RAW & Unfiltered - Photography in the Real World

RAW & Unfiltered - Photography in the Real World

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Image Restore AI Review - AI Denoise and Upscale Minus the Generative 'Gloss'

Image Restore AI Review - AI Denoise and Upscale Minus the Generative 'Gloss'

Could this brand new app replace TopazLabs Photo AI?

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Andy Hutchinson
Jul 29, 2025
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When the hour is darkest and all hope seems lost, a new champion will rise. Topaz Labs decided to turn Photo AI, their famous "fix everything" app, into a petrol-fuelled dumpster fire of epic proportions by pivoting into nightmarish generative slop so bad that my monitor filed a restraining order.

My review of Photo AI 4 apparently struck a chord with many of you, and one question kept popping up in the comments: "We get it, Andy. Photo AI is a load of shit. But what do we use instead?"

Well, I now have an answer for you.

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