It’s crazy the amount of inaccurate nonsense being spouted here by well-meaning but ultimately uninformed non-employees, and what’s even crazier is that Topaz is allowing this to continue without trying to clear up the confused mess that they’ve created.
DO NOT listen to other users who tell you to auto-renew or purchase additional apps just to get Studio. Your individual app subscriptions will be combined into one Studio subscription. If you have Gigapixel AI or Photo AI, consider carefully if you will need Studio in one year, because unless Topaz changes things, you will not be able to revert to the grandfathered price for an individual app.
Better to make an informed decision now, than to flood Topaz Support next year again with unnecessary issues.
And here’s what’s the whole Studio Founder’s thing is about:
What’s new in the Studio versions of my desktop apps?
Each of our desktop applications has received major updates and new AI models and capabilities as a part of this Studio release:
- Topaz Video now includes a new Starlight model (Starlight Sharp), a new Nyx model (Nyx XL), Instant Frame Previews, new presets, and so much more. Read more about the latest app update here in the release post.
- Topaz Gigapixel now includes free and unlimited cloud rendering. Seriously. Oh, and multiple new incredible upscaling models including the hyper fast diffusion-hybrid model Standard Max, and our new most powerful upscaling model ever - the Wonder model. Read more about the latest update here.
- Topaz Photo also gets free and unlimited cloud rendering (!!!), as well as the amazing Wonder model and Standard Max model - but also more! Also in this release, a standalone Healing Brush, layer flattening, Lightroom Cloud plugin support, allowing upscale anywhere in the stack, and so much more. One of our biggest Photo releases ever - and you can read more about it here.
Check your upgrade status here.
Your Founder Status Benefits
If you’re receiving this email, this means you’ve been granted Founder status for at least one application. This means that you will be able to access some new AI models which are otherwise available only to Pro license holders.
You’ve also been granted an exclusive Founder price, which gives you access to the new Studio products at a price much lower than our list price as long as you maintain your subscription.
Here’s the benefits of your Founder status for each app:
- Topaz Video: As a Founder, you have access to the new Starlight series of models including the new Starlight Sharp as well as the existing Starlight models, EXR + DPX support which is otherwise a Pro feature.
- Topaz Photo & Gigapixel: As a Founder, you have access to local rendering for the new Wonder model which is otherwise only available to Pro subscribers. This is our most powerful AI upscaling model to date, and you’re going to love the results.
You will retain these Founder benefits listed above at no extra cost as long as you maintain your updated Topaz Labs subscription. Please note that if your subscription lapses, you will permanently lose access to Founder benefits as well as preferred pricing.
Of course, you’ll still retain access to the legacy perpetually licensed versions of our apps. These apps will still be maintained but won’t receive any major updates or new AI models. We do have plans for multiple exciting updates to the new Studio versions of the desktop applications as well as the Studio bundle.
Full Studio Access
You should have received full Studio bundle access based on your account settings.
Check your account here to confirm which applications you now have access to.If you only owned one app, you’ll have access to Founder status and benefits for that one corresponding Studio application. However, if you owned 2+ Topaz Labs legacy apps with active licenses when you received this email, you’ll be receiving the entire Studio collection at no extra charge.
Full Studio bundle access includes Founder status for all 3 applications, as well as access to all 3 desktop apps regardless of how many you owned before, Bloom, the Express web apps, the iOS app, and cloud credits to use inside of Astra! And there’s more coming to the Studio bundle, too. Awesome!
Payments
All these new benefits come at no extra charge to your account. Your existing subscription price remains the same as before. Simply continue to renew your subscription to retain access to the Studio apps and to these amazing benefits as a Topaz Founder.
Updates to the Web Applications
Bloom, Astra, and the Express web apps are all now included in Topaz Studio as well as the Cloud Collection. These collections also include a generous allocation of monthly video cloud credits for use in Astra and our other web-based video applications such as Video Upscale.
If you only want access to the Web applications and not the desktop applications, you can always purchase our Cloud Collection. New web applications will be included in both the Cloud Collection and the Studio bundle collection.
