This (that Topaz will now focus efforts on Photo AI rather than the
individual tools) is what Topaz told me when I asked about upgrades to
Gigapixel etc.
So I opted for the attractive Black Friday pricing on PhotoAI, and
downloaded many GBs of installer. On two PCs. To no avail - read the small
print, PhotoAI requires a CPU able to execute AVX commands (whatever they
are) as well as running the appropriate OS, with a capable GPU, and having
square miles of disk space. Rules out both PCs I have available.
Don't waste your time as I did (srefund seems to be on offer, so I didn't
waste my money, at least).
Piers
On Mon, 27 Nov 2023, 17:06 Wayne Shumaker, <om3ti@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> At 11/26/2023 03:50 PM, you wrote:
>
> >This time of year it is cheaper to get an upgrade package but no upgrades
> to Sharpen AI or Denoise are in the works so save your money for a year
> worth of upgrades as none are coming. There is an unfixed bug in sharpen
> AI with my OS that slows it down. There should be an update to Gigapixel
> within a couple months though --so says Topaz. Seems they are putting
> their efforts into Photo AI though I haven't liked the lack of ability to
> fine tune the results.Â
> >
> >Not good news, Mike
>
> Topaz studio is a fun tool to play with. I became disappointed when they
> discontinued support for that. Photoshop has added some interesting
> alternatives to some of the features with the new neural filters.
>
> With modern photos taken decently I don't need the power of photo AI as
> Denoise seems to do most of what I need. Only my older photos and badly
> taken photos do I ever use sharpen AI and even though I have Photo AI I
> don't use it.
>
> Some of my topaz studio images:
> https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAvWiU
> https://photos.app.goo.gl/NtM2FdoSjLnsA7Cd7
>
> It feels like Topaz Labs is betting on tools that others are also
> providing. Studio was unique.
>
> Disappointed WayneS
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