I'm glad this topic came up. It must be me BUT I have tried both the Denoise and AI Sharpen with disappointing results. I say it must be ME because everyone that has posted is loving it! One particular image I was trying to improve was just slightly off focus and using all three modes of AI Sharpen did not really improve sharpness overall and in fact added some strange artifacts. Then I thought well I will download the trial of AI Denoise and concluded that the same results can be obtained through OnOne or PS Camera Raw module. I used the auto and manual modes but certainly didn't get the results marketed. Any tips?

Topaz recently updated their Denoise AI application to version 2.2.2. Among recent additions is what they call "Low Light Mode". It doesn't do much when there is plenty of light, though I have used it in a few instances when noise in darker areas of the photo was still a problem, but in low light photos, I think it's really great. Here are a before and after photo for your comparison. Please click Download on each sample to open them up so you can see each photo in full size. (P.S. - the combination sharpen and denoise procedure on my iMac (recent upgrade with 32 GB memory) took approximately 3-4 minutes (1-2 to try sharpening and denoise settings and 1-2 to run the final process and save the revised image). I usually start with Auto-detect Settings and click "Update" and then make adjustments to the settings, run "Update" again, and repeat if necessary. It seldom takes more than one or two updates to find settings I like. With low light photos such as this example, I know that I need to turn "Low Light Mode" on, so I turn that on right from the beginning.

If you have DeNoise AI but haven't updated, I highly recommend that you do so. If you DON'T have it, you might want to give it a try.

jak

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Topaz recently updated their Denoise AI application to version 2.2.2. Among recent additions is what they call "Low Light Mode". It doesn't do much when there is plenty of light, though I have used it in a few instances when noise in darker areas of the photo was still a problem, but in low light photos, I think it's really great. Here are a before and after photo for your comparison. Please click Download on each sample to open them up so you can see each photo in full size. (P.S. - the combination sharpen and denoise procedure on my iMac (recent upgrade with 32 GB memory) took approximately 3-4 minutes (1-2 to try sharpening and denoise settings and 1-2 to run the final process and save the revised image). I usually start with Auto-detect Settings and click "Update" and then make adjustments to the settings, run "Update" again, and repeat if necessary. It seldom takes more than one or two updates to find settings I like. With low light photos such as this example, I know that I need to turn "Low Light Mode" on, so I turn that on right from the beginning.

If you have DeNoise AI but haven't updated, I highly recommend that you do so. If you DON'T have it, you might want to give it a try.

jak
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Topaz recently updated their Denoise AI application to version 2.2.2. Among recent additions is what they call "Low Light Mode". It doesn't do much when there is plenty of light, though I have used it in a few instances when noise in darker areas of the photo was still a problem, but in low light photos, I think it's really great. Here are a before and after photo for your comparison. Please click Download on each sample to open them up so you can see each photo in full size. (P.S. - the combination sharpen and denoise procedure on my iMac (recent upgrade with 32 GB memory) took approximately 3-4 minutes (1-2 to try sharpening and denoise settings and 1-2 to run the final process and save the revised image). I usually start with Auto-detect Settings and click "Update" and then make adjustments to the settings, run "Update" again, and repeat if necessary. It seldom takes more than one or two updates to find settings I like. With low light photos such as this example, I know that I need to turn "Low Light Mode" on, so I turn that on right from the beginning.

If you have DeNoise AI but haven't updated, I highly recommend that you do so. If you DON'T have it, you might want to give it a try.

jak

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I'm glad this topic came up. It must be me BUT I have tried both the Denoise and AI Sharpen with disappointing results. I say it must be ME because everyone that has posted is loving it! One particular image I was trying to improve was just slightly off focus and using all three modes of AI Sharpen did not really improve sharpness overall and in fact added some strange artifacts. Then I thought well I will download the trial of AI Denoise and concluded that the same results can be obtained through OnOne or PS Camera Raw module. I used the auto and manual modes but certainly didn't get the results marketed. Any tips?

We ended a cruise in 2018 in Greenwich by cruising up the Thames at night. I wasn't happy with the noise in my photos at night, so I decided to do the 30 day trial of Denoise. I'm buying it. My only question is to just buy it, or it and Sharpen, or their whole bundle that also includes JPEGtoRAW and Gigapixel. I don't think I would use the latter two very much, but by the time you spend $120 for the first two, I'm thinking I might as well spend the extra $75. Here are two examples of the same photo, the first one processed using Lightroom, the second using Denoise and then finished in Lightroom. I must admit that I am still on the learning curve with Lightroom and just started using Denoise. The photo was taken with a Canon 80D using the EF-S 18-135 lens, ISO 5000, f5.6 at 78mm, 1/20 sec, hand held from our veranda on the Viking Star. The photo was taken approaching the Thames Barrier at 11:48 PM. The differences between the two are more noticeable in download.