Topaz AI Denoise - you be the judge
Oct 8, 2020 13:30:30 #
RJW
Loc: Oregon
Jim Eads wrote:
I was curious as to what would happen if I took the original photo, cropped to 8x10 and then used my work flow process. I use NX2 to define black/white/neutral colors, check focus and color depth with ON1 and then try de-noise in Perfectly Clear. I also used Photo Shop Elements to bring out detail of eye, darken background and branch.
I think you should try Topaz Denoise AI. This one loses a natural look and looks highly processed.
Oct 8, 2020 21:25:01 #
I see the second one with a purple color. I didn't run it to the printer to see if it carries over.
Oct 9, 2020 04:10:41 #
JRiepe wrote:
This morning I purchased this program and used it ... (show quote)
The smaller images that are part of your post are different. The second one definitely has a purple look. When I click the download links and look at each image, they appear identical.
Oct 9, 2020 11:15:58 #
Kozan
Loc: Trenton Tennessee
JRiepe wrote:
This morning I purchased this program and used it ... (show quote)
Yes, The second one has a purple bird and the right bright area is purple. Very strange.
Oct 9, 2020 11:43:56 #
mwsilvers
Loc: Central New Jersey
Kozan wrote:
Yes, The second one has a purple bird and the right bright area is purple. Very strange.
Not strange at all. It's based on UHH's handling of thumbnail color spaces as pointed out earlier in this thread.
Oct 10, 2020 19:26:31 #
Ednsb
Loc: Santa Barbara
If I expand both of the images I still see lots of noise in both. As a test I dropped the first one into Topaz Studio 2 and applied AI Clear. When I tried AI Denoise (which includes AI Clear) most of the time I got a better result with AI Clear.
Oct 10, 2020 19:28:55 #
Ednsb
Loc: Santa Barbara
Ednsb wrote:
If I expand both of the images I still see lots of noise in both. As a test I dropped the first one into Topaz Studio 2 and applied AI Clear. When I tried AI Denoise (which includes AI Clear) most of the time I got a better result with AI Clear.
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Oct 10, 2020 19:57:26 #
mwsilvers
Loc: Central New Jersey
Ednsb wrote:
If I expand both of the images I still see lots of noise in both. As a test I dropped the first one into Topaz Studio 2 and applied AI Clear. When I tried AI Denoise (which includes AI Clear) most of the time I got a better result with AI Clear.
AI clear has a far greater tendency to soften fine detail, so even though it appears to give you better noise reduction, that comes at a price.
Oct 10, 2020 21:37:33 #
Ednsb
Loc: Santa Barbara
mwsilvers wrote:
AI clear has a far greater tendency to soften fine detail, so even though it appears to give you better noise reduction, that comes at a price.
I feel the ai denoise example is pretty chunky if you blow it up. With TS2 I can add detail back in quite easily. But that is me. I really have had issues with every Topaz product except TS2.
Oct 10, 2020 23:59:01 #
JRiepe wrote:
My knowledge of post processing is very limited so what you're saying and showing is all Greek to me.
I agree. I use Denoise AI on nearly every image I keep. To me what is important is, "do I like the results". The answer is yes at least 95% of the time so I use it.
Oct 11, 2020 12:20:37 #
Oct 11, 2020 12:32:41 #
I see no purple. I do see the improvement, but only when I blow up the image.
Oct 12, 2020 00:07:03 #
JRiepe wrote:
This morning I purchased this program and used it ... (show quote)
I have Topas Ai Sharpen and Ai Denoise too. My experience has been identical to yours. I find Ai Denoise terrific. Fast and effective. I'm still working on Ai Sharpen.
Oct 12, 2020 13:49:38 #
I have it and use it regularly. Also have AI Sharpen, AI Gigapixel and AI Mask, though the last two are used that much, only here and there.
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