A Quick Topaz Labs Sharpen AI Example

[Woodyg3]

I just got Sharpen and DeNoise from Topaz and I'm learning how these programs work and just how far they will go. Here's an example from a Hummingbird whose face was blurred pretty badly. I am pretty amazed with the results. As I learn to use these tools, I think they will be helpful in many situations. Of course, it's still better to nail the shot in the first place.

Edit: I'm noting that it's not as easy to see on my web browser as I has hoped, but maybe it can kind of give people an idea, anyway.

Before



After

 

[Bikerbrent_RIP]

Maybe it is my 84 year old eyeballs or my monitor, but I prefer the "before" version. The colors seem more vivid.

 

[john*thomas]

It has seemed to me that the software affects color also. Now maybe one can then go back and correct that but I haven't tried.

 

[Fred Kingston_RIP]

Maybe it is my 84 year old eyeballs or my monitor, but I prefer the "before" version. The colors seem more vivid.

I'm not sure it affects the "color" Brent, as much as it's reducing "noise"... There is a "noise" slider in Topaz's AI Sharpener...

 

[Woodyg3]

Both shots had the exact same Lightroom processing with the exception of sharpening and noise reduction. If there is any difference in saturation between the two shots, and I guess there might be a tiny difference, it likely has to do with differences in noise reduction between Lightroom and Sharpen AI as Fred suggested. I wish I could show the difference by showing a full sized file that fills your monitor. The difference in the sharpness of the eye is the difference between a toss away and a keeper for me.