ronichas Loc: Long Island

I have a discount code. PM me if interested.

Photolady2014 Loc: Southwest Colorado

I absolutely love my Topaz DeNoise and Sharpen. They have worked wonders on many photos. Those are the only two I use.

pecohen Loc: Central Maine

Topaz does have good denoise products but I try to keep ISO levels down so I rarely need that particular tool. I do use Topaz products quite a lot, but mostly I use Studio and in Studio I mostly use precision contrast, sharpen and AI-Clear (which mostly covers my rare need for denoise). Occasionally I do use Gigapixel AI and Sharpen AI, but mostly I don't find I need the stand-alone products.

gap925 Loc: Southeast Michigan

Personally, I think the Topaz products are a game changer. I purchased Denoise and Sharpen after working with some low light shots at a public aquarium. Attached is an example - before and after. This example is an extreme crop, but it illustrates the power of the product. I showed this same example to a friend and he bought the products. Good luck.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Yep, great example.

gwilliams6

As a pro I often use Denoise AI as I shoot both in low light and with high megapixel cameras and the Denoise Ai can be a life saver. I find the sharpen features in Denoise AI more than sufficient, and dont need Sharpen AI. LR and PS have their own version of Gigapixel features.

But NO, you dont necessarily need any of the Topaz software right away.

Yes try them on free 30 day trial, AFTER you get back from your trip and then see if they help your images enough to warrant a purchase. There will always be other sales on them, they have sales every year at various times. Don't feel any pressure to buy them now.

Do some study on your ND filter BEFORE your trip, you may find it very valuable to use for long exposure and high brightness shooting for dramatic landscapes.

Learn to master the photo software you have now first. Yes I have PS, LR, Luminar ( used the least) and Capture One but I can write off their costs as a business expense. They all have their good and bad points.

Here is a 50mp Sony shot at 1600 ISO that I used Topaz Denoise to clean up a bit in post, as there was some high ISO noise with this high megapixel sensor. Your Sony A7III at 24mp wont exhibit as much noise at high ISO, just a factor of the greater pixel density of higher megapixel sensors.

A Great White Egret bends its neck to clean its feathers on Caribbean Island of Sint Maarten/St. Martin. Sony 50mp A1 camera, Sony 200-600mm f5.6-6.3 lens, 591mm, ISO 1600, f6.3 , 1/1000 sec. It had some noise , but I cleaned it up with Topaz Denoise AI without losing any of the great detail and resolution of that 50mp sensor. First fullframe and then a tight crop from the same shot.

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C. Loren Loc: MN

I primarily use denoise and sharpen. If you have lousy photos, they won’t do much for you. If you have pretty good photos they can take pretty good and convert them into excellent, crisp photos. I use them on a routine basis and have been absolutely amazed at how much they can improve a reasonably good photo.

DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

I have used Sharpen AI on several images successfully. However, it has its limits.

I received a photo of a bunch of scallions that my daughter thought were above average size. They were in a market and there was a label on one of the bunches, but it was out of focus. Stuck it into Sharpen AI to see if it could be read, but the information was not sufficient in the image to form readable text.

It works pretty well, but don't expect miracles.

(Related thread: https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-713741-1.html)

topcat Loc: Alameda, CA

I also have the package. I almost never use Gigapixel, but I regularly use Sharpen and DeNoise.
With DeNoise, I don't have to bring a tripod all the time, I just use Auto ISO with manual.
I use them with Photoshop Elements