Nikonbill's 2026 random photos
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I thought I should post something 
to keep me motivated
Something I have been working on lately, is a better understanding of noise reduction in Affinity Studio. In the latest versions they have added a Wavelet noise reduction in the details panel. Using this in combination with the regular noise reduction panel's luminance adjustment there seems to be very quick and very effective (to me).
I have been working on trying fully understand and manual controls and see if I can do as well as the AI standards. I find if I engage the wavelet settings and reduce noise there as a first step before finishing up with the luminance adjustment in the noise reduction details before developing the photo and moving onto the pixel studio is crazy effective.
Here are two versions of a random 18,000 ISO image developed in Affinity one using all Affinity manual and one using the Topaz AI as a plugin for noise reduction. I will be honest they both look fine (some details on the full size seem more realistic without Topaz being used) but in reality the manual all Affinity one took far less time start to finish.
For reference here is the no edits just converted to .jpeg version Affinity is set to apply only light color noise reduction luminance starts at 0 as shown here
to keep me motivatedSomething I have been working on lately, is a better understanding of noise reduction in Affinity Studio. In the latest versions they have added a Wavelet noise reduction in the details panel. Using this in combination with the regular noise reduction panel's luminance adjustment there seems to be very quick and very effective (to me).
I have been working on trying fully understand and manual controls and see if I can do as well as the AI standards. I find if I engage the wavelet settings and reduce noise there as a first step before finishing up with the luminance adjustment in the noise reduction details before developing the photo and moving onto the pixel studio is crazy effective.
Here are two versions of a random 18,000 ISO image developed in Affinity one using all Affinity manual and one using the Topaz AI as a plugin for noise reduction. I will be honest they both look fine (some details on the full size seem more realistic without Topaz being used) but in reality the manual all Affinity one took far less time start to finish.
For reference here is the no edits just converted to .jpeg version Affinity is set to apply only light color noise reduction luminance starts at 0 as shown here