Image sharpening software

[jimfastcar]

I received an email from Affinity Revolution with a link to a short tutorial about image sharpening.

The presenter was discussing AI Image Enlarger. https://imglarger.com, and the results do look impressive.

I remember also seeing many ads for Topaz which I did not pursue but think is a program as opposed to a web service.  I did not pursue the latter as after a quick search it sounded like some compatibility issues with Affinity. 

I attempted a quick trial with imlarger but the site restricted me to 5MB file size.  First of all, and some may find this ridiculous, I do not know how to shrink my existing files to that size; so I have sent their Support an email to ask if that is a limitation with a paid subscription - I wonder why I would want to shrink my images that much, it has to affect quality no ?

My other question is about these types of programs generally - do they work, and if so, which is the best in the opinion of the learned ?

Thanks 

[Alfred]

13 minutes ago, jimfastcar said:

I have sent their Support an email to ask if that is a limitation with a paid subscription

From their Pricing page:

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For Test

Free

Max Size: 5MB

Max Dimension: 1200*1200

...

Premium

$9/month

Max Size: 10MB

Max Dimension: 2000*2000

 

[firstdefence]

I'm a bit confused are you wanting to sharpen an image or enlarge it?

 

 

 

[Alfred]

15 minutes ago, firstdefence said:

I'm a bit confused are you wanting to sharpen an image or enlarge it?

From the AI Image Enlarger home page:

[jimfastcar]

My main interest is Sharpening.

Aside from image size question, do these programs work well, Imlarger seems to be good per You Tube 

Is Topaz better, and will it work with Affinity iPad and Mac ?

 

 

[Xzenor]

While it's a hassle to copy stuff to and from your phone, don't rule out Remini. It's a mobile app only (why?!?!?!) And its results are amazing if it manages to detect everything correctly.

I use imglarger sometimes if I need to enlarge something without too much decay in quality. It's not perfect but it gets the job done.

I never heard of Topaz to be honest so I'm gonna follow this thread for future comments

[Fixx]

Topaz Sharpen AI and Gigapixel AI are very good apps but even they cannot transform image to look like
 

11 hours ago, jimfastcar said:

 

 

 

 

[Andy05]

14 hours ago, Alfred said:

From their Pricing page:

 

Hm. 2000 by 2000 px max? Even their biggest pack "Enterprise" isn't offering more (only more images/month and "prioritised" batch processing). Not very convincing for a paid service.

[Alfred]

26 minutes ago, Andy05 said:

Not very convincing for a paid service.

Not at all convincing for the amounts they’re charging! I’d expect much more for that kind of money.