The enhancement option adds a bit more secret sauce to the rescaling, so as to deal with noise and other image artefacts. This is a linear scaling, so a 100x100px image will scale at 600% to a 600圆00px image. Loaded files appear on the left, whilst output options appear on the right.
I’ll come back to the types of files and their source in a bit, but here’s he screen after I’ve dropped two 16 bit TIFF files on the app. Topaz A.I GigaPixel shows this right from the start – it opens simply inviting me to drop files into a box. I’ve long thought that some of the most useful software tools are ones that do only one job, but do it exceedingly well. It also requires a GPU with OpenGL 3.3 or later (Intel HD5000 or better, Nvidia GTX 760 or better, AMD R9 280 or better. It is compatible with 64-bit Windows 7+ and Mac OS X 10.11+. Gigapixel is available as a standalone batch processing application only.
I mention this since the software is very resource intensive – with big files it will slow your machine down for a bit. The software is a stand-alone application, which I’m running on an oldish Mac Pro with 32GB of RAM and a modern 3GB graphics card using OS X 10.11. However, that’s not to say I don’t welcome an addition to my re-sizing toolbox, since I still get asked for prints from photos that I took with my 11MP Canon 1Ds and my 21MP Canon 1Ds mk3. With images from my 50MP Canon 5Ds, creating larger (say 36″ x 24″) prints has become a lot more predictable. I can recall interminable forum arguments over the best way to resize your 8MP image to print at A3+ (13″ x 19″) or larger.Īs megapixel counts have risen and optical designs have advanced, the need for specialist resizing software has diminished. If like me you’ve been into digital image processing for a few years, then you’ll remember that image resizing/resampling used to be a hot topic of discussion. Note: See update info at the foot of the article – mostly performance and UI tweaks, with better control over output quality.
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