Honestly, of the tools mentioned, only Topaz does a really good job of
upscaling without hours of intervention. Topaz has a very clever and
effective set of AI-based tools.

Cary

On Thu, Dec 2, 2021 at 9:51 AM William Mattingly <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> If you are comfortable with Python and neural networks, you could implement
> RedNet or a similar autoencoder architecture to do the job.
> https://github.com/yjn870/REDNet-pytorch
>
> On Thu, Dec 2, 2021 at 12:20 PM Brian Holda <
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> > Haha, good points Erich. Upon further research, it looks like it may only
> > be available to subscribers (as you guessed): Photoshop comes to the web
> > browser
> > <
> >
> https://www.techradar.com/news/photoshop-comes-to-the-web-browser-and-gets-4-other-big-new-tools
> > >
> >
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> > On Thu, Dec 2, 2021 at 11:45 AM Hammer, Erich F <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> >
> > > On Thursday, December 2, 2021 at 09:51, Brian Holda eloquently
> inscribed:
> > >
> > > > Also, I heard photoshop will have a free in-the-browser version.
> Anyone
> > > > know more on the details of that?
> > >
> > > Adobe giving away some of their cash cow for free??  That will happen
> > when
> > > pigs fly, so I wouldn't bet the farm on that one!  (I'm on a roll
> there.
> > 😊
> > >
> > > For 95+% of "normal" users (i.e. not full-time graphics professionals),
> > > Paint.Net will do everything they think they need Photoshop for and for
> > > free.  From a sysadmin viewpoint, Adobe products are nothing but
> trouble.
> > > Thus, if Adobe does actually offer features via the web for free that
> > > aren't possible through other, more sysadmin-friendly software, they
> will
> > > lose a LOT of business because sysadmins will push to drop Photoshop
> > like a
> > > hot potato (and save $$$ in the process).
> > >
> > > Erich
> > >
> > >
> >
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