Topaz Sharpen AI - results

I had been using Topaz Denoise for a few years and had bought it as part of a bundle of Topaz plug ins for PS when I had PS11. It's the best noise reduction software out there. When I switched to iPad and Affinity for my editing I couldn't use my Topaz plug ins unless I broke out my old laptop and loaded the photos into PS which wasn't really worth the effort. I rarely used the other Topaz plug ins like Sharpen and Adjust.

Recently I switched back to editing on a new laptop and was able to install the Topaz plug ins with the latest updated versions using my original product key - even allowing the mac version when my original downloads were for pc. The Sharpen AI is my new go to for sharpening when I'm done with editing in LR. Here's an example of how nicely it works. Using auto mode it chooses whether to correct for focus, stabilization or sharpening. Easy peasy. My only complaint is it takes it out of the LR flow and you can't go back and tweak previous edits. With that being the case I have been sharpening as my last step in the editing process. Anyone else using this and have a better way of doing it?


Sharpened in LR - this is a heavy crop



sharpened in Topaz Sharpen AI


One more example - a very heavy crop for demonstration
LR


Topaz AI

 

I think they have 30 day free trials if you think you would use it.

DI is that the Denoise? Have you tried out the Gigapixel AI? I'm saving the 30 day trial on that until I have something good to trial it with. I'm sure I'll want it!

The whole bundle is on sale for Black Friday right now - which is how I bought it back in 2013. I got a sweet offer to add the Gigapixel and the JPEG to RAW but I have other things that I need much more than that like a 2nd camera body.

 

Wow, there's a huge difference in the examples you provided with the Topaz coming away a clear winner.

 

Clarity was replaced by Adjust AI and is no longer available or being updated. If you bought it already it should be in your Topaz account and you can download the last version for free I believe.