Topaz Sharpen AI
Feb 12, 2022 19:03:09 #
I've seen questions across several different photography forums concerning the use of Topaz Denoise AI and Sharpen AI. I use Sharpen AI on birds in flight shots because I've used a shutter speed that's too slow for the action. On the attached photos of the Hawk my shutter speed was 1/640 which was much too slow. The second hawk photo is after I used Sharpen AI with a setting of V2. I was really surprised at the difference between the 2 images. The same thing happened with the Northern Cardinal. I would have deleted both images as being too much out of focus but if they aren't OOF too much they can be saved.
Feb 12, 2022 19:10:19 #
When it works, it’s surprising how good it is. Just purchased it after a trial like yours with similar results
Feb 12, 2022 19:17:06 #
Nice results.
I purchased both Sharpen and DeNoise from Topaz, and have been very pleased with my results. Many photos I was prepared to toss, that were saved by these great tools.
I purchased both Sharpen and DeNoise from Topaz, and have been very pleased with my results. Many photos I was prepared to toss, that were saved by these great tools.
Feb 12, 2022 19:47:25 #
I agree. I have the sharpen, De Noise and Gigapixel. Found them all to be great programs.
Johnny
Johnny
Feb 12, 2022 19:56:52 #
Feb 12, 2022 20:01:51 #
I have been using the Topaz Trio for a long time now and am amazed how far they have progressed. I save almost all my pictures because some day somebody, probably Topaz, is going to perfect a method really fix focus and many pictures that are really important to my will be salvageable.
Feb 12, 2022 20:30:18 #
Feb 12, 2022 20:35:52 #
Fotoartist wrote:
I'm impressed. Maybe I should start using mine.
I'm curious, why would you have a program you didn't use?
Feb 12, 2022 20:54:06 #
Feb 13, 2022 06:19:17 #
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Feb 13, 2022 08:56:03 #
I struggle with sharpness frequently. Topaz Sharpen has been a boon for me!
Feb 13, 2022 08:56:58 #
Curmudgeon wrote:
I'm curious, why would you have a program you didn't use?
That’s an easy one. I have last years version of Sharpen and Denoise. Sharpen has been a disappointment, but I’m slow to delete it. 🥴
Feb 13, 2022 09:15:24 #
I got the trio last year and tried it on a few photos. The DeNoise has been fairly consistent in improving photos but I have had mixed results with Sharpen. It does a good job sometimes but occasionally it will introduce spurious pieces of an image into locations they don't belong. I don't use it a lot, but I occasionally encounter an image with two people at different distances, one in focus and the other not. In my limited experience it seems to work about 50% of the time to improve photos. That's enough to make it a keeper.
Feb 13, 2022 09:33:56 #
StanMac
Loc: Tennessee
Larryshuman wrote:
I've seen questions across several different photo... (show quote)
That is an amazing difference on the hawk! The cardinal doesn’t show as much improvement, IMO.
Since I can’t seem to take a sharp photo of anything anymore, I should invest in the Sharpen AI.
Stan
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