The results on the snowy are simply incredible. I wonder how many soft images I've tossed that might have been salvaged.
A tip.have downloaded a trial version, needs a little practice, I find it is easy to get an overprocessed look. Note it is on special price at the moment - probably 1 more day - $59 instead of $79
I didn't realize that you had posted a thread on Topaz AI when I posted my own thread. I actually think that the original image was pretty darn good but I can definitely see an improvement in the second image. I've also got Denoise and Louie's observation is certainly accurate; it is slow and I'm running it with 32 GB of memory. Sharpen AI is much faster. I do have one glitch though; Sharpen doesn't work as a stand alone application. If I activate it from my desktop icon it freezes when I try to save my edits. I've notified Topaz but so far no luck with fixing that glitch. For me it's no big deal since I do all of my edits from Lightroom.I've continued to poke around a bit with AI Sharpen on some images that have been historically unsatisfactory from a standpoint of sharpness. Below is one from a couple of years ago. The image was shot from a moving boat at a moving target. As things would have it in the only frame that I captured with direct frontal position and eye contact with the motion etc the focus point slipped off of the animal's eyes. As a result the whiskers were in sharp focus but eyes/eyebrows were slipping out the back side of DOF. I produced a split image to try and show the previous best PP versus application of AI Sharpen.
Left side: processed in ON1, sharpening achieved with "dynamic contrast"+"detail"+USM.
Right side: processed with Topaz AI Sharpen then imported into ON1 and finished as above
And yes the right side is warmer than the left but please let's not get wrapped around that axle. Just trying to demonstrate the sharpening software not my overall PP skills(or lack of).
D810, 500mm f4, handheld from moving boat
1/1600s f5.6 ISO100
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And here's the complete reworked image. Eyes/brows now nice and sharp
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Make sure you are running the latest version.... Sharpen AI is much faster. I do have one glitch though; Sharpen doesn't work as a stand alone application. If I activate it from my desktop icon it freezes when I try to save my edits. I've notified Topaz but so far no luck with fixing that glitch. For me it's no big deal since I do all of my edits from Lightroom.
I have only run it as a stand alone. No problems, but slow on my ancient MBP. Turning off preview helps.Make sure you are running the latest version.
What kind of video card do you have? If you have a high end video card you can set the preferences of the AI products to use the video processor/memory. If you have a good card they run much faster. They seem to be optimized that way and run much faster then even a high end processor and plenty of RAM....it is slow and I'm running it with 32 GB of memory. Sharpen AI is much faster. I do have one glitch though; Sharpen doesn't work as a stand alone application. If I activate it from my desktop icon it freezes when I try to save my edits. I've notified Topaz but so far no luck with fixing that glitch. For me it's no big deal since I do all of my edits from Lightroom.
I'm using a GeForce GTX-1660 video card. I've pretty much tried everything. I've uninstalled both Topaz applications, deleted the Topaz LLC folders, and have reinstalled both applications. I've also uninstalled my Adobe applications and have reinstalled them including the Creative Cloud application. I've also reinstalled my video card driver just to make sure. Nothing works. Sharpen just won't work as a stand alone application. The weird thing is that the stand alone of Sharpen works fine, albeit very slowly, on my daughter's laptop and the Adobe applications are also loaded on her computer. Go figure. I've wasted too much time on this issue; it's just time to move on to something more productive.What kind of video card do you have? If you have a high end video card you can set the preferences of the AI products to use the video processor/memory. If you have a good card they run much faster. They seem to be optimized that way and run much faster then even a high end processor and plenty of RAM.
Go into the preferences and tell it to use the CPU instead of the GPU.I'm using a GeForce GTX-1660 video card. I've pretty much tried everything. I've uninstalled both Topaz applications, deleted the Topaz LLC folders, and have reinstalled both applications. I've also uninstalled my Adobe applications and have reinstalled them including the Creative Cloud application. I've also reinstalled my video card driver just to make sure. Nothing works. Sharpen just won't work as a stand alone application. The weird thing is that the stand alone of Sharpen works fine, albeit very slowly, on my daughter's laptop and the Adobe applications are also loaded on her computer. Go figure. I've wasted too much time on this issue; it's just time to move on to something more productive.
One gig as indicated by the "dedicated video memory".I'm not very tech with computers, but can anyone tell me how much VRAM I have on my card. As when I installed the trial version, it was a bit slow to process but I was quite happy to live with it.
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Thank you for your help.One gig as indicated by the "dedicated video memory".