YOU can help me help others learn photography. You can quickly offer your support here where I receive 100% of your kind gift: ko-fi.com/anthonymorganti You can change the default amount to the amount you'd like to donate. In this tutorial, I demonstrate a new feature found in Gigapixel AI called, Face Recovery AI. For more info about Gigapixel AI, Denoise AI, and Sharpen AI and to download their fully working free trials, visit: bit.ly/3cDqa5J *Save 15% on all Topaz Labs apps - use the Promo Code: AMDISC15 Please help support my channel - consider purchasing my Lightroom Presets: www.anthonymorganti.com/ and my Lightroom Profiles: onlinephotographytraining.shop/lightroom-profiles/ ** I am an affiliate for all of the other companies mentioned below EXCEPT Affinity Photo and Capture One. Please read my Code of Ethics Statement: onlinephotographytraining.com/code-of-ethics/ My Current Gear I’m always trading in cameras and lenses trying out new products. As of the recording of this video, here is the gear I currently own and use. All gear is purchased by me at normal retail pricing - I’m not sponsored by anyone nor am I an ambassador for any camera/lens manufacturer. The links below are my Amazon affiliate links. **As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases Cameras: Nikon Z9: bit.ly/32Pa9Kg (Adorama Affiliate Link) Nikon Z7ii: amzn.to/351PPmL Nikon Z6ii: amzn.to/3399eS7 Nikon Z6: amzn.to/2TIBGnR Nikon Zfc with Nikon 16-50mm f3.5-6.3 Lens: amzn.to/3ykA07w Nikon D500: amzn.to/2WyO8Lt Sony A7Riv: amzn.to/3amo9JJ Lenses: Nikon Z-Mount: Nikon Z 24-70mm F4.0 Lens: amzn.to/2Z0hW55 Nikon Z 24-70mm F/2.8 S: amzn.to/2JWo5IX Nikon Z 24-200mm F4-6.3 Lens: amzn.to/3j4xVrA NIKKOR Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S: amzn.to/3Cw4CVU TTArtisan 11mm F2.8: amzn.to/354Vnji Sony E-Mount: Sigma 24-70mm F2.8 DG DN Art Lens: amzn.to/3iKdbBQ Sigma 85mm F1.4 DG DN Art Lens: amzn.to/36fD8F1 Nikon F-Mount: Nikon 200-500mm F5.6 Lens: amzn.to/2WpggM2 Nikon 24-70mm F2.8 Lens: amzn.to/2VQMKi9 Nikon 28-300mm F3.5-5.6 Lens: amzn.to/2QuWmyb Nikon 14-24mm F2.8 Lens: amzn.to/2ZXR55C Nikon 70-200mm F2.8 VRii Lens: amzn.to/2WG1p5f Nikon 1.4x Teleconverter: amzn.to/2WlkZ1z Nikon 18-200mm F3.5-5.6 DX Lens: amzn.to/2MiEKUk Tokina 100mm Macro Lens: amzn.to/2ZRgxfK Sigma 105mm 1.4 Art Lens: amzn.to/32PmFDZ Other Gear: Battery Grip: VG-C4EM for Sony A7Riv: amzn.to/3g3Wvnm Tripods & Ballheads Vanguard Tripod: amzn.to/2WqWB2u Siriu Ballhead: amzn.to/2W1MyS0 MeFOTO Travel Tripod: amzn.to/31GVvys The Carbon Fiber Version: amzn.to/2LjVt9m Joby GorillaPod: amzn.to/2zMNAEc Camera Straps & Backpack Peak Design Camera Strap: amzn.to/2Sqi4Eg Peak Design Slide Camera Strap: amzn.to/2DoLxLl Peak Design Everyday 30L Backpack: amzn.to/2MJPFcb Spider Pro Hand Strap: amzn.to/30k170u Spider Pro Hand Strap ver 2: amzn.to/3aC3p1Z Memory Cards Sony 120GB XQD Card: amzn.to/2HlfR8Y Sony TOUGH-G series SDXC UHS-II Card 64GB: amzn.to/2PUJHoD Sony TOUGH-G series SDXC UHS-II Card 128GB: amzn.to/3oP6EZX Sony XQD/SD Card Reader: amzn.to/2NBuSHB Sony 128GB CFExpress Card: amzn.to/353hWC4 Delkin Devices 256GB CFExpress Card: amzn.to/3pULMDR CFExpress Card Reader: amzn.to/2X2xMbQ Anthony Morganti’s MUST HAVE applications: At least one Non-Destructive RAW Editor Lightroom - bit.ly/2zwQ0nW Capture One - www.captureone.com Luminar - bit.ly/2JUJxKw (Save with the Promo Code AM16) On1 Photo RAW - on1.sjv.io/EaGR2K (Save 20% with Promo Code: AM20) Exposure X7 - bit.ly/2U8UxrK (Save 10% with Promo Code: AnthonyMorganti) PhotoLab 5: tidd.ly/2HhiN9X At least one FULL Editing App: Photoshop - bit.ly/2zwQ0nW Affinity Photo - affinity.serif.com/en-us/photo/ My MUST-HAVE Plugins: Topaz Gigapixel AI - bit.ly/3cDqa5J Topaz Sharpen AI - bit.ly/3cDqa5J Topaz Denoise AI - bit.ly/3cDqa5J *Save 15% on all Topaz Labs apps - use the Promo Code: AMDISC15 or instead of Topaz Denoise AI: On1 NoNoise AI - on1.sjv.io/EaGR2K (Save 20% with Promo Code: AM20 - May not work on sale product) Nik Silver Efex Pro 3 - tidd.ly/3dc4gYm The Best Sky Images I've Seen Available -- Ocudrone - bit.ly/3vtDpjR *Save 10% with Discount Code: Morganti10 ** Note that all of the promo codes listed above may not work on sale products. *** I am an affiliate for all of the companies listed EXCEPT Affinity Photo and Capture One. Please read my Code of Ethics Statement: onlinephotographytraining.com/code-of-ethics/ Please follow me on Instagram: instagram.com/anthonymorganti/ Thank you!
I have done just what you commented about at the end of your video, by running this Face Recovery AI on some old scanned photos of my late mother (shot in 1926). The results were absolutely stunning. It made her face look as though it was shot with a late model digital camera with high definition. I think the geniuses at Topaz really outdid themselves. In one of the photos I could actually see the pores in her skin, which almost brought me to tears. I highly recommend this software. Cheers!
Dear Anthony, thank you for posting and updating all of your tutorials. I have watched them dozens of times. (Background: I was once a pro but was sidelined for past 3 years the C-word (Stage 3+). They say I have "Chemo Brain" so digital editing and post-production takes me 8x as long as the average person. Thank you, again 🙏
According to Topaz' release notes for this version, they recommend NOT using Face Recovery AI when the face fills the frame like in the example you use. In your example they recommend that the slider starting point be at 0% then adjusted from there. The say Face Recovery is intended primarily to be used when faces are smaller in the frame, and in those cases they recommend the slider starting point to be at 100% then adjusted from there.
I'm just like you - I have a number of old scanned images of models and this new feature seems terrific!!!!! I got the download a few days back but will install tomorrow after seeing the results here.... THANKS@!!!
This feature is growing to be my favourite feature as so many old photos from in my case the 70’s & 80’s markedly improved since the update! Thanks Anthony great video!
Thanks Anthony for another great video. I've just edited a bunch of very compressed scanned family photos from the 1920's and 30's and the results are amazing. So glad I bought Gigapixel AI
Hello Anthony, thanks for showing us this new feature. I usually import different models into layers in Photohop and with layer masks i brush in the areas of the different ai models i think look best. Maybe one model looks best on the hair and the other one on the face.
