Is Topaz Denoise worth it

It does work well but £64 for a single plugin isn't cheap ... have you tried Define, part of the free Nik package?
 
I bought Topaz Denoise a while ago - good plugin, but I found personally that DFine worked better for most things, so it was a bit of a waste of money really. :D
 
I find Topaz Denoise the best for a single pass but Define the best for an adjustable & selectable option.
 
If you can get past the bloke (mega irritating for me) the content is quite useful :)

 
I prefer Nik to Topaz. Also got annoyed with that guy in the videos but he does get the message across. Mainly use LR for noise reduction unless I am being fussy.
 
Another shout for Nik Dfine (y)

I used to work two layers in ACR, one for the bg, one for the bird, that way I could reduce noise in the bg without loosing detail in the bird, then blend them in Elements 11

With Nik Dfine you can use the brush on j-pegs to selectively reduce noise just where its needed and it works well (y)
 
Phil-D said:
Another shout for Nik Dfine (y)

I used to work two layers in ACR, one for the bg, one for the bird, that way I could reduce noise in the bg without loosing detail in the bird, then blend them in Elements 11

With Nik Dfine you can use the brush on j-pegs to selectively reduce noise just where its needed and it works well (y)
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Going to stick with Nik Dfine and learn that, but now I might buy Topaz Detail and Clarity as a plugin for PS.
 
THIRTYFIVEMILL said:
Whether a single plugin is worth that money is purely subjective but I have the suite of Topaz PS plugins and they're part of the workflow on every image I edit. The In Focus and Effects plugins are extremely good.
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I'll second this......I convert to TIFF in Lightroom and then use Topaz for any adjustments.
 
Canon Bob said:
The wrong answer is no...... the simple answer is yes.
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I could be wrong but I thought that not all Topaz options could be used standalone, those that can being the exception ... very happy to be proved wrong though if you can explain. :)
 
gramps said:
I could be wrong but I thought that not all Topaz options could be used standalone, those that can being the exception ... very happy to be proved wrong though if you can explain. :)
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Some can be used 'standalone' and others can't ....DeNoise is one that can and it also has batch processing ability in its latest version.
 
I can't believe how much Topaz products have increased in price. I'm pretty sure I bought the complete "Bundle" of all their programmes for well under the hundred pound mark some years ago. Still getting the free updates too.
 
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