Its marketing can sound like snake oil, its results can sometimes be impressive. It’s not always easy to figure out how much of this is snake oil and how much is genuinely effective and Topaz Labs – and this is just my opinion – steers carefully down the middle. It can put expert adjustments in the hands of amateurs. Either that, or it can achieve in seconds what it might have taken us hours to do manually. We’re told AI can work magic where traditional photo editing science has failed. Sharpen can’t fix all blur types, despite the claimsĪI is everywhere in photo editing software right now, from subject recognition and masking, to sky replacement, to noise reduction and detail recovery.

Remove Noise doesn’t reveal much (or any) detail Very expensive for something that may help or may not

Alternatively, you can also subscribe to the software package with extensions for 14.95 Euro per month ($16) or 109 Euro per year / 9.08 Euro per month ($9).+Noise isn’t just reduced, it’s obliterated The extension bundle containing seven plugins (including Upscale AI) costs 269 Euro ($279). Luminar Neo is currently available at a special price of 119 Euro ($123). You'll need Luminar Neo, a Lightroom alternative with many AI features, to use the software. Skylum's Upscale AI was released on Thursday, 10 November at 5 pm. On the other hand, Gigapixel AI remains the better choice for people who want the best AI upscaling quality and greatest flexibility possible right now. Those who already use this relatively new Lightroom alternative are getting another practical tool with Upscale AI. But one great feature of this software is its seamless integation into Luminar Neo. In this (the very first, perhaps) showdown, Skylum's Upscale AI proves unable to outperform the competition. Verdict: Upscale AI is practical, but not perfect

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