Gigapixel AI v5.8 Released: Better Image Quality with GPUs, Reduced Memory Usage, and More

[Tsing]

Image: Topaz Labs



Topaz Labs has released a new version of its Gigapixel AI software, an application that allows photographers and graphic artists to enlarge and improve the resolution of their images far beyond what’s possible with traditional techniques such as bilinear or bicubic resampling. The new v5.8 update enables a number of improvements and fixes that include improved face refinement for more realistic looking faces, reduced memory usage, and, most importantly, better image quality with Windows GPUs. Gigapixel AI works much faster when its AI Processor is set to GPU, but in previous versions, its output quality was generally inferior compared to CPU...

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[Grimlakin]

that looks more like DLSS or FSA or whatever AMD's resolution scaling than a new rasterizer. The more scaling the crappier the super zoomed in image.

 

[Ditchinit]

Comparing current technology against four year old technology?

 

[Zarathustra]

So, it's essentially an unsharp mask?

 

[MadMummy76]

that looks more like DLSS or FSA or whatever AMD's resolution scaling than a new rasterizer.

Because that is exactly what it is, except not for computer graphics but photos.

The more scaling the crappier the super zoomed in image.

Obviously, there are no free meals. The more you upscale the less predictable the result, still leaps and bounds better than simple filtering.

So, it's essentially an unsharp mask?

No, it's an AI upscaler that tries to guess the content. It's hit or miss, depending mostly on the quality of the original image. Sometimes the results are great other times they are weird or outright uncanny.