And, in all honesty – they wouldn’t be displayed here IF… If a few months ago, I hadn’t “discovered” new tools that can save them. These tools were developed by Topaz Labs. I am not their agent nor ambassador, just a completely (positively) shocked customer. Topaz Labs is great for those who have photos in their archives that aren’t technically that successful, but you like the content. Try giving those photos one more chance before deleting them. What’s the worst that could happen? Keep on reading, as I will show you two amazing tools that might be of help. I have been using my favorite post-processing sequence without change for a long time. All details explained in my Wildlife photography Tutorial. There has been very little creative innovation in that space. For me, the biggest change came a year ago by Capture One, which replaced Lightroom. By happenstance, I came across an article describing new ways of applications of Topaz Labs software, namely Sharpen AI and DeNoise AI. The AI is absolutely necessary nowadays and dare I assume that without the word ‘artificial intelligence’ in the name, programs won’t live for long. #TOPAZ DENOISE 6 TUTORIALS ARCHIVE#Īs an inquisitive boy, I installed a free monthly trial and started rummaging through my archive for suitable photos to see how it works. As the programs’ names suggest, Sharpen will be able to save out-of-focus photos, while DeNoise will excel in noise reduction. Since I almost always immediately delete most out-of-focus and noisy images, there was not much to choose from. So I started to keep photos I’d normally delete with the aim of running them through the software. What the software did with them took my breath away. After a week of testing, I bought both plugins with absolutely no hesitation, and as soon as I encountered a technically (blurry, noise etc) poor photo but with interesting content, I put it aside for testing. Because, as I wrote in the introduction, what’s the worst that could happen. If worse comes to worse, the software won’t help. The software is not almighty, it’s simply just miraculous. To see how the programs work, have a look at the below examples. With the exception of the aforementioned squirrel and otters, all the photos are without any post-process exactly as they came out of the camera. The absolutely minimalist interface of Sharpen Plugin offers three sharpening modules. Sharpen (for sharpening relatively sharp photos), Stabilise (to minimise shake and motion blur) and Focus (perfect for photos with offset plane of focus). I used Focus on the squirrel and the jaguar. As you can see, both photos are poorly focused. The squirrel is so inferior that the plugin wasn’t applied to full resolution, but to its 1600px thumbnail on the longer side. I applied the Stabilize mode to the otters that kept on jiggling fervently.
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