![]() Sharpen AI is really slow.especially on an A7RIV file.įor either Topaz program, doing your cropping (which I often do a lot of ) before sending to Topaz makes things a lot faster as it is working with a smaller file. But Sharpen AI is a last resort for an image that I really like despite some slight motion blur. I use Sharpening AI sometimes if I'm trying to rescue a slightly motion blurred shot and always find the Stabilize option best. I almost always use the older AI Clear, Med NR, Low Sharpening.īack in LR I sometimes add just a tiny amount of sharpening (like 10) with Masking and then output my jpeg for online from there. That generates a Tiff for the round trip. Now that I'm sold on Topaz I do my LR processing, drag sharpening and NR to 0 and then do an Edit In for Topaz DeNoise. Traditionally I have been a 99% LR only user with just the rare use of PS to add canvas or try to clone out something very complicated. So I can always go back to reprocess if the mood hits me. This way I still have my original shot with my adjustments intact (before Denoise) and the finished jpg. There, I have sliders, and I'm not afraid to use them. Then I run Denoise through an action that resizes the photo to its final size, (2400 long size) When I kick it to PS, I do some general clean up/removal of sticks or dot spots. It introduces a lot of artifacts to get detail and as a result have only used it in one off situations. The Topaz Sharpen filter I have found to be not really as useful. ![]() One thing that I found is that I need to reduce the noise reduction setting to 10 to get rid of artifacts that DeNoise will produce against some completely blurred out backgrounds in low contrast situations. I arrived at that through a lot of experimentation and switching the order of the steps. I have about a dozen actions I've built over the years and I've incorporated DeNoise into some of them and always at the front of the script. ![]() I find this faster than editing in PSCC, and have the "edit in" create a TIFF to work on in DeNoise. Sometimes I use Clear instead of DeNoise. I usually try the default setting first, and then adjust as needed. When I want to use Topaz DeNoise, I remove the noise reduction from the raw photo, then do an "edit in" Topaz DeNoise from LR instead of editing in PSCC. I import to LR with a preset that includes noise reduction. Yes, the process of Topaz Denoise is slow and recently, I upgraded my iMac to speed up the process. Of course, I only do this on files that I select for posting or what not. Then I use Topaz Denoise as a plug-in to PS and just run the default setting for the noise and sharpness level before anything else. ![]() I run basic, real basic adjustments in LR, like highlight and shadow, exposure, and maybe some minor color adjustment. I import my files using LR and set the sharpening to 0. One thing I was wondering about, what file type do you use to round trip? DNG? Just not trying to bloat storage more than necessary. I like AI Sharpen for macro etc where DoF is so narrow and shot needs a bit of help. Makes sense, agree on Denoise for general sharpening. I find I use DeNoise AI/AI Clear more than AI Sharpen. Then do everything else and when finished resize / convert to jpeg. I do my raw adjustments first, no sharpening or noise reduction. My thought is to process in Adobe, export DNG without sharpening then run Topaz as needed, then finish and convert to JPEG, but maybe I’m missing something or there’s a better way so thought I’d ask. So at the suggestion of Ronny with agreement by Joshua, I tried and am sold on the ability of the two Topaz offerings to bring out detail I just can’t get from Adobe (maybe it can be done but I can’t do it.) Topaz is slow and it won’t be for all images, but when it’s needed, it’s worth it IMO.įigured I could harrass Ronny and Joshua but thought I’d put it out there and see how folks work it into their work flow.
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