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Originally published on Substack.
Surprisingly there is zero mention of Firefly in the upscale dialog box, simply reference to Topaz Gigapixel listed as a ‘Partner model’. Like the same feature in Photoshop, you are unfortunately limited to either 2x or 4x upscale. And since this does appear to be a straight port from Photoshop I’m going to suggest that there will be a cap on image size too, so if you have an image that’s already moderately sized, the tool will refuse to upscale it.
Underneath the main option there’s a handy ‘Credit balance’ toggle where you can see how many credits you’ve got in the Bank of Adobe. If you’re on the Photography bundle you will eat through the measly amount of credits included in your subscription pretty quickly.
The upscale results from this tool aren’t terrible, but there are definitely better options out there, both in terms of quality and cost. I am grandfathered in on the old Topaz Gigapixel plan so get a fully featured upscale tool for far less than Adobe are charging, but more recently I’ve been using ETI Image Generator and the Crystal upscaler with credits at Replicate for far superior results.
You can see the new feature in action in Terry Lee White’s video starting at the 6:54 mark:
