My favorite retro camera is the one I have now. The 80D. 🤷🏼

My favorite retro camera is the one I have now. The 80D. 🤷🏼

That’s interesting because I found that out recently. My Canon 80D does that also. Don’t know if others do the same thing. And it’s a very convenient feature when handing the camera off for someone to use. 👍

Yes I did that. The bracket did solve the problem.

🤣🤣🤣Thank you for my belly laugh of the day!

That’s the dilemma. I’m very happy with DeNoise also. But it appears that their efforts are going to be in photo AI going forward. I’ll try photo AI and see what happens.

That’s interesting because one hogger mentioned to wait 1-2 months. That’s prob what he was referring to.

Yes, I have adjusted the settings as you said. Prob is I don’t have a dedicated GPU. DENoise runs ok. When I use sharpen though the GPU runs at 99% and fans come on trying to keep the guts cool. I need to upgrade the GPU. I’ve been looking into that. During Covid the prices on GPU’s was though the roof. Seems like they’ve come down again.

[quote=Jimmy T]Regarding Topaz Photo AI here is my “Sip of water from the fire hose”:
I have eight Topaz Products and it has been a Long Time since ANY (except Topaz Photo AI) of the original seven programs have been updated, and I checked each program for updates before writing this. I suspect that my first seven programs will become “Topaz Legacy” programs, availble to the owner but never updated, like my Topaz Studio program. Topaz Photo AI is Frequently Updated.
Topaz Photo AI has “Upscaling, Remove Noise, Sharpen, Recovering Face, Preserve Text, Adjust Lighting (Beta), Balance Color (Beta)” using only the "AI" mode, plus you have the ability to "tweak" each setting manually. Bottom line, if you are dipping your toes into Topaz Lab Products my Strong Recommendation would be to download Topaz Photo AI free trial and purchase it if you like it. Topaz Photo AI does so much in the default "AI" mode that there is seldom anything, except minor tweaks left for you to do. This is REALLY a Huge Time Saver for me when I can dump a days shooting of 400+ pics in the hopper and still receive Great results using just the default settings. Rarely do I have to second guess Topaz Photo AI. It just works for me.

Therefore I recommend:
1. Download a trial copy to see how you like it.
2. Topaz Products recommends that your computer has 12 GB or More of RAM. I have 16 GB and I don’t have any problems.
3. On the front page of the program it has a section with “Getting Started, User Guides, Features, and Plugins”. Before you do Anything, Review these Very Helpful items.
4. After reviewing number 3 above, load a file into the program and process it using the default AI settings. Avoid Initially Adjusting ANY setting for the first pass, as this is a fools errand. If you are not satisfied with the default settings result, then run the file through the program again After Tweaking one or all of the Adjustments you may require for “Upscaling, Remove Noise, Sharpen, Recovering Face, Preserve Text, Adjust Lighting (Beta), Balance Color (Beta)”. Note: Each of these categories has Many Different Adjustments that can be made.
5. The Topaz Learning Center is always available to anyone @ https://www.topazlabs.com/learn?mc_cid=9289005635&mc_eid=c9be7297b0

Remember, “Everything is hard until you learn how to do it.”
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Edit: Yes The Upgrade Was Worth It For Me![/
Computer hardware was another concern. I have 16mb RAM but I don’t have a decent graphics card. DeNoise works ok on my pc but sharpen takes much too long. I’m guessing AI is graphics card intensive also.

I agree with most of what you stated here that I’m familiar with. DeNoise does what I want. I tried gigapixel bc some people give me low res phone pics to work on and I thought gigapixel would help for that but I had no luck with it either. I rarely use sharpen because a lot of times I wind up with something like you posted. 😊

I do a lot of high ISO shots. The DeNoise works like a charm. I’d hate to see them abandon it but I guess we’ll see. I think I will take a test drive with the AI though. Thanks for your comments.

I keep getting offers from Topaz about upgrading to Photo AI. I have deNose and sharpen. Rarely use sharpen. Use DeNoise for everything. It takes out the noise and sharpens slightly which I find very convenient. I tried gigapixel once, and didn’t think it did much for me.
Now they’re offering the upgrade for $126 which includes gigapixel, photo AI, and I guess I keep sharpen and DeNoise. But this photo AI is supposed to do it all.
My question is, is the upgrade worth it for me. If I do get it, does all the other stuff become obsolete?
Any input will be very appreciated.

Oh boy. This isn’t going to end well. 😊

Thank you!

Someone here recommended WeTransfer a while ago. I’ve used it for about a year. Easy to use, 2GB free per transfer. Very happy with it. You get a link that is available for 7 days. Anyone with the link can access photos.