Nonetheless, this discussion has persuaded me to buy AI Sharpen, only to find
that I somehow have a permanent upgrade “coupon” and it cost me nothing. I do
have a fair number of Topaz “thingies” so perhaps I had already bought it
unwittingly.
I’ll give it a go today.
Chris
> On 16 Mar 19, at 01:30, Wayne Shumaker <om3ti@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> My bad. I re-read CTain based on Mike's question AND CTein talks about AI
> Clear, not AI Sharpen. So my apologies for my confusion. Here is the link:
>
> https://topazlabs.com/ai-clear/
>
> "Sharpen AI is the first sharpening and shake reduction software that can
> tell difference between real detail and noise."
>
> AI Clear
>
> "With one click, A.I. Clear detects and removes noise while sharpening the
> details in you images."
>
> This is what CTein was reviewing.
>
> WayneS
>
> At 3/15/2019 12:35 PM, Moose wrote:
>
>> On 3/15/2019 8:31 AM, Wayne Shumaker wrote:
>>> Topaz Studio is free and will run all their addons. When you run from PS or
>>> Lightroom, it opens the image in Topaz Studio anyway.
>>
>> All true - but - AI Gigapixel is not an add-on - to anything. It only runs
>> "free standing". Everything else runs under Topaz Studio.
>>
>> I didn't mention speed when commenting on AI Sharpen. It's slow, almost
>> painfully slow on a full size image file from a 20 MP camera.
>
> It is slow, but not so bad on my computer. I don't know if it takes advantage
> of the graphics card. How slow is painful? My images were 24mP from A7iii.
>
> I'm curious if you have used the free Sharplet PS plugin from Redfield? The
> AI Sharpen seems good for some common camera issues, like motion blur, ...
> However, I tried it with a flower closeup and it did not do any better than
> the sharplet plugin.
>
> I admit my sharpen tests have been minimal.
>
>> Also, I'm finding that it's not a great option for re-sharpening images
>> after down sampling for web display. I still prefer FocusMagic.
>>
>> OTOH, AI Gigapixel has become faster with updates. With a reasonably
>> powerful graphics card, it's now actually pretty speedy. I'm hoping that
>> refinements to AI Sharpen will speed it up, too.
>
> Someday I may try AI Gigapixel. Right now I'm just getting back to PS, much
> to the detriment of my consulting work project.
>
> Wayne S
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