Topaz Labs Gives Gigapixel AI Upscaler the ‘Pro’ Treatment
Following the release last month of Video AI Pro, Topaz Labs has created a “Pro” version of its image upscaling platform, Gigapixel Pro.
And like Video AI Pro, Gigapixel Pro is built with professional studios in mind and offers users ways to go beyond the upscaling capabilities of the vanilla Gigapixel app, which has proven very popular among users seeking to upscale their photos.
Gigapixel, regular and Pro versions alike, rely on sophisticated artificial intelligence to increase the total number of pixels in an image, cleverly generating new pixels to naturally and realistically fill in the blanks.
For most users, the standard version of Gigapixel is adequate. Gigapixel 7 can upscale images to six times their size, it runs locally, works on a variety of file types, and is $99.
However, Topaz Labs believes Gigapixel Pro fits the bill for studios needing more performance, customization, and command-line interface (CLI) control. By utilizing CLI, users can leverage multiple connected machines to achieve faster results, especially when doing batch processing for commercial applications.
Processing 100 images with four times upscaling takes 22 minutes and 30 seconds using the Gigapixel app. In the same environment but using Gigapixel CLI, available in Gigapixel Pro, that time is cut down to 16 minutes. By running parallel machines for the processing, it is further reduced to 10 minutes and 30 seconds.
Granted, this benefit only really matters to those who require it, and they pay a fairly heavy premium. Gigapixel Pro is $499 annually per seat or $1,999 for a team of five or more users, which significantly reduces the per-seat price. It should be noted that access to the CLI is dependent upon purchasing five or more seats for Gigapixel Pro.
Like with Video AI Pro, another benefit of Gigapixel Pro is that it comes with a commercial end-user license, enabling people to use the resulting upscaled images for commercial projects. As is evident in Topaz Labs’ end user license agreements, that is not the case for Gigapixel 7.
Gigapixel Pro is available now, starting at $499 annually for individual seats and $1,999 per team (five or more seats). The complete details, including information on an Enterprise option, are available on Topaz Labs’ website.
Image credits: Topaz Labs
