It's magicalWho uses Topaz & is it as good as a lot of people are sating.
Thanks David still thinking about it.It's magical
Hi, Yes am in the same boat with different options, Lightroom 6, On1 2020, Topaz, Affinity Photo, Luminar 3 (rubbish IMO) just so many options but have come to the conclusion that maybe better to learn how to use two options well and ditch the rest, for me I think it will be to keep On1 2020 and Topaz products although both companies seem to try to get you buy the new version each year but don't really add a lot to make it worth while. Russ.Cheers Russell,i have a few different progs,trying to decide if it is worth it.
Hi, Just curious as to when you say " Gigapixel is great if your files are of good quality and sharpness, otherwise it doesn't do much" but what does it do IYO that would make it worthwhile to add to the Denoise and Sharpen AI's I already have? Thanks and sorry for butting in on someone elses thread. Russ.I have denoise, sharpen and gigapixel.
I find denoise to be amazingly good. sharpen is a bit hit and miss and but it has saved me some pictures which is nice.
Gigapixel is great if your files are of good quality and sharpness, otherwise it doesn't do much.
here just as an experiment in gigapixel, my original picture on right upscaled twice and zoomed in 100% in both windows (you can see the res on both):
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After posting it, I realised posting on here destroys the sharpness! lol
but basically its very sharp and has done a great job at preserving the details.
Hi, Just curious as to when you say " Gigapixel is great if your files are of good quality and sharpness, otherwise it doesn't do much" but what does it do IYO that would make it worthwhile to add to the Denoise and Sharpen AI's I already have? Thanks and sorry for butting in on someone elses thread. Russ.
Hi, Just curious as to when you say " Gigapixel is great if your files are of good quality and sharpness, otherwise it doesn't do much" but what does it do IYO that would make it worthwhile to add to the Denoise and Sharpen AI's I already have? Thanks and sorry for butting in on someone elses thread. Russ.
Hi, OK thanks, I am just getting into the bird/wildlife side so maybe will be helpfull with the size of the Blue Tits in the gardenWell... depends on what you are after really... but in the example I posted above you can see that after cropping I have a 11mp image left. Can't really print big @300dpi but I can easily print the gigapixel result (44mp) very big.
Digitally speaking it gives you more cropping room to crop in tighter and still have a rather sharp image. Really helps with small birds like my example above or if for whatever reason you feel you need to crop in to make a better image but want more pixels.
cheers for that,i don,t really know this prog,so is it 3 different ones on their own or are they all in the one prog.I have denoise, sharpen and gigapixel.
I find denoise to be amazingly good. sharpen is a bit hit and miss and but it has saved me some pictures which is nice.
Gigapixel is great if your files are of good quality and sharpness, otherwise it doesn't do much.
here just as an experiment in gigapixel, my original picture on right upscaled twice and zoomed in 100% in both windows (you can see the res on both):
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edit:
After posting it, I realised posting on here destroys the sharpness! lol
but basically its very sharp and has done a great job at preserving the details.
Topaz Sharpen AI
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cheers for that,i don,t really know this prog,so is it 3 different ones on their own or are they all in the one prog.
Topaz Sharpen AIthey are different programs in their own right.
topaz labs is the company and they provide a number of "AI" programs - https://topazlabs.com/shop/
looks like there's 7 of them now and you can buy them in bundles or individually.
I slightly cheated in that I added the entire bundle on a nice offer to the cart and removed the individual programs I didn't care about to get a really nice deal especially with the additional 15% off code that's almost always running. Looks like they have realised this loop hole and patched it.
You can still buy them individually and they are normally on offer when there is a new update. You can normally google for a 15% off code too on top.
Topaz Denoise here.
I'm a fan
I tried the Sharpen AI, trial version, but I just couldn't get on with it at all.
I stick to CS 5 and unsharp mask for that part.
Found a discount code so possibly.
Yes i am going to d/load the trial now.by the way before you buy you can alway do the trial and see if it works for you
Am sure you are aware you can sharpen with the deNoise.Well i think i do fancy the sharpen & denoise,still thinking about it.
I've tried all those "bits" and TBH it totally ruins the imagesI use it for removing small amounts of motion or shake blur which has saved me some images in a pinch.
Cheers for that,i will have a play with the trial now & see how i get on.Am sure you are aware you can sharpen with the deNoise.
The only real way to tell, is to down load the 30 day trial, its a full version
Edit I see you are onto it
I've tried all those "bits" and TBH it totally ruins the images
That's why I never bought it, a few days into the trial and I was thinking seriously? WTF?
An hour..... I admire your perseverance.Well so far not that impressed with the AI,what about the denoise,any good?.
HahaahAn hour..... I admire your perseverance.
That's what I said earlier although I gave it a couple of daysWell so far not that impressed with the AI,
Yep i will give the denoise a try tomorrow.That's what I said earlier although I gave it a couple of days
And I also said Denoise is the way to go
Are you using a graphic card?I downloaded DeNoise on Sunday. Tried it a few times (I know, early days and all that) but my giddy Aunt, it's slow.
Is this normal, or is it a just I need a serious PC upgrade?
I downloaded DeNoise on Sunday. Tried it a few times (I know, early days and all that) but my giddy Aunt, it's slow.
Is this normal, or is it a just I need a serious PC upgrade?
I found it quicker on my PC by setting the device selection in preferences to CPUI found it slow so I upgraded the ram which made it much better and my pc is far from high end. Your RAW files are probably larger than mine, which doesn’t help.
What are your pc specs?
Between 16.30 and 16.55 ?Yep i will give the denoise a try tomorrow.
It depends on your setup, so is worth trying both. For me it's about 3 times faster on the GPU HIGH setting compared to the CPU setting. Taking around 15 seconds.I found it quicker on my PC by setting the device selection in preferences to CPU