I have another giveaway of this but it is version 3.3 it uses exactly the same AI models as the previous version I had which was v2.6 I believe so no changes in core functionality are likely in the in between version 3.1. Note the description claims a feature that I've never seen in any version of this program: "de-JPEG" no idea where that is hiding or if it even exists.

I've got thousands of old photos I'm scanning & then editing. Aiarty Image Enhancer 3.1 [current version is 3.5] can improve a photo, but not by much. Truth is however, there's no magic-seeming better alternative. Luminar Neo can make a very noticeable improvement, but when I crank up the settings to achieve that, I have to limit it to just parts of the photo or it actually looks worse. The same can be said for Photoshop's Restoration Neural Filter. Topaz Denoise AI does work, but it's no longer available as a standalone product -- you have to buy the full package -- which I personally don't feel is worth it. The latest AI from Google, Nano Banana Pro, can attempt to improve focus or sharpness, with the caveats that it doesn't always work well, can alter the photo, and you have to upload the photo, which can be a deal breaker if you have very low upload bandwidth, e.g., cable broadband.

That said, Aiarty Image Enhancer does do very well with upscaling or enlarging. The latest AI versions from OpenAI & Google etc. can produce and/or edit larger, high resolution photos, but they're not available everywhere, have usage caps unless you pay to subscribe, and if/when editing, you have that upload gotcha. Older models, and *I think* most on-device models, work with smaller 1024 pixel square windows. If/when editing, say replacing or adding something to a photo, if the size is greater than 1024 square it's simply stretched to fit the rest of the photo. That means visually it's obviously lower resolution than the rest of the photo. Upscaling the entire photo can fix that. And as a bonus, unlike the big names like OpenAI & Google, in my experience Aiarty Image Enhancer doesn't change anything. With Nano Banana for example, a person's face, clothes, hair, & the background, all are subject to alteration.

The GOTD download is 435MB because it includes the MAC setup file -- the PC setup file is 320MB. The program's folder once installed is 930MB. The app can use several different models, which are downloaded the 1st time you use one. The 2 I used were about 80MB each and stored in ProgramData\ Airty\. To my knowledge LM Studio [lmstudio.ai/] is the only interface or way to use AI on your PC/laptop that can use the integrated GPU that's built into many AMD & Intel CPUs. Everything else either uses online servers or a discreet GPU or graphics card, and that includes Aiarty Image Enhancer. And the performance of on-device AI depends on that GPU and the amount of dedicated RAM it has available. As you'd expect, there's a big difference in AI performance between the bottom/cheap & top/expensive graphics cards.

Tried this on a very blurry image. Although it was more effective than the typical smart sharpen photo app for function, not by much, and it took several minutes to work on a small file. I found the interface pretty clunky, too. I tried the same image with Gemini's new Nano Banana. That took 1/10th time time and the quality difference was night and day.

Had a chance to play around with this too. It does a decent job on sharpening blurry faces and hair details right around the face, but does not touch hair details more than an inch or two away from the face. I tried an image where the face was in focus but the hand was blurry because it was closer to the camera. This tool ended up over-sharpening the face (very evident) while not doing anything about the blurry hand. It does not seem to be able to detect what is actually blurry. I don't have a lot of blurry images to try this out on - I have a few with blurry faces and it sharpened those up nicely but did nothing about other blurred things (hair, etc). Not a bad tool for the face but seems very limited.

Downloaded and installed. Tried a couple of photos. Used a Polaroid from the 1970s, scanned into a JPG. The original is pretty grainy. Processed with Airarty using the "real photo" option. It was slow, but did a nice job. Then I processed the same original photo online with Picwish, using their "Enhance Photo" option (free version). While the Aiarty processed photo was quite nice, the Picwish processed photo was nearly as good, took only about 5 seconds -- as opposed to 20 or 30 seconds with Aiarty (could be my machine, although it is normally pretty fast.) I did not test on any of the other options, either for Aiarty or Picwish. For me personally the Picwish version is enough. It is fast and free (for basic work). If you need slightly better quality, Aiarty seems a good choice, at least since you can get it free for now.

Please, add a light mode. My eyes with macular degeneration have a problem with reading dark letters on black banground.

I ran it through its paces on a 50 year old photo and I have to admit, it was definitely clearer and the original. Enough so that I think this is a keeper.

Hopefully the issues mentioned for this same version 3.1 the last time it was offered (January 30, 2025) have been addressed:

https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/aiarty-image-enhancer/

Hi. Thanks for making this available. I have an older version (v2.6) and would like to install this newer version (3.1).
Do I need to uninstall the older version first, or will installing 3.1 update the older version?

software is good but extremely slow and each image takes more than several images with additional GPU.

You have a link to the activation guide that says there are Color Correction color adjustment tools in the program. I do not see these in the interface. Are these supposed to be present in this version? If so, where are they? Thanks.

You have a link to the activation guide that says there are Color Correction color adjustment tools in the program. I do not see these in the interface. Are these supposed to be present in this version? If so, where are they? Thanks.

Where is the "Get Licence Code" button please?

I have a version of this that was a giveaway back in January. That version was also 3.1. I did notice that the Windows setup file size of the January version was 145mb while this version is 320mb. Does this version include extras that were not in the January giveway? If it doesn't I don't see any reason to install this copy since I already have verson 3.1 installed back in January.