The third piece of software included in the Topaz Labs Image Quality bundle is Gigapixel AI. In the end, though, I lose all the unsightly noise while retaining all the detail, achieving the best of both worlds without that pesky compromise getting in the way. It’s not like typical noise reduction and sharpening panels where there are six different sliders yet only a couple seem to actually do anything. First of all, it’s all straightforward to work with. The result of working this image through DeNoise AI and Sharpen AI is quite astonishing. The other tools available, Select and Add Grain, were not applicable for what I needed this time but you can see them in use in this previous article of mine. From here, I modified the Model Parameters first by getting the automatic suggestion and making minor adjustments from there based on what I saw. For this image, I went with Out of Focus – Standard as the others seemed to work a little too hard to compensate for what I was going for. For a starting point, you can see the automatic choice by clicking the toggle button next to the lightning bolt. In the sidebar, I first select the Sharpen Model that will be used to enhance the details of the night sky. Inside Sharpen AI, the layout is familiar. Shooting with wide-open apertures means gathering the most light for the stars, but it means a shallower depth of field and it’s sometimes hard to get tack sharp stars and a tack sharp landscape at the same time. Sharpen AI overview.Īnother perfect use for Sharpen AI as it relates to night photography is being able to greatly sharpen the landscape that otherwise would need image stacking to accomplish. In astrophotography, achieving crisp stars without having noise muddying up the sky are ideal, and Sharpen AI ensures this every time even when the starting point is a little messy. Opening up Sharpen AI is always amusing sometimes when I think I have an in-focus, sharp photo, Sharpen AI shows me that it could be even better. Once finished, I click Apply and it quickly saves to the active layer in Photoshop. On the other hand, Color Noise Reduction is helpful for low-light images if you notice strange patches of false color and want to even it out. In the Post-Processing panel, I turned Recover Original Detail to zero since astrophotography is mainly either dots for stars or dots for noise and increasing this just works to bring back the noise I worked to get rid of. What I’m finding here is a balance between clean noise reduction and where it begins to show some blocky artifacts from overclocking the AI. Even with the Remove Noise slider all the way up, DeNoise AI is smart enough to distinguish noise and the dots that are stars. Under this is the Settings panel where noise reduction and sharpness can be further refined. In this case, I picked Low Light as it seemed to work well with dealing with the noise and at the same time bringing out faint star details. This can either be automatically chosen based on the file’s metadata or picked manually. The first step is to choose the AI Model that appears to work best for the particular photo. The sidebar inside DeNoise AI has everything laid out in simple terms and honestly does a great job at hiding how powerful this program really is once you start tweaking the settings. From experience, however, it’s certainly still within the capabilities of DeNoise AI to cleanly recover. This photo was taken at ISO 6,400 with the Sony Alpha 7R III which resulted in a good amount of noise that’s especially visible in the darkest areas. From Photoshop, all I do is go to Filter > Topaz Labs > Topaz DeNoise AI. The bottom line is that I’ve trusted this bundle for years to provide me with the best finished images that solely relying on Capture One, Lightroom, or Photoshop can’t. Previously, I shared how I use these programs to enhance my bird photography as well as my wildlife photography. Topaz Labs sponsored this Showcase so that I could show you how I use the Image Quality bundle to improve my astrophotography. Additionally, Video Enhance AI is available for $99.99, a 67% savings from the regular price of $299.99. If bundles aren’t for you, you can still get 25% off individual licenses of DeNoise AI, Sharpen AI, and Gigapixel AI. If you’re into video work, you can get their “Everything Bundle,” which includes these three photo apps and Video Enhance AI for just $199.98 (normally $559.96). But through the end of today, November 29, the company has a big Cyber Monday discount on the software: the Image Quality bundle can be picked up for $99.99, which is a 60% savings off its regular retail price. Topaz Labs’ most popular Image Quality Bundle that includes Sharpen AI, DeNoise AI, and Gigapixel AI normally costs $259.97.
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