terminal script (copied from your post) and got this that produced the 0 byte file:
Last login: Tue Jan 24 15:50:56 on ttys000
The default interactive shell is now zsh.
To update your account to use zsh, please run chsh -s /bin/zsh.
For more details, please visit Use zsh as the default shell on your Mac - Apple Support.
Rods-iMac-2:~ rodbrazier$
Rods-iMac-2:~ rodbrazier$ grep -n “install-psplugin” /var/log/install.log > ~/Desktop/topaz-support-installer.log
Rods-iMac-2:~ rodbrazier$
When using ‘Apply current settings to all’ and face refinement in 1.1.8, face refinement doesn’t apply until you select the image and expand the ‘Recover Faces’ panel.
It will turn on the ‘Recover Faces’ option, it just doesn’t select the face/s to be recovered.
So you have to do it manually, by expanding the panel.
I’m using 3840x2160 .exr files with PIZ compression as a source. Settings are: Enhance > Natural, Upscale 1.5x (also tried 2x and no upscale) and recover faces.
As a feature request, it would be great to export .exr files with PIZ compression (works well with grainy images from digital cinema cameras).
V1.1.8 does overact its filters on small images, does produce some artifacts, makes images unusable.
And the Colormanagement is still not resolved, makes the app a pain to use.
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I still have your files to look at but unfortunately have been busy with other features. I will be moving over to camera profiles and color stuff within the next few weeks though hopefully.
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@yazi.saradest - Sorry for the delay. With the latest version lens information is included. What is so roughly still missing is the firmware version of the camera, exposure compensation and mode
You have in your Dropbox 3 or 4 Images now.
Hi, Sorry for maybe not being in the proper section, but since I installed MAC OS Ventura 13.1 and reinstalled Topaz AI latest version, I can’t get any picture to open, It stays on the " drop images or browse image " page even after selecting images, it’s just when I close the software that they appear, when I open it again, nothing appears, really annoying. My MAC is an iMAC Retina 5K with 64Go of ram, 8 cores intel i9 and it works perfectly with all softwares, including sharpen AI or Gigapixel AI… Thanks for the help.
Hi - did your Mac by chance ask you to give Topaz Photo AI access to some folders? If you could go to Preferences > Security & Privacy > Files > Files & Folders, and check if the app has access to the folders in there.
Just to clarify here. Ventura Preferences has been renamed System Settings. It’s in the Apple menu. And the path is then Privacy & Security>Files and Folders>Topaz Photo AI.
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