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May 13, 2019 14:22:37   #
charlienow Loc: Hershey, PA
 
I am trying Topaz Denoise and find it to be very slow...I am just wondering if this is normal...i am using a Lenovo laptop with an i7 chip, Solid state 1tb hd, and 8gb ram...

is there anything i can do to speed this up...

thanks

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May 13, 2019 14:38:24   #
JeffDavidson Loc: Originally Detroit Now Los Angeles
 
Yes! Use it as a stand alone product, not in your editor. The more applications you have open, the slower it is. It works better that way.

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May 13, 2019 15:31:24   #
mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey
 
charlienow wrote:
I am trying Topaz Denoise and find it to be very slow...I am just wondering if this is normal...i am using a Lenovo laptop with an i7 chip, Solid state 1tb hd, and 8gb ram...

is there anything i can do to speed this up...

thanks


Yes, it is generally very slow. A few people every week post a similar complaint.

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May 13, 2019 15:45:20   #
charlienow Loc: Hershey, PA
 
Thanks for the info...I am still deciding if i want to purchase it...can you recommend any other software to denoise photos?

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May 13, 2019 16:43:28   #
bleirer
 
charlienow wrote:
Thanks for the info...I am still deciding if i want to purchase it...can you recommend any other software to denoise photos?


Photoshop, if you have that, works for most pics, but won't have the dramatic effect of a dedicated program. Choose reduce noise in the filter menu. Also the smart sharpen filter can be set to reduce noise as you sharpen.

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May 13, 2019 16:49:02   #
Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington
 
charlienow wrote:
Thanks for the info...I am still deciding if i want to purchase it...can you recommend any other software to denoise photos?
Nik Collection may include way more than you want/need, but at $69 it's a bargain. Some of us paid $250 or more when it was with Google early on, and whoever created it prior to that.

You can download their noise reduction software for a trial here:
https://nikcollection.dxo.com/

That module is called DFine.

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May 13, 2019 17:08:11   #
dannac Loc: 60 miles SW of New Orleans
 
charlienow wrote:
I am trying Topaz Denoise and find it to be very slow...


How slow ?

My machine takes 30 seconds on a noisy 24 megapixel raw file from within PS.
I7 Dell desktop - standard HD - 16 gb ram


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May 13, 2019 17:16:54   #
charlienow Loc: Hershey, PA
 
dannac wrote:
How slow ?

My machine takes 30 seconds on a noisy 24 megapixel raw file from within PS.


It takes about 1-2 minutes per change...i now have it set to not updat with every change...it took 5 minutes for a photo to save when i was finished...

I have elements 19 and do use the denoise in it...I am just looking for something to do a better job...

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May 14, 2019 05:47:22   #
repleo Loc: Boston
 
Go to the Topaz web site and check their hardware recommendations. I remember checking for one of their products and found that the processor and ram requirements were quite modest but that it was quite specific about the graphics card.

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May 14, 2019 05:47:24   #
repleo Loc: Boston
 
Go to the Topaz web site and check their hardware recommendations. I remember checking for one of their products and found that the processor and ram requirements were quite modest but that it was quite specific about the graphics card.

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May 14, 2019 07:13:59   #
mrtaxi Loc: Old Westbury NY, Fort Lauderdale, FL
 
I find it pretty quick about 3-5 seconds avg on my gaming photo editing computer with 35-50 mg photos. This machine has a high end very expensive Nvidia video card and 32 mg ram. It also has a I gig Solid state HD. Tried the same size photo on my laptop also with solid state HD and 16 mg ram and good video card but not nearly as good and it takes about 7-9 seconds. It’s a real hog on resources.

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May 14, 2019 07:17:12   #
yssirk123 Loc: New Jersey
 
I have both Topaz Denoise and AI Clear. For all but the noisiest images I use AI Clear, which works as a filter inside the free Topaz Studio. Although AI Clear is no longer advertised and will be incorporated into Denoise, I believe it's still available on their blog and can possibly be ordered through Studio. It does an amazing job of both cleaning up noise and sharpening images.

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May 14, 2019 07:58:29   #
kmpankopf Loc: Mid-Michigan; SW Pennsylvania
 
yssirk123 wrote:
I have both Topaz Denoise and AI Clear. For all but the noisiest images I use AI Clear, which works as a filter inside the free Topaz Studio. Although AI Clear is no longer advertised and will be incorporated into Denoise, I believe it's still available on their blog and can possibly be ordered through Studio. It does an amazing job of both cleaning up noise and sharpening images.


I'm a big AI Clear fan. I've also been using Denoise on a trial basis and for some slightly blurry images, it does well. Resource-wise it uses the memory on the graphics card. If you have a old graphics card, you will need to upgrade to resolve your performance issue. On a Winders machine, you can see this in the performance monitor. (I wouldn't even try it on my older laptop). The Topaz requirements page is very clear about this. If you are running on the minimum, you will not have a good time.
https://help.topazlabs.com/hc/en-us/articles/360026521591-Getting-Started-DeNoise-AI-System-Requirements

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May 14, 2019 09:34:48   #
Deanie1113
 
I LOVE Topaz AI Clear. I find it is very fast and the results are impressive. I just bought it 10 days ago for $69.

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May 14, 2019 10:26:37   #
SpyderJan Loc: New Smyrna Beach. FL
 
I tried the trial version of Topaz Denoise AI, and it was slow for me also.

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