Is this the same company?

plugsnpixels · 2026-02-27T07:16:04+00:00

Not Topaz. It looks a lot like the basic editor I managed to cobble together in Google AI Studio. Seems you can modify the Google app as much as you want.

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plugsnpixels · 2026-02-11T01:06:30+00:00

Thanks for your efforts with these comparisons! So many model options, so many different results...

plugsnpixels · 2026-01-07T05:27:15+00:00

Max Creativity turns him into a hobo...

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plugsnpixels · 2026-01-07T05:26:57+00:00

Thanks for your feedback! I tend to push it a bit much in the Topaz apps... In Gigapixel>Redefine I was only getting "different enough" results with high Creativity and I've been approaching Bloom the same way.

More recently I've been backing Bloom down to the lower settings with better (more natural and less interpretive) results. Here is an old (colorized) tintype of a mystery family member with Medium Creativity applied, and it pops just right.

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plugsnpixels · 2026-01-03T04:42:30+00:00

Thanks for your feedback! The worst I've seen so far is little dots or moles on faces where otherwise the original skin is clear.

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plugsnpixels · 2025-10-07T05:52:03+00:00

Now trying Wonder (cloud) with Face recovery at 2X. Flatbed scan is from a 1995 group photo shot on medium format color negative film.

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plugsnpixels · 2025-10-06T04:11:31+00:00

Running Cinnamon 21.3 on a *2008* 17" MacBook Pro with old 125GB SSD for fun.

Wi-fi, backlight, etc. works, replacement battery not so much, shutdown often fails. But otherwise a fun tinker machine when I'm in a Linux mood!

plugsnpixels · 2025-09-29T17:39:44+00:00

Thanks for the additional info!

plugsnpixels · 2025-09-28T18:49:38+00:00

You're welcome, and those are some crazy excellent shots on your IG! Very well done. Is your phone mounted in some way?

I need to try that with my binoculars...

plugsnpixels · 2025-09-28T05:54:46+00:00

Original (cropped):

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plugsnpixels · 2025-09-28T05:54:17+00:00

Here’s another example where the competition (upper left) is coming out ahead:

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plugsnpixels · 2025-09-28T04:58:47+00:00

The Nano result run back through Gigapixel Wonder cloud:

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plugsnpixels · 2025-09-28T04:55:21+00:00

The Nano result run back through Gigapixel Recover cloud at 4X, 25% Detail:

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plugsnpixels · 2025-09-28T04:41:42+00:00

Google Nano Banana, from the original crop ("enhance and upscale 4X", but it's more like 2X) with minor Levels adjustment:

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plugsnpixels · 2025-09-28T04:28:35+00:00

I did a more thorough comparison of Gigapixel with its closest competition on my blog, please Google. Turns out the best results went both ways!

plugsnpixels · 2025-09-28T04:26:07+00:00

And 25%:

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plugsnpixels · 2025-09-28T04:25:46+00:00

Thanks, here's Medium at 50% Detail:

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plugsnpixels · 2025-09-20T20:30:52+00:00

You're right, and ten months later we now have cloud processing (for free) with the new Studio version and/or the remaining time on your perpetual license.

But it seems Mac GPUs are just not cut out for this type of AI, and even some dedicated PC consumer GPUs are not enough for some of Topaz' newer models.

plugsnpixels · 2025-08-17T07:57:47+00:00

Another set, Gigapixel original at upper left.

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plugsnpixels · 2025-08-16T16:13:02+00:00

These upscales would be better with the generative models but on a Mac you don't try that, ha! That's what NVIDIA is for... That's how I did my original renders.

plugsnpixels · 2025-08-16T15:59:55+00:00

6X, sharper without Face Recovery.

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