[Leica] A.I. Gigapixel

[Paul Roark]

At this point of experimenting with AI Gig, I'd have to say I'm impressed
with the potential.  I will probably use it sometimes, but the damage it
does in softening the wrong parts of the image take more work to fix than
the benefits for the vast majority of images I have.  Putting the original
(up-res'd with PS in "auto" mode) as a layer with the AI Gig-enhanced
version, then selectively pulling info from that layer can fix most of the
"mistakes" AI Gig makes, but it's time consuming.  I tried to just have PS
merge the layers as in focus stacking.  The results were a rather random
combination of the layers; probably not worth the time.

I'd say the software needs some adjustments as to when and how much to
smooth the image.

So, bottom line, it's probably going to be a useful addition to my toolbox,
but mostly where I needed a longer telephoto for the shot.

I have not yet used it with high ISO images that have more noise.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com

On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 9:07 AM Tina Manley via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> I've been trying it out all day yesterday and today.  I have bought it.
> I'm impressed but I cannot figure out why some photos take so long to
> process and others don't. I did one this morning that took about 3 minutes
> and the next one (same size) has been grinding along for over half an hour!
>
> I'll post results if it ever finishes.  Original was made with Leica SL
> ;-)  but I'm taking a tiny crop and blowing it way up.
>
> Tina
>
> On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 11:40 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <
> lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
>
> > I have been playing around with the demo, I find it very good, and will
> > probably buy it shortly.
> > Cheers]
> > Jayanand
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 8:37 PM, Paul Roark via LUG <lug at leica-users.org
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > This tool looks to have some substance.  For large prints or salvaging
> a
> > > small part of a frame, the quality of the up-res'd image is definitely
> > > better than I've seen with any other approach.
> > >
> > > See http://paulroark.com/AI-Gigapixel-sample.JPG (also attached).
> > >
> > > Paul
> > > www.PaulRoark.com
> > >
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