Just got G9 and DxO PL... hallelujah!!

CrisL wrote:

gRounded spAce wrote:

allematic wrote:

Searching wrote:

Not sure what all the enthusiasm is about. There are several noise reduction applications that do the same job.

There's no comparison between deepprime and the others, save for topaz denoise ai.

A bit old, but one can look at those DeepPrime vs. Topaz from Google. DeepPrime is much better than Prime. Topaz has also improved.

"Conclusion

From the tests I have conducted there are certainly three software packages that are head and shoulders above the others, retaining most (if not all) fine detail and doing a stellar job of removing noise:

1. Topaz Labs DeNoise AI
2. DXO PhotoLab 3 (Using PRIME noise reduction)
3. Neat Image

Of these three, DeNoise AI is the overall winner as it was able to completely remove background noise, whereas PhotoLab left a very fine grain still visible, as did Neat Image. In a print or web sized digital image the difference between the three is negligible and all produce stellar results.

One thing to note is that PhotoLab is a complete (and quite good) RAW converter and only offers PRIME noise reduction when working on original RAW files, whereas DeNoise AI will only work on already converted RAW files (from Lightroom for example).

A distant fourth comes..."

https://www.squarepixel.photography/article/topaz-denoise-ai-compared-the-best-noise-reduction-software/

But now DXO DeepPrime largely outpass Topaz Denoise AI without it's artifacts , much more reliable and only one slider

Yes, I just said that all the comparisons I have seen put DeepPrime somewhat ahead of Topaz.