I’ve been trying it on various old scanned photos. In a lot of cases, the results are jaw dropping and a real game changer; in some others, what I’m seeing resembles a horror film :-). Saying that, I’ve not investigated fine tuning the settings as yet.
I was not aware of the new face recovery feature until you pointed it out. Thanks Dave! My only comment refers not to Gigapixel, but rather the image itself. Were I to make use of the image, I'd definitely remove the two black lines on the left as they're quite distracting.
Also the Topaz notes on the new model do not recommend using Face Recovery when the face takes up most of the image if it is already at high quality - "When upscaling a high-resolution or high-quality photo with a face that takes up a majority of the frame, we recommend disabling Face Refinement and select the most appropriate base super-resolution model to increase pixel size."
Hi Anthony , Sure appreciate all you great helpful videos. I use Canon DPP4 and Topaz Ai ( denoise ,sharpen and gigapixel ) and was hoping that you might do a show explaining the proper work flow when using these ?
In this case i think its better to use gigapixel first to get rid of some blur. Experimenting is key but most people want a one fits all solution. Gigapixel is for upscaling. Sharpen ai is much better in sharpening/removing blur. With some common sense you will find the correct workflow.
Thank you for another great tutorial Anthony. I was kind of hoping that this face recovery would have some of the power of the Remini app that I’ve used on my iPad. The downside with Remini is that it really focuses only on the face and leaves the rest of the image un-transformed. Do you know of any other piece of software that can duplicate the power of Remini?
Would be nice if there was a mask that could be used to apply the face recovery option only, but the rest of the enlargement settings for the rest of the enlargement.
Thanks for the video. Do you always keep your "Edit Photo With..." dialog box, when you're opening something outside of LR, to [TIFF, ProPhoto RGB, 16bit, 300, None]?
CAMERA RAW vs DNG? I posted this on Simon Ringsmuth's website re his discussion of RAW vs DNG. he hasn't gotten back to me yet, only been a day, but it is an important question I hope someone will be kind enough to take the time to answer, if they will, Anthony. My comment. It has always irritated me that manufacturers such as Sony, Apple ad nauseam deliberately do their best to make both their hardware and software as fundamentally incompatible as possible from initial design up to final versions with other manufacturers - to keep you captive in their prisons - which euphemistically they call their ecosystems. I understand the marketing / financial prejudices operating behind their actions, but this is why I have never owned nor likely will a Sony and definitely NEVER any Apple product. Apple like it's deceased progenitor Steve Jobs, who was a mean spirited, vain glorious, nasty, self-preoccupied person, is capricious and hypocritical - especially when it comes to its relationships with the slavery monster, organ harvester of their captive Uyghurs in their slave labor camps Those monsters in human form known as the Chinese Communist Party but, I digress. I understand according to your article and others that using DNG means that the advantages many find in Capture One on camera specific RAW files are lost but, it just seems to me that given the multiplicity options for adjustments open to us - via Photoshop, Light room and God only could list the other programs out there - that what incremental gains Capture One offers would be small in comparison - and easily overcome, worth losing - compared to the flexibility rendered by DNG. Yes, I know, once information is disgarded it is gone forever. BUT are the losses truly appreciable between a manufacturer's Camera RAW proprietary format read by Capture ONE over a DNG conversion or? Are we pole vaulting over mouse manure, making a mountain out of a mole hill, making "much ado about nothing"? lol I would really appreciate your opinion and answer to this question, please. and, thank you for this very informative and insightful article.
YOU can help me help others learn photography. You can quickly offer your support here where I receive 100% of your kind gift:
ko-fi.com/anthonymorganti
You can change the default amount to the amount you'd like to donate.
In this tutorial, I demonstrate a new feature found in Gigapixel AI called, Face Recovery AI.
