I'll likely have to experiment with this a lot more and see how things turn out. This seems, in general, to provide better results than deconvolution. I do like the additional detail for the most part. But look at the filaments on that dark dust? Why did it make that one set of dust very tendril like, yet leave the other areas mostly untouched? Strange. The tadpoles look fantastic, with increased sharpness and detail. The enhanced nebulosity is quite nice, but what's happening with that dark dust? How did it pull out that detail? The first example here is the Heart Nebula (click to enlarge). I then stretched them fully in PixInsight, then combined, and ran another pass of Denoise after removing green. On the new images, I processed each channel separately, then used Topaz Denoise AI + sharpness while in grayscale. On both originals, I combined all three channels before maximizing the stretch and saturation. Understand that the before and after were processed very differently. Some of the detail that's been revealed in the newly processed images are astounding, and some of it is quite baffling. So I took the software to the task of reprocessing some of my images. Anyhow, on one of those images I saw a discussion spring up regarding some of the enhanced detail being "made up" by the AI. The new version costs regularly $79.99, but until March 20 it will be possible to buy the new version for the discounted price of $49.99, that’s $30 off, simply using the coupon code “NOISEFREE”.I picked up Topaz Denoise AI because I saw a few examples of astro images that seemed to present some truly amazing details. Topaz Labs DeNoise 6 is, as usual, free to anyone who already owns DeNoise. I believe the image can be improved with some fine tweaking, but the example here should give you an idea of what is possible to achieve. I chose one image and show here the original and the edited picture (above), after a quick tweak of the parameters, starting with a preset for the camera, which is one of the models included in the presets list of Topaz DeNoise 6. As I wrote above, there are no free lunches, and at 3200 ISO the resulting images have noise, especially when light conditions are difficult, what was the case. Topaz Labs DeNoise 6 also offers support for High DPI (4k) monitors in Windows 7/8/10.įor a quick test of the program, I picked some images I took a few days ago with Canon’s EOS 5D SR, at a choir session in a church, and run them through DeNoise 6. That means no more need for Photoshop actions! This is an interesting feature if you’ve a series of images taken under the same conditions and just want to give them all the same treatment. I was surprised to find already presets for the new Canon EOS 5D SR included in this version!īatch Processing is also available in DeNoise 6, in standalone mode only, allowing you to process a whole folder of images at once. It is possible to extend the range importing presets, and even create your own presets and save them. Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic and Sony are the brands present at launch, along with the presets from the own program. The program offers dozens of presets based on various camera profiles, with multiple ISO presets for each camera. It also makes the software more of an option to different people, extending the market for Topaz Labs products.Ĭamera specific presets are a new option in DeNoise 6. Instead of having to write the plugin code to work with different host programs, Topaz Labs offers the alternative to use it standalone, freeing users from having to worry about compatibility issues. It reflects, I believe, some of the changes in the market, with people exploring alternatives to editing suites, but still wanting to use the plugins they are used to. The move to a standalone version follows what Topaz Labs have done recently with some of their other programs. One of them is the fact that Topaz Labs DeNoise 6 can be used as a standalone application, meaning you do not need a host program to use it, although the software still works as a plugin through Photoshop, Lightroom and other programs. The new version of the software extends what DeNoise 5 already offered and introduces some new options that users will surely welcome. Specializing in extremely noisy high ISO images, DeNoise removes distracting image noise while preserving image detail, giving you, says Topaz Labs, the image you wanted without the noise you don’t. ![]() Topaz DeNoise 6 is designed to let you shoot anywhere in any light and still get crisp, clear and noise-free images. ![]() Or even more so, as there really are no free lunches.That’s a good reason for Topaz Labs to update their own noise reduction software, which is offered at a special price until March 20, 2016. Noise reduction software continues to be a photographer’s best friend, even now, when cameras support high ISOs.
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