The current image processing AI implementation of a competitor (not equivalent to Gigapixel but equivalent to the first two Topaz AI steps to be used before Gigapixel) does run on my platform and environment, even with the latest MS Win 10 security upgrades. At any rate, I did look at the requirements posted by Topaz and my system does seem to meet these.

I passed up on use of the application that would not work without additional hardware and software – other applications did as well but would work with what I had. It starts to start (something does popup, but does not work). Moreover, unless there is a hidden startup command line switch (or special control character sequence), one cannot put the application into debugging mode to report what the exception actually is – why it hangs. Gigapixel gets to a white window and then nothing – no diagnostics. When I attempted to use a different workflow application from a different vendor that did install, the application not only opened but, upon startup running, determined that it would refuse fully to run because certain other software components were too old – an MS Windows installer typically does not perform a during-installation verification, but at least that installed application did something – such as demanding additional funds be expended to run the application with a hardware replacement.

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