For more info about Gigapixel AI, Denoise AI, and Sharpen AI and to download their fully working free trials, visit:
bit.ly/3cDqa5J
*Save 15% on all Topaz Labs apps - use the Promo Code: AMDISC15
Please help support my channel - consider purchasing my Lightroom Presets:
www.anthonymorganti.com/
and my Lightroom Profiles:
onlinephotographytraining.shop/lightroom-profiles/
** I am an affiliate for all of the other companies mentioned below EXCEPT Affinity Photo and Capture One.
Please read my Code of Ethics Statement:
onlinephotographytraining.com/code-of-ethics/
My Current Gear
I’m always trading in cameras and lenses trying out new products. As of the recording of this video, here is the gear I currently own and use. All gear is purchased by me at normal retail pricing - I’m not sponsored by anyone nor am I an ambassador for any camera/lens manufacturer. The links below are my Amazon affiliate links.
**As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases
Cameras:
Nikon Z9: bit.ly/32Pa9Kg (Adorama Affiliate Link)
Nikon Z7ii: amzn.to/351PPmL
Nikon Z6ii: amzn.to/3399eS7
Nikon Z6: amzn.to/2TIBGnR
Nikon Zfc with Nikon 16-50mm f3.5-6.3 Lens: amzn.to/3ykA07w
Nikon D500: amzn.to/2WyO8Lt
Sony A7Riv: amzn.to/3amo9JJ
Lenses:
Nikon Z-Mount:
Nikon Z 24-70mm F4.0 Lens: amzn.to/2Z0hW55
Nikon Z 24-70mm F/2.8 S: amzn.to/2JWo5IX
Nikon Z 24-200mm F4-6.3 Lens: amzn.to/3j4xVrA
NIKKOR Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S: amzn.to/3Cw4CVU
TTArtisan 11mm F2.8: amzn.to/354Vnji
Sony E-Mount:
Sigma 24-70mm F2.8 DG DN Art Lens: amzn.to/3iKdbBQ
Sigma 85mm F1.4 DG DN Art Lens: amzn.to/36fD8F1
Nikon F-Mount:
Nikon 200-500mm F5.6 Lens: amzn.to/2WpggM2
Nikon 24-70mm F2.8 Lens: amzn.to/2VQMKi9
Nikon 28-300mm F3.5-5.6 Lens: amzn.to/2QuWmyb
Nikon 14-24mm F2.8 Lens: amzn.to/2ZXR55C
Nikon 70-200mm F2.8 VRii Lens: amzn.to/2WG1p5f
Nikon 1.4x Teleconverter: amzn.to/2WlkZ1z
Nikon 18-200mm F3.5-5.6 DX Lens: amzn.to/2MiEKUk
Tokina 100mm Macro Lens: amzn.to/2ZRgxfK
Sigma 105mm 1.4 Art Lens: amzn.to/32PmFDZ
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Battery Grip:
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Tripods & Ballheads
Vanguard Tripod: amzn.to/2WqWB2u
Siriu Ballhead: amzn.to/2W1MyS0
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The Carbon Fiber Version: amzn.to/2LjVt9m
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Peak Design Camera Strap: amzn.to/2Sqi4Eg
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Delkin Devices 256GB CFExpress Card: amzn.to/3pULMDR
CFExpress Card Reader: amzn.to/2X2xMbQ
Anthony Morganti’s MUST HAVE applications:
At least one Non-Destructive RAW Editor
Lightroom - bit.ly/2zwQ0nW
Capture One - www.captureone.com
Luminar - bit.ly/2JUJxKw (Save with the Promo Code AM16)
On1 Photo RAW - on1.sjv.io/EaGR2K (Save 20% with Promo Code: AM20)
Exposure X7 - bit.ly/2U8UxrK (Save 10% with Promo Code: AnthonyMorganti)
PhotoLab 5: tidd.ly/2HhiN9X
At least one FULL Editing App:
Photoshop - bit.ly/2zwQ0nW
Affinity Photo - affinity.serif.com/en-us/photo/
My MUST-HAVE Plugins:
Topaz Gigapixel AI - bit.ly/3cDqa5J
Topaz Sharpen AI - bit.ly/3cDqa5J
Topaz Denoise AI - bit.ly/3cDqa5J
*Save 15% on all Topaz Labs apps - use the Promo Code: AMDISC15
or instead of Topaz Denoise AI:
On1 NoNoise AI - on1.sjv.io/EaGR2K (Save 20% with Promo Code: AM20 - May not work on sale product)
