Just to re-iterate. With minimal testing, the Refield plugin Sharplet (free
https://www.redfieldplugins.com/) seems to do pretty good. It adversities "No
halo effect, no excessive grain or noise, no excessive contrast." Maybe I'll
have to get a Jeferson to test with.
I did notice AI Sharpen is still $20 off.
WayneS
At 3/16/2019 11:51 PM, Chris wrote:
>Nonetheless, this discussion has persuaded me to buy AI Sharpen, only to find
>that I somehow have a permanent upgrade â??couponâ?? and it cost me nothing.
>I do have a fair number of Topaz â??thingiesâ?? so perhaps I had already
>bought it unwittingly.
>
>Iâ??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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