When you upsize an image for printing, do you use Gigapixel or Photoshop? I tried Gigapixel years ago and it worked decent but found Photoshop does a much better job than it used to so haven't tried the new Gigapixel.
Ask 10 photographers you might get 10 answers. For lower resolution files that you're looking to get printed larger than is advised, I do find gigapixel to work "OK" but again you have to be careful for really gnarly artifacts that get created. I duplicate my layer in PS and then fix issues that Gigapixel introduces. I never upscale in PS, and most print labs suggest you shouldn't either. I actually have a podcast coming out soon about this.
Or just delete it & wait until you get good sharp photo. Sharpen is alright for photos that are already pretty sharp & you want to give the photo just a little something extra. I find sometimes it gives it a wax figure type of look. Don't have it anymore considering my version was older & I just did a computer (pc) reset.
Thanks man. To be fair, I should upgrade to the newest version, but given I just bought this software a year ago now, it seems crazy to me that I should upgrade so soon.
When you upsize an image for printing, do you use Gigapixel or Photoshop? I tried Gigapixel years ago and it worked decent but found Photoshop does a much better job than it used to so haven't tried the new Gigapixel.
Ask 10 photographers you might get 10 answers. For lower resolution files that you're looking to get printed larger than is advised, I do find gigapixel to work "OK" but again you have to be careful for really gnarly artifacts that get created. I duplicate my layer in PS and then fix issues that Gigapixel introduces. I never upscale in PS, and most print labs suggest you shouldn't either. I actually have a podcast coming out soon about this.
But blurry images are such a recognizable element of my style... (Seriously, the advice regarding duplicating and masking is spot-on).
Hahaha thanks brother!
Or just delete it & wait until you get good sharp photo. Sharpen is alright for photos that are already pretty sharp & you want to give the photo just a little something extra. I find sometimes it gives it a wax figure type of look. Don't have it anymore considering my version was older & I just did a computer (pc) reset.
It “can” fix blurry photos but it’s not the magic program most of these ads make it out to be.
@@MattPayne I agree!
Spot on real life review
Thanks man. To be fair, I should upgrade to the newest version, but given I just bought this software a year ago now, it seems crazy to me that I should upgrade so soon.
good to know there was a reason for all of the recent pushing of this
Well that reason is because Adobe released Denoise which is much better than Topaz for 95% of all denoising applications.
I feel the same way. I use topaz for noise reduction but have never found topaz sharpen to ever work.
It can work pretty well on some images and it looks god awful on others. Again, YMMV.