fotografr Posted October 31, 2022 Share #1 Posted October 31, 2022 Advertisement (gone after registration) I was out shooting the swarms of kids and parents coming through the neighborhood this afternoon and saw my good friends coming with their young girls. I had only one lens with me and was having some focus issues with it. When my friends got close enough, I asked them to pose for a quick shot. I'm not sure if it was me or the lens, but it was completely out of focus. Recently I purchased a plug-in called Topaz Photo AI which has a sharpening algorithm. I put it to the test with my shot and was completely blown away by the results. See for yourselves. Here is the before and after. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 7 4 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/343612-rescued/?do=findComment&comment=4551254'>More sharing options...
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jaapv Posted November 1, 2022 Share #2 Posted November 1, 2022 Nothing new - I've been saying this for months... Topaz Denoise AI and Gigapixel are equally amazing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotografr Posted November 1, 2022 Author Share #3 Posted November 1, 2022 41 minutes ago, jaapv said: Nothing new - I've been saying this for months... Topaz Denoise AI and Gigapixel are equally amazing. Well, pardon my redundancy. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandokan Posted November 1, 2022 Share #4 Posted November 1, 2022 5 hours ago, jaapv said: Nothing new - I've been saying this for months... Topaz Denoise AI and Gigapixel are equally amazing. and I must have been in a different room 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M11 for me Posted November 1, 2022 Share #5 Posted November 1, 2022 Well anyway, I appreciate your "lessons" about post processing. It illustrates well what you can do in post in case you are committed to work on your pictures. For a few months now I have the Topas AI set and a few weeks ago I got the new Photo AI for free. So have have the whole set. As I am a Lightroom Classic user I have the Topas products as a plugin which works very well after som installation issues at the beginning. But there is an excellent Topas support that helped me resolve the issues. However the result that you show above is stunning. Well done. And it might be "nothing new" but still for many users here this is a valuable information as it clearly shows the performance of the Topas tools. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M11 for me Posted November 1, 2022 Share #6 Posted November 1, 2022 It was actually due to @jaapv that I came along Topas AI 👍 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted November 1, 2022 Share #7 Posted November 1, 2022 Advertisement (gone after registration) 7 hours ago, fotografr said: Well, pardon my redundancy. Oh no, it is an excellent example. Did you mask the subject to preserve the bokeh? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotografr Posted November 1, 2022 Author Share #8 Posted November 1, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, jaapv said: Oh no, it is an excellent example. Did you mask the subject to preserve the bokeh? No, it wasn't necessary. I shot at close range with the lens wide open. Not even Topaz could eliminate that bokeh. Additionally, I had the facial recognition function enabled so that is where the correction was concentrated. Edited November 1, 2022 by fotografr 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted November 1, 2022 Share #9 Posted November 1, 2022 If you zoom in, there are artefacts in the beard of the gentleman. It might be possible to mitigate the problem by using Gigapixel ( or Enhance in ACR/LR) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotografr Posted November 1, 2022 Author Share #10 Posted November 1, 2022 1 hour ago, jaapv said: If you zoom in, there are artefacts in the beard of the gentleman. It might be possible to mitigate the problem by using Gigapixel ( or Enhance in ACR/LR) Zoom in. You mean, like pixel peeping? They were actually quite happy with it as is. They're only using it for social media. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted November 1, 2022 Share #11 Posted November 1, 2022 Topaz alway has problems with structures like hair, which is a bit annoying for my wildlife photography. I guess the gentleman does not qualify as wildlife. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jankap Posted November 1, 2022 Share #12 Posted November 1, 2022 2 hours ago, jaapv said: If you zoom in, there are artefacts in the beard of the gentleman. It might be possible to mitigate the problem by using Gigapixel ( or Enhance in ACR/LR) Also TOPAZ cannot make something from nothing. See the hair of the lady. But the photos are saved. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted November 1, 2022 Share #13 Posted November 1, 2022 That is true, but doubling the resolution appears to reduce the problem. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotografr Posted November 5, 2022 Author Share #14 Posted November 5, 2022 On 11/1/2022 at 11:27 AM, jaapv said: Topaz alway has problems with structures like hair, which is a bit annoying for my wildlife photography. I guess the gentleman does not qualify as wildlife. You have to ask his wife. 😁 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke_Miller Posted November 6, 2022 Share #15 Posted November 6, 2022 On challenging images, I prefer to use the Topaz products on a layer in Photoshop. Then create a layer mask and brush in the Topaz effects selectively. That allows me to minimize any anomalies in the final image. 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted November 11, 2022 Share #16 Posted November 11, 2022 Not a bad idea at all, but the masking function of Topaz works reasonably well and saves time, the object selection in PS is a very precise quick alternative 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegelli Posted November 12, 2022 Share #17 Posted November 12, 2022 (edited) On 11/1/2022 at 5:42 PM, jankap said: Also TOPAZ cannot make something from nothing. See the hair of the lady. But the photos are saved. I think Topaz can make "something from nothing" but that "something" will probably not always have been there in the original scene 😆 See here, a 1:1 crop of a slightly misfocussed and focus blurred roof tile with dry leaves: Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! And this is what Topaz Sharpen AI made of it I think it did a reasonable job on the leaves but somehow the AI thinks there is some fabric texture in the roof tile surface so it creates that texture, which wasn't there in real life. Still when presenting the full image at a reasonble size on the internet (1200 - 1400 pix long side) it's a very good improvement, but for printing big I think it fails. Edited November 12, 2022 by pegelli 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! And this is what Topaz Sharpen AI made of it I think it did a reasonable job on the leaves but somehow the AI thinks there is some fabric texture in the roof tile surface so it creates that texture, which wasn't there in real life. Still when presenting the full image at a reasonble size on the internet (1200 - 1400 pix long side) it's a very good improvement, but for printing big I think it fails. ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/343612-rescued/?do=findComment&comment=4562358'>More sharing options...
pegelli Posted November 12, 2022 Share #18 Posted November 12, 2022 See here for the improvement of the full image at 1200 pixels long side (reduced from 5976 of the full frame M246M image) Original: Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! After the Topaz Sharpen AI treatment 3 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! After the Topaz Sharpen AI treatment ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/343612-rescued/?do=findComment&comment=4562366'>More sharing options...
jankap Posted November 13, 2022 Share #19 Posted November 13, 2022 Very good. I am a TOPAZ fan too. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted November 14, 2022 Share #20 Posted November 14, 2022 On 11/12/2022 at 9:39 AM, pegelli said: I think Topaz can make "something from nothing" but that "something" will probably not always have been there in the original scene 😆 See here, a 1:1 crop of a slightly misfocussed and focus blurred roof tile with dry leaves: Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! And this is what Topaz Sharpen AI made of it I think it did a reasonable job on the leaves but somehow the AI thinks there is some fabric texture in the roof tile surface so it creates that texture, which wasn't there in real life. Still when presenting the full image at a reasonble size on the internet (1200 - 1400 pix long side) it's a very good improvement, but for printing big I think it fails. There is a Topaz solution there as well, if your rescue has produced that over-processed-but-acceptable look as can happen with extreme corrections, running Photo-AI over it will produce a noticeable improved. I allows me to print such photographs @ 3B (A3+) with very good results. It is not a cheap bit of software, but I would not be without it. https://www.topazlabs.com/topaz-photo-ai 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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