ORION Nebula with EOS M handheld - (revisited)
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Re: R2D2 - Re: Topaz Labs software
Marco Nero wrote:
R2D2 wrote:
Nicely done!
LOL I first thought that the top image was your "original" (before reading the body of the text), and was wondering how you got such funky inconsistent CA .
Then I realized that it was the "corrected" image (after reading on, and seeing your original).
I like Topaz for its motion correction. I see that they just came out with a new flagship "unified" software (Photo AI). Are you planning to get it? I'd like to hear what folks think of it before investing further in Topaz (as I do Love DxO PL5).
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I downloaded the new 'Photo AI' program for free because I bought the three program package last year and they seem to be offering it as a complimentary package for those who bought their triple-pack within the year (Sharpen AI, DeNoise AI and Gigapixel AI) and I've been using it for a few days with mixed results. Some older B&W pictures come out astonishingly good, even of they were printed in magazines and scanned. Sometimes it's too aggressive, even with the processing turned down. But the biggest flaw is not being able to manually mask images like you can in Sharpen AI. All four Apps show up in Photoshop as a usable tool/pluggin or they run on their own if you want.
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Something I notice is that I can control and edit image details with more control using the individual Topaz Labs apps rather than using the Photo AI app as a stand-alone. The Photo AI app appears to be a slightly more simplified AI program designed to "cover all bases" for someone editing their images. And whilst ALL the programs used simple interfaces, I definitely have a bit more control with the individual apps. There seems to be more anti-aliasing artifacts with the Photo AI application although you can tone them down.
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I ran the Topaz Labs triple pack over some scanned color photographs and it rendered out of focus details like zippers and leather creases as if they were perfectly in focus. I was quite surprised by this. Note that it often produces different results with the very same image.
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I just gave this Orion picture (below) a very brief test on Photo AI yesterday and it's a little better but not much. This was a two-shot (one for the bright core) layered image taken with an unguided EQ Mount with the EOS M6 and the same EF 100-400mmL II lens attached. It's not bad for a 95% single exposure JPEG without guidance or heavy stacking. Of course, I get a VERY different color result from the EOS Ra camera sensor compared to this.
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15 second exposure with the M6 on an EQ Mount. ISO 6400 + f/5 at 300mm
Many thanks for your thoughts on Topaz AI (esp re: fine tuning). I think I'll stick with the individual program(s) for now!
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