I read several times that a suggested Photo AI workflow (non-RAW) involves applying Super Focus V2 first and applying Denoise and Sharpen (and, maybe more) afterwards.
Actually, I already find Super Focus V2 working pretty well on even weak (blurry and/or low-resolution) fotos. I didn’t use focus boost so far, and when I tried it the results were less impressive.
However, I read I might apply Denoise and Sharpen after Super Focus which I don’t understand as Super Focus already does sharpen the foto quite strong (depending on the percentage setting). Can someone explain the difference beetween Super Focus and Sharpen?
You’re correct Super Focus is excellent at recovering overall details within the image that were thought to be lost and yes that includes Denoiseing and Sharpening for most cases scenarios
I wasn’t implying you should use Denoiseing and Sharpening after applying Super Focus for every image I only mentioned meant using them or indeed any of the other Enhancements as an optional finishing touch to the image as required.
You can’t deny that Super Focus in combination with Recover Faces certainly compliment one another
Having said that, and as an for instance, I have found for me in my experience, as I mentioned using Super Focus in combination with Recover Faces for rescuing extremely out of focus images however, after restoring the image back to its original size that sometimes applying a little bit of Sharpening can give the image an extra boost.
Likewise, especially for larger images more often than not, I will use the basic Enhancements Models first because, without going into long winded descriptions I’ll just say they’re certainly still capable, quicker and excellent at what they do for they’re Pacific purpose Denoiseing, Sharpening and so on
As I said I was only suggesting using extra Enhancements as an option and certainly not as a must
thank you very much for the good explanation which should make this point quite clear.
Recover Faces is a bit hit and miss (in my examples). There are cases where it does improve things (after some experimentation with percantage), and others where I cancel it because faces look slightly artificially modified afterwards. Nonetheless, I am grateful to have this option available.
Actually, while I found color corrections and optimizations being better done by other programs (I mostly use Capture One for that purpose), I found none of my competing programs doing a better job with sharpening than Topaz Photo AI Super Focus, and by a big margin. In most cases, even a lower (one-digit percentage) setting is sufficient even for weak photos.
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Super Focus is great isn’t it an absolute marvel when it comes down to saving not only severely out of focus images but, also other photographic problems in general for example, I’ve managed to recover using Super Focus noisy JPEG’s images taken with an old Nikon Coolpix compact that I thought were unrecoverable
You mentioned Recover Faces and where the image doesn’t quite work looks a little bit off. Well this is an example where I find a small amount of sharpening in conjunction with Recover Faces can occasionally add life back back into the image that seems to lift the subject and yes sometimes Recover Faces can have a tendency make the faces a little surreal.
While I’m here I was wondering have you considered trying Gigapixel AI as a trial and I know, you’re probably thinking why do I need another Upscaler surely Photo AI has Gigapixel Upscaling functionality built right in.
Well yes but, that’s where the similarities end Gigapixel is a different entity that not only has more upscaling options but also, has it’s own Generative AI Models separate from Photo AI’s Super Focus in the form of Redefine and Recover that will further enhance your workflow options.
Here’s are three links explaining Gigapixel’s AI Models
Here’s the link to the Gigapixel AI home page
I hope you enjoy this information and if you think there’s anything else I can help with please ask
Non I didn’t try Gigapixel yet. As you said, I was under the impression, it only is a subset of Photo AI. I’ll have a closer look and see if I can take advantage of it.
