![]() Here you can see the Topaz DeNoise AI option. If you are using Lightroom for post-processing, then you can right click on the image and select the “Edit in” option. The main advantage of Topaz DeNoise AI is its plugin feature. You can also set the “Path” for storing the final processed image.ģ.1.11 Let us see the Before and After versions of this image. Filename, compression, bit depth, and Color profile can be set in this window. You can save it any of the six image formats: JPG, JPEG, PNG, DNG, TIF, TIFF. It varies for different images.ģ.1.10 Now, you can click the “Save As” button in the bottom right corner to save the final image. So, you need to play around with these sliders to get your perfect noise removal settings without losing image sharpness. So, you need to click this button after making the slider changes to see the preview of the processed image with those settings.ģ.1.9 After playing around with the sliders, I found that the following slider values are suitable for this image of the Leafbird. If you find this irritating, then you can set the “ Automatic Update Preview” to “No.” Once you set it to “No” then a new button “Update Preview” pops up, just above this slider. But the Restore Detail slider can be increased or decreased in multiples of 0.05.ģ.1.8 Whenever you make any changes to the first two sliders then the Preview window goes for an update, which takes around 5 seconds. The first two sliders can be adjusted in levels of +/- 0.01. By Default, the first two sliders will be set to “0.15” and the Restore Detail slider to “0.10”. “ Restore Detail” slide for restoring the Details. “ Enhance Sharpness” to control the sharpness of the image. I found this pretty useful.ģ.1.7 Now, comes the three sliders. No brightness adjustment is made on the actual image. This brightening will help you to view the noise in the shadows and the darks in the picture. It just brightens the image in the Preview window. ![]() This setting is handy to view the proper noise reduction in the picture.ģ.1.5 On the Top right part, they have provided the full view of the actual image with a square box for selected zoom in view in the Preview window on the left side.ģ.1.6 Below this, you can see the “ Auto Brighten Preview” option which comes with three settings: “Off,” “Normal,” and “Strong.” Initially, I got confused as I thought this setting would make the brightness adjustment of the image. You can also zoom in the image to 100% or 200% or 400%. This one is followed by the full view of Before/After Image. ![]() The software generates the processed image preview with the basic settings.ģ.1.4 In the top toolbar, you have the provision to see the Split screen view of Before and After image. So, I will open it in Topaz DeNoise AI to remove image noise.ģ.1.2 You need to drag and drop the image or make use of the “ Open” folder option in the bottom Toolbar.ģ.1.3 The processing starts automatically once the image gets loaded. This image is grainy, and noise reduction is required for this image. This image was taken using my Canon 7D camera at ISO800. I will do the noise removal for multiple images in the standalone version to evaluate its performance.ģ.1.1 I will open one of my image of Golden-fronted Leafbird, which is already processed in Lightroom. If you have already installed Adobe Lightroom or Adobe Photoshop or Topaz Studio, then you can see it as a plugin over there.ģ. You can see the standalone version in the applications. Once you start the installation process, it will download few more packages for installation.Ģ. The downloaded installation file will be around 12 MB. I'll give it a go myself in the near future.1. I eventually got Noise Ninja, and of all the software you can buy for your digital photos, I think this would be the best $79-99 spent. The first I believe was Neat Image, which I found out from a professional friend back in 2004-2005, and then came Noise Ninja. Long-time contributor to The Luminous Landscape Mark Segal has written his impressions on the newcomer for software noise reduction. It’s easy to install (a plug-in in the Photoshop Filter menu, but also works with Lightroom, Photoshop Elements and several other applications), easy to use and the results (noise reduction with detail retention) are the best I’ve achieved from any noise mitigating application." But Topaz Labs claims it’s the best on the market and the download of a fully-functional 30-day trial is free, so why not give it whirl? I did and I was impressed. "My first reaction when they announced it was kind of ho-hum, yet another up-date of a noise removal program – we already have at least three very decent ones (Neat Image, Noise Ninja and Noiseware), not to speak of the improved tools in Lightroom, Camera Raw and other image editing applications.
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