The following three settings under Advanced are determined by Gigapixel on startup, so you probably do not need to change them. Either you want to test how good something will look when testing settings or you will want to have the best quality possible for use in your project. You will most likely always want this set to Yes. If you would prefer faster processing with a slight reduction in quality, select No. Using this mode will take more time to process each image. Select Yes for the best possible results.

It is set to Yes by default, so just keep it on. I honestly cannot figure out what this does. A helpful option, that you will probably want to leave on. This shows you how the upscale will look with the current settings. When you load images into the program, a preview panel will pop-up automatically. Open preview panel when first image is loaded You will probably turn this mini-tutorial off when you have gotten used to the program. It gives you a quick explanation about the program, every time you start the program. This is on the first time you will start up Gigapixel. What you do with this setting is up to you personally. Personal data such as image files or file names are never collected or sent. The data helps them to improve their software by understanding how it is used. When set to yes, computer configuration, application performance, and anonymous usage data will be collected and sent to Topaz Labs. To open the options menu, click on File>Preferences at the top of the window.

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