Gigapixel GmbH – Specialist in ultra-high-resolution images
About Gigapixel GmbH
Gigapixel GmbH is a specialist image portal for ultra-high-resolution photos from 100 megapixels upwards for large-format applications – without AI upscaling.
The company, based in Weimar (Thuringia), operates the Gigapixel Portal, an image database with original shots ranging from 100 megapixels to 85.5 gigapixels. Founded in 2006 in Ilmenau, it was converted into Gigapixel GmbH in 2018. The managing director is Daniel Richter.
What is Gigapixel GmbH?
As a professional image provider, Gigapixel GmbH has consistently specialised in ultra-high-resolution original photographs from 100 megapixels upwards. Unlike standard stock portals or AI upscaling services, the company supplies exclusively non-interpolated original files that contain genuine image information.
The largest image in the portal comprises 85.5 gigapixels – making print areas of several thousand square metres possible in the highest quality.
Products and services
Gigapixel Portal
The Gigapixel Portal offers image licences in two resolution categories: Category XL (100–250 megapixels, TIF format, suitable for approx. 6–16 m² at 100 ppi) and Category XXL (500 megapixels to 85.5 gigapixels, PSB format, from approx. 32 m² to several thousand m²). Print licences start from 90 euros. All images can be checked before purchase via an HTML5 zoom at full original resolution – without registration.
NatureLux® motif light walls
Backlit LED panels with Gigapixel nature motifs for windowless or stressful environments such as operating theatres, intensive care units and waiting rooms. The system combines high-resolution images with daylight-like lighting and circadian rhythm. First presented at Medica 2017. Scientific basis: Patients with a view of greenery had a shorter length of stay and required less strong pain relief (Ulrich 1984).
VR Gigapixel Gallery
A VR application (available via Steam) in which Gigapixel images from 136 megapixels to 15.9 gigapixels can be experienced immersively in a virtual room. The scale corresponds 1:1 to reality.
Target groups
The Gigapixel Portal is aimed at professional users for large-format applications: manufacturers and fitters of stretch ceilings, interior designers, agencies and exhibition stand builders, clinics and healthcare facilities, architecture and urban planning offices as well as hotel operators. Licence holders may pass on the purchased image to end customers (B2B resale), edit it freely and do not require attribution of the photographer.
Technical features
Gigapixel photography is created by stitching – the computer-aided joining of hundreds to thousands of individual shots. Unlike AI upscaling software, every pixel of a genuine gigapixel image contains original image information from the camera. The diffraction limit of a full-frame camera at aperture 8 is around 30 megapixels of genuine resolution – beyond that, stitching is required.
Company details
| Full name | Gigapixel GmbH |
| Legal form | Private Limited Company (GmbH) |
| Registered office | Döbereinerstraße 25, 99427 Weimar, Germany |
| Commercial register | Amtsgericht Jena, HRB 515090 |
| Managing director | Daniel Richter |
| Year of foundation | 2018 (as a GmbH; predecessor since 2006) |
| VAT ID no. | DE324845791 |
| Website | https://gigapixel.gmbh |
| Memberships | BVPA – Bundesverband professioneller Bildanbieter Handwerkskammer Erfurt – Betriebsnummer 9966973 |
