It is absolutely remarkable how that clears the skies from that grain. The first is the fantastic tool of Fine Contrast and second is Microcontrast that I always with these images pull as far at it gets to the left to get rid of absolutely all impact of that variable. So what to do? There are a few things that worked wonders and has been the main reason I ended up using Optical Limits/Photolab. Must be something in the pattern of the grain that tricks these tools. Fix that with Deep Prime? No way - just doesn’t work at all! Sharpen with “Unsharp mask” or “Lens correction”? Just impossible since that material is totally indifferent to these tools. That material of mostly Agfa CT 18 AND 21 images (ISO 50 and 100) and especially blue skies in these images often get terribly corse, ugly and grainy like these “rocks” JoJu talked about. As an example I can tell you I have processed many thousands of my old analog positive colorslides from the seventies and eighties when I was travelling a lot. No one has even mentioned that the RAW-material itself can affect our possibilities to postprocess some images. There is no really way to normalise a test like that really so this task of comparisions is far from easy and tends to get pretty useless in most cases. Another way is trying to achive the best result one can get but the problem with that is that we are far more different minds than this “one” I am talking about that even differs from day to day of different reasons. Is there for exampel any point of comparing Topaz and Photolab or for that matter Capture One or Lightroom at some sort of default value? I don’t think so. I agree with JoJu that noise isn’t really a problem today with either of Topaz or Photolab but there is always a problem comparing software that are not a black box with one that is if the settings are not known. If Topaz Denoise AI reaches a point where it renders better results then DeepPRIME, I will be the first in line to purchase a license. Some may suggest that I am guilty of being a fanboy due to my obvious preference for DxO’s products, but my comments were based purely on my visual inspection of the results he presented. My only objection to Dave Kelly’s video was the simplistic comparison he made against PureRAW where he was focused entirely on the reduction of noise and ignored the obvious and more important loss of fine detail which resulted from it. And, if the latest upgrade is superior to DeepPRIME in normal use on raw files then it raises the bar for excellence. Presumably the latest version will be a marked improvement over previous versions which is a good thing. Owning, but no longer using, a recent version of Denoise AI, I understand its strengths and weaknesses. More and better tools gives us greater flexibility when and if we decide to use them I can’t speak for others, but if Topaz is able to improve the reduction of visible and distracting noise while still retaining fine detail, that is terrific. I did a test, and the results are impressive.I think this thread is startng to get a bit out of hand. Better dynamic range means that shadows can be lifted and details can be recovered.ĭxO also claims that ISO4000 images look like an ISO500 images. The new DeepPRIME XD is better.Īccording to DxO dynamic range is improved by 2.5 stops. DeepPRIME was already the best in the market. The best noise reduction just got better.įor me, the most exciting thing is that DxO Labs has improved its noise reduction. I have not tested PhotoLab 5 against PhotoLab 6 on this one. According to the DxO Labs press release, more accurate colors can be achieved. The third improvement is new color processing algorithms. It makes cloning and healing possible and external software is unnecessary-more about the ReTouch tool in my video about DxO PhotoLab 6. These types of improvements are always welcome. The use of color labels makes it easier to choose images. DxO has improved the library system so that the workflow is smoother. The corrections are not just some average adjustments but are actually based on the camera and lens used.Ī smoother and faster workflow makes it easier to edit. That has made the image quality one of the best, if not the best, on the market. They are data that they have collected using tens of thousands of different camera lens combinations. DxO has been known for its excellent Modules. DxO has just announced its upgrade to PhotoLab, PhotoLab 6.
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