Nik Silver Efex Pro 3 - tidd.ly/3dc4gYm
The Best Sky Images I've Seen Available -- Ocudrone - bit.ly/3vtDpjR
*Save 10% with Discount Code: Morganti10
** Note that all of the promo codes listed above may not work on sale products.
*** I am an affiliate for all of the companies listed EXCEPT Affinity Photo and Capture One. Please read my Code of Ethics Statement:
onlinephotographytraining.com/code-of-ethics/
Please follow me on Instagram: instagram.com/anthonymorganti/
Thank you!
I have done just what you commented about at the end of your video, by running this Face Recovery AI on some old scanned photos of my late mother (shot in 1926). The results were absolutely stunning. It made her face look as though it was shot with a late model digital camera with high definition. I think the geniuses at Topaz really outdid themselves. In one of the photos I could actually see the pores in her skin, which almost brought me to tears. I highly recommend this software. Cheers!
Dear Anthony, thank you for posting and updating all of your tutorials. I have watched them dozens of times. (Background: I was once a pro but was sidelined for past 3 years the C-word (Stage 3+). They say I have "Chemo Brain" so digital editing and post-production takes me 8x as long as the average person. Thank you, again 🙏
Looking forward to forthcoming video on old photos. Thanks again Anthony
I have been using the Face Recovery feature since yesterday. Wow! Wow! Wow! The results are amazing, at least on the photos I have tested with it.
I agree, almost magical.
Better use sharpen ai after gigapixel ai to remove blur instead of sharpening in lightroom or camera raw.
According to Topaz' release notes for this version, they recommend NOT using Face Recovery AI when the face fills the frame like in the example you use. In your example they recommend that the slider starting point be at 0% then adjusted from there. The say Face Recovery is intended primarily to be used when faces are smaller in the frame, and in those cases they recommend the slider starting point to be at 100% then adjusted from there.
Makes sense. The crop he did was extreme. The original image is more than 200x bigger than the crop. Thanks for sharing that info.
Yes, I found this to be totally true.
Thx Anthony...you have got me started on Gigapixel. Well layed out and easy to understand. Great! We appreciate your tute's.
I'm just like you - I have a number of old scanned images of models and this new feature seems terrific!!!!! I got the download a few days back but will install tomorrow after seeing the results here.... THANKS@!!!
This feature is growing to be my favourite feature as so many old photos from in my case the 70’s & 80’s markedly improved since the update! Thanks Anthony great video!
Danke!
Thank you Paul!
Thanks Anthony for another great video. I've just edited a bunch of very compressed scanned family photos from the 1920's and 30's and the results are amazing. So glad I bought Gigapixel AI
That was an excellent explanation. Thanks!
I don’t know how the wizards at Topaz can do these things. It’s Pure Freakin’ Magic!
Hello Anthony, thanks for showing us this new feature. I usually import different models into layers in Photohop and with layer masks i brush in the areas of the different ai models i think look best. Maybe one model looks best on the hair and the other one on the face.
Thanks for the video. I don't do many portraits but just tried it on a 6x upsize and it worked great.
I’ve been trying it on various old scanned photos. In a lot of cases, the results are jaw dropping and a real game changer; in some others, what I’m seeing resembles a horror film :-). Saying that, I’ve not investigated fine tuning the settings as yet.
I was not aware of the new face recovery feature until you pointed it out. Thanks Dave! My only comment refers not to Gigapixel, but rather the image itself. Were I to make use of the image, I'd definitely remove the two black lines on the left as they're quite distracting.
Also the Topaz notes on the new model do not recommend using Face Recovery when the face takes up most of the image if it is already at high quality - "When upscaling a high-resolution or high-quality photo with a face that takes up a majority of the frame, we recommend disabling Face Refinement and select the most appropriate base super-resolution model to increase pixel size."
