I am struggling, I want to know if it is just me.
I always LOVED Denoise and Sharpen by Topaz.
But now PAI has arrived I am finding the new versions of Denoise and Sharpen are worse:
Kind of want a refund and go in a new software direction here.
There are no new versions of DeNoise AI and Sharpen AI.
I believe he’s trying to say that the Denoise and Sharpen functions that are part of the newer PAI are worse than the original DAI, and SAI programs.
Exactly. And the ‘newest’ versions of Denoise and Sharpen were creating artefacts that previous versions weren’t. So I have end versions of two tools that used to be great, and a new tool that isn’t up to the job.
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There are no new versions of DeNoise AI and Sharpen AI.
This is the problem, the new versions are a backward step and you’ve replaced it with a tool that doesn’t work. What is the plan please, I can’t work currently with your toolset
Ecample:
I have an image in Photo AI 2.2 right now.
All features disabled except ‘removing noise’ set to Normal, Strength 24.
Result image is brighter over whole image and sharpened.
I haven’t replaced anything, I’m just a user and don’t have the issues you do.
Note you haven’t given much information but, if it is a RAW image, there is always pre-sharpening no matter which application you use. And the brightness could be as a result of the profile used to proceed the RAW file.
The comments are of course @Topaz.
Exported from LR to PAI as Tiff.
Turn on JUST denoise.
Bad sharpening artefacts on faces.
Whole image brighter.
I am sad because it feels like a beloved piece of brilliant denoise and sharpening software became a AI gimmick that is too inconsistent to be useful
Well I don’t have issues as bad as you do but I wouldn’t use it for commercial work because of the artifacts.
Also I wouldn’t process RAW files as there are other options out there, such as PureRAW, that do better conversions.
