If you have a burn out from a highlight in picture of someone, is there anything you would recommend?
@pellier085 жыл бұрын
How can one do a review of a sharpening and noise reduction software and not zoom in at a 100% to show the real deal?
@JoelWolfsonPhoto5 жыл бұрын
Sorry you didn't realize it but look and listen again. I'm zoomed in to 100% initially and zoom out for an overall view (time at 1:19) and as I both show visually and explain verbally (starting at time 1:27), invoking AI Clear automatically zooms to 100% (again) You can verify this by looking at the image size controls at the top right. Pixel peeping (at 100% or more) is fine to satisfy yourself of the changes but you also need to consider what you are doing with the final image. If you're going to make a large print then viewing at 50% or so (depending on your monitor) will be more analogous to scrutinizing a large final print. If you're going out to Instagram or Facebook then it is far less critical. Happy shooting, Joel
@kennyc44725 жыл бұрын
Hello keep up the great work, I have a question on denoise vs AIClear. I read your replies between the two I’m concerned on witch one does a better job lol. I know I can download it and try myself and I have done so. But your the expert 🤙🏼
@JoelWolfsonPhoto5 жыл бұрын
It's situational but for most people I'd give the nod to A.I. Clear. A.I. Clear is so much easier to use and does a great job most of the time so it is my go-to for noise reduction AND it sharpens at the same time. If you want to have a lot of manual controls and you don't mind spending time learning it you may like DeNoise better. Remember that DeNoise is a plug-in so the integration isn't as elegant as A.I. Clear. It's nice to have both but if you made me pick one, it would be A.I. Clear. Hope this helps
@kennyc44725 жыл бұрын
JoelWolfsonPhoto thank you sir💫
@iBaloo425 жыл бұрын
I bought Clear AI a while ago and I have serious remorse for doing that. It creates strange artifacts, especially when applied against hair (making it useless against portraits). I'm not using it anymore, as denoise/sharpening in Affinity is doing a much better job. The new JPEG to RAW AI is doing a much better job than Clear AI.
@JoelWolfsonPhoto5 жыл бұрын
I haven't run into this with portraits (or otherwise.) Feel free to send me a sample file that is giving you this problem. I'd be interested in seeing it. Be sure to send me the unprocessed file so I can try it on my end. Also if you are truly unhappy with it I would contact Topaz about it, along with some samples of your issues. They may give you refund even though it's beyond their return window. It's worth a try.
@gieffe5 жыл бұрын
I had same problems. A lot of artifacts along the entire frame (not only portraits). Note that the AI Clear preview shows excellent results, which don't match those of the saved file. I've tried to follow the suggestions of the help service (running the progam as an admin, saving the image to a different folder, saving with a different color profile and saving to a different file type,...) but no way to improve the results. I have a powerful 2018 Dell XPS13, no problem at all with other software like PS or Lightroom. AI Clear is totally useless for me at this time.
@iBaloo425 жыл бұрын
I bought Clear AI a while ago and I have serious remorse for doing that. It creates strange artifacts, especially when applied against hair (making it useless against portraits). I'm not using it anymore, as denoise/sharpening in Affinity is doing a much better job. The new JPEG to RAW AI is doing a much better job than Clear AI.
@JoelWolfsonPhoto5 жыл бұрын
I haven't run into this with portraits (or otherwise.) Feel free to send me a sample file that is giving you this problem. I'd be interested in seeing it. Be sure to send me the unprocessed file so I can try it on my end. Also if you are truly unhappy with it I would contact Topaz about it, along with some samples of your issues. They may give you refund even though it's beyond their return window. It's worth a try. -Joel
@pesthlm5 жыл бұрын
I really would have opportunity to batching many files with Clear - is it possible?
@JoelWolfsonPhoto5 жыл бұрын
Yes and it works very well. First open any image in Studio and run A.I. Clear. Once it completes go to the menus at the top and choose File > Batch Process... You'll get a dialog where you can choose your source folder, destination folder, as well as naming, file format, and sizing options. Then just click OK and you're good to go. I find it to be fairly fast on my 2017 iMac.
