I've been evaluating Topaz DeNoise AI and Topaz Sharpen vs the new release of DXO Pure Raw vs my photos. I've always considered that I could get the noise out of my photos and sharpen them better than any automated software. Well, having taken three photos that I did a lot of work on and running them through the default settings of the above two software packages (demo versions), I'm now convinced that I can't. These two packages both did better than anything I was able to do on my own.
Now when I came to compare these two packages side by side, I noticed that Topaz seemed to keep just a tad more detail in the images. (viewed 100%). When I pixel peeped at 500% the detail that I was seeing at 100% seemed to be made up from created artifacts in the files. The DXO product lacked any artifacts that were visible at 500%. The sharpening seemed to be a little less harsh as well. More subtle as it were. But then the DXO product doesn't seem to allow any changes in strength of the effects it creates. It seems to be a fully automated product. Photo in, photo out with out much effort on the part of the photographer.
I'll continue to evaluate the two packages, but just wondering if anyone else if seeing what I see as the differences between the two products?
Now when I came to compare these two packages side by side, I noticed that Topaz seemed to keep just a tad more detail in the images. (viewed 100%). When I pixel peeped at 500% the detail that I was seeing at 100% seemed to be made up from created artifacts in the files. The DXO product lacked any artifacts that were visible at 500%. The sharpening seemed to be a little less harsh as well. More subtle as it were. But then the DXO product doesn't seem to allow any changes in strength of the effects it creates. It seems to be a fully automated product. Photo in, photo out with out much effort on the part of the photographer.
I'll continue to evaluate the two packages, but just wondering if anyone else if seeing what I see as the differences between the two products?