Thanks (yet again), Anthony.
Hi Anthony , Sure appreciate all you great helpful videos. I use Canon DPP4 and Topaz Ai ( denoise ,sharpen and gigapixel ) and was hoping that you might do a show explaining the proper work flow when using these ?
My experience Old photos from the 30's look fabulous. My confusion is I have AISharpen and GAI. Now, which one do I use first?
In this case i think its better to use gigapixel first to get rid of some blur. Experimenting is key but most people want a one fits all solution. Gigapixel is for upscaling. Sharpen ai is much better in sharpening/removing blur. With some common sense you will find the correct workflow.
Great video!
Thank you for another great tutorial Anthony. I was kind of hoping that this face recovery would have some of the power of the Remini app that I’ve used on my iPad. The downside with Remini is that it really focuses only on the face and leaves the rest of the image un-transformed. Do you know of any other piece of software that can duplicate the power of Remini?
Thanks, but begs to see what would happen if after bringing back to LR you sent it to Sharpen AI?
Would be nice if there was a mask that could be used to apply the face recovery option only, but the rest of the enlargement settings for the rest of the enlargement.
Thanks for the video. Do you always keep your "Edit Photo With..." dialog box, when you're opening something outside of LR, to [TIFF, ProPhoto RGB, 16bit, 300, None]?
To me it doesn't look like a photo any more though. It looks like it has applied some kind of HDR filter to give a painterly look.
Pretty soon you’ll be able to take the image on the PA’s monitor in the picture and blow it up bigger than the original!
I would then take it into Sharpen AI and see what you could get.
Looks like water painting
not sure I like all the added complexity. One thing I liked about gigapixel was how easy it was to use.
Its still babyly easy
My experience is the defaults are now great. I’ve just recovered old family archive photos today. Just wonderful
Still far from Remini
CAMERA RAW vs DNG?
I posted this on Simon Ringsmuth's website re his discussion of RAW vs DNG.
he hasn't gotten back to me yet, only been a day, but it is an important question I hope someone will be kind enough to take the time to answer, if they will, Anthony.
My comment.
It has always irritated me that manufacturers such as Sony, Apple ad nauseam deliberately do their best to make both their hardware and software as fundamentally incompatible as possible from initial design up to final versions with other manufacturers - to keep you captive in their prisons - which euphemistically they call their ecosystems.
I understand the marketing / financial prejudices operating behind their actions, but this is why I have never owned nor likely will a Sony and definitely NEVER any Apple product.
Apple like it's deceased progenitor Steve Jobs, who was a mean spirited, vain glorious, nasty, self-preoccupied person, is
capricious and hypocritical - especially when it comes to its relationships with the slavery monster, organ harvester of their captive Uyghurs in their slave labor camps
Those monsters in human form known as the Chinese Communist Party but, I digress.
I understand according to your article and others that using DNG means that the advantages many find in Capture One on camera specific RAW files are lost but, it just seems to me that given the multiplicity options for adjustments open to us - via Photoshop, Light room and God only could list the other programs out there - that what incremental gains Capture One offers would be small in comparison - and easily overcome, worth losing - compared to the flexibility rendered by DNG.
Yes, I know, once information is disgarded it is gone forever.
BUT are the losses truly appreciable between a manufacturer's Camera RAW proprietary format read by Capture ONE over a DNG conversion or?
Are we pole vaulting over mouse manure, making a mountain out of a mole hill, making "much ado about nothing"? lol
I would really appreciate your opinion and answer to this question, please.
and, thank you for this very informative and insightful article.
Reduce colour bleed is bad. Not working. Gigapixel ai from 2019 and 2020 were the best. Today are downgraded.
All faces were better without this face recovery tools.
I seem to be searching in vain for a video about this product without a promo link in the description. Sorry, I'll pass.
a bit disappointed I was hoping to see eyelashes and hair details