If there are areas inside the mask that are coming out over-sharpened whereas the rest is being adequately corrected, I can also reduce the opacity of my masking brush to lessen its effect in specific spots. I can even create a mask so that my sharpening adjustments are only targeting the areas I’m concerned about: the head and the eye. From here, I’m able to adjust the amount of blur removal and noise suppression that is applied. This image has severe motion blur, so I chose the “Motion Blur – Very Blurry” sharpen model. Inside Sharpen AI, the correction options are plainly laid out for simple understanding. Having taken the photo in Hawai’i, it’s not like I can just say “better luck next time” either. The head, and most importantly the eyes, suffer from extreme motion blur. Unfortunately, my camera settings were set for pictures of it walking along and my shutter was not fast enough to freeze the action when it burst out of the water. What I like about the photo are those long tendrils of water connecting its feet to the pond. 100% crops.Ī couple of years ago, my example photo of the Hawaiian Stilt was destined for the trash bin. Before and after running the photo through Sharpen AI. When a photo needs some serious sharpness recovery, that’s where I turn to Sharpen AI and it earns every penny I spent on it. On the flip side, Sharpen AI can also perform some level of noise reduction as well, but from my experience, it’s going to work out better using the proper program for each specific issue. If only minor sharpening is desired, I would skip Sharpen AI and go with DeNoise AI as that has the ability to enhance some details as it runs its noise reduction. By now, I would already know if my photo needs to go through Sharpen AI, DeNoise AI, or possibly both. Before and after basic adjustments in Capture One including cropping, leveling, exposure, white balance, and adding vignette.Īfter working on my RAW image in Capture One, I send it to Photoshop. This is not the only way to work with these products as you can also open images straight into them through Capture One and Adobe Lightroom or run them as standalone applications with the ability to batch process many images at once. It’s here in Photoshop that I will run what I need from Topaz Labs and have it applied to its own layer for the most flexibility. Additionally, Video Enhance AI is available for $99.99, a 67% savings from the regular price of $299.99.īefore I dive into any of these programs, the first step in my personal workflow is to make basic adjustments to the RAW file in Capture One before outputting a TIFF file to Adobe Photoshop where I do more intricate editing. 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 now through Monday, November 29, the company has an even bigger Black Friday 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. If you have an older machine and your GPU isn’t selectable, then it might not be supported by Topaz and other programs.Topaz Labs’ most popular Image Quality Bundle includes Sharpen AI, DeNoise AI, and Gigapixel AI normally costs $259.97. So, it makes sense why using your computer’s GPU would speed things up quite a bit. “While CPUs have continued to deliver performance increases through architectural innovations, faster clock speeds, and the addition of cores, GPUs are specifically designed to accelerate computer graphics workloads.” Intel While CPUs have improved in performance over time, GPUs are much faster. Although they’re best known for their capabilities in gaming, GPUs are becoming more popular for use in creative production and artificial intelligence (AI).” Intelīy default, Topaz uses your computer’s CPU - or central processing unit - to process the changes that it makes to your photos. “Designed for parallel processing, the GPU is used in a wide range of applications, including graphics and video rendering.
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