(Ref. the previous discussion about Topaz AI Gigapixel)
So I purchased both AI Gigapixel and AI Clear the other day but didn't have an opportunity to test the latter until last night and I was very impressed. (For those who did not participate in the previous discussion, these two products from Topaz Labs help with improving the quality of your still image post processing.)
I had yet to fly the M2P after dark but did so last night in an attempt to photograph the annual Christmas parade put on by our small town's volunteer Fire Department. (LOVED the automatic takeoff and landing lights!) Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get very good shots of the parade vehicles and float but I did get some of a few neighbors' Christmas lights afterward. Brought all the gear back inside, disappointed, copied the files to the confuser, and opened the the images in PS. (No ACR adjustments.) Cropped the best image to frame the house and ran it through Topaz Denoise 6 and saved the result. Then I opened Topaz Studio to test AI Clear (AIC is a "pro adjustment" for Studio, according to Topaz,) and without touching a single slider, let it do its thing. That took a couple seconds and the improvement in the image was impressive. Here are the the resulting two JPG's and I will be curious to hear what the rest of you think. (To best appreciate the IQ improvement, I suggest downloading both files and viewing side by side at 100 percent.)
Before and After
So I purchased both AI Gigapixel and AI Clear the other day but didn't have an opportunity to test the latter until last night and I was very impressed. (For those who did not participate in the previous discussion, these two products from Topaz Labs help with improving the quality of your still image post processing.)
I had yet to fly the M2P after dark but did so last night in an attempt to photograph the annual Christmas parade put on by our small town's volunteer Fire Department. (LOVED the automatic takeoff and landing lights!) Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get very good shots of the parade vehicles and float but I did get some of a few neighbors' Christmas lights afterward. Brought all the gear back inside, disappointed, copied the files to the confuser, and opened the the images in PS. (No ACR adjustments.) Cropped the best image to frame the house and ran it through Topaz Denoise 6 and saved the result. Then I opened Topaz Studio to test AI Clear (AIC is a "pro adjustment" for Studio, according to Topaz,) and without touching a single slider, let it do its thing. That took a couple seconds and the improvement in the image was impressive. Here are the the resulting two JPG's and I will be curious to hear what the rest of you think. (To best appreciate the IQ improvement, I suggest downloading both files and viewing side by side at 100 percent.)
Before and After