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AndyS

(14,559 posts)
4. Here ya' go.
Sun Sep 3, 2023, 01:29 PM
Sep 2023


It can give you one or two stops on ISO easily. I went one step further and added about 5% sharpen and resized it to near original pixel count below.



This was done with Topaz Photo AI. It incorporates all of the features that the three stand-alone apps provide. Each feature can be turned off or on and the strength can be adjusted. It initially offers an AI assessment and selects the subject which means it can apply changes to the subject only, the background only or both. Usually the subject itself is in sharp focus and the noise is organized into texture and detail so it's not noticeable whereas the background with big blobs of bokeh screams noise.

You have to be careful with how to use this stuff. Keep it minimal because artifacts will begin to show up. My personal limit is: "If I print this to 16x20 and viewed it from 4 feet would I be able to see an improvement." Photographers are the only artists that apply the smell test to their work--getting so close that you can smell the ink. It's stupid, don't do that.

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I think you can get a free trial with watermarks on all the pictures.

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