A Quick Topaz Labs Sharpen AI Example

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

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

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.

Bikerbrent said:

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

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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...

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.