The enlarged photo is a whopping 183 MB which I’m not going to load on this blog post. To compare the images yourself you’ll need to see the original and expanded files. However, this image is good to set a floor quality for Gigapixel AI. I did take it with a mobile phone while on a boat (think moving platform). Keep in mind the original image quality is not great in terms of professional photography standards. On the other hand, when you zoom in to the same area on the upscaled photo, it looks painterly. Before image.Īnother thing I noticed is when you zoom in on the original photo, it looks pixelated - as expected. But it is only noticeable when you really zoom in. I did notice halos along the horizon on the enlarged photo but there were already some artifacts in the original horizon. I was surprised by the quality it’s actually good. I enlarged the image by 600%, which is the largest size the software can produce. To test Gigapixel AI, I first used a 4032×2268 JPEG image that I photographed with my Samsung Galaxy S8. Screenshot from our Gigapixel AI review Here’s My Topaz Gigapixel AI Review Test Results Old Photos – Digital photos from 10+ years ago most likely have small resolutions and you now need a larger version.Stock Images – If you sell stock images, you’ll want to offer images in various sizes.In this case you may want to upscale the cropped image. Crop Size – Cropping usually reduces the image resolution, especially if you crop to a small sample size of an original image.Prints – Large prints require large image resolutions.In my Topaz Gigapixel AI review, I will provide you important information on how I tested the software and my results.īut first, why would you need to enlarge a photo?

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