@deniseneuendorf35775 жыл бұрын
I’m a little confused. I use Lightroom with occasional trips to PS. Do I have to purchase something (the Studio?) to use this or can it be a LR plug-in?
@JoelWolfsonPhoto5 жыл бұрын
Hi Denise, Yes, A.I. Clear is a Pro Adjustment for Topaz Studio. Studio itself is free. One needs to pay for A.I. Clear though they have a 30 day trial and you can use "Effects" (sometimes called presets by other companies) that incorporate A.I. Clear without actually buying it. Because Studio has batch processing it's easy enough to add to a workflow with Lightroom and/or Photoshop. Hope this helps, Joel
@shaolin955 жыл бұрын
AI CLear is awesome. I do get some artifacts some times but most of the time is just fantastic
@JoelWolfsonPhoto5 жыл бұрын
I agree with the "awesome" assessment. It still never ceases to amaze me. It may have move into the number one spot on my favorite Pro Adjustment list.
@hypersonicmonkeybrains34185 жыл бұрын
I want to talk about AI image processing in general. I get that AI clear is specifically for sharpening out of focus images and reducing slight noise and grain... Also Topaz is ahead of the game vs Adobe photoshop, when it comes to AI clear and AI gigapixel upscaling. But photoshop imo is very much traditionally about restoring or retouching old photos or photos that are not perfect, in an attempt to improve them. So imo Adobe must be hard at work in their research labs working on AI that does the following " identifies scratches, dust and dirt in an image and removes" " identifies lack of color/b&w images and auto colorizes them" " identify very blurred or hazy/misty/over exposed areas and restore them". That is where i think Photoshop must be headed if they want to please customers and reduce manual work. So on that note im wondering what Topaz Labs is secretly developing in order to stay ahead of Adobe Photoshop.... Or i could be putting too much expectation in AI and that would be very disappointing, as i thought it was an area of fast growth and could solve anything.
@JoelWolfsonPhoto5 жыл бұрын
Topaz is going to roll out more A.I. products. There's a new one coming out next week. I work with several companies that include A.I. in their products. I'm not a programmer but I try to pick their brains about capabilities when I talk with the product folks. There are different types of A.I. for different purposes. The identification of dust and scratches has been around a long time. The best one I saw (not A.I.) was an Apple product from the 90s that no longer exists. The rest of the good dust and scratch removal tech (not necessarily A.I.) resides in scanner software like that in SilverFast. I think there will come a day when all the things you mentioned are contained in one program/plug-in/Pro Adjustment but maybe not as soon as we hope.
@hypersonicmonkeybrains34185 жыл бұрын
Will there be an AI clear that is made for cleaning up very old photos?
@JoelWolfsonPhoto5 жыл бұрын
A.I. Clear's purpose is to reduce noise/grain while maintaining sharpness and detail. Because it uses artificial intelligence you can also use it on photos without noise and it will still sharpen it. I'm not sure what you mean by "cleaning up very old photos." If you have scanned an old photo or negative and it has a lot of grain then yes, it will help. It won't however clean up stains, cracks, or correct color. The idea of a an A.I. product that can fix all these other issues often seen in very old photos is a good one but I'm not aware of a product like that available or in-the-making. Perhaps some other folks out there might know of something like this. Other than fixing my own very old family photos, it's not really on my radar.
@patriciaterranova10745 жыл бұрын
Question please about my graphics card. I have a NVIDIA GEForce 310m, with total memory 4050MB. It appears that my Windows CPU is unsupported. Does that mean I can’t try AI Clear with my Lightroom software?
@JoelWolfsonPhoto5 жыл бұрын
Hi Patricia, AI Clear only runs within Topaz Studio. Of course you can launch into Studio from Lightroom. 300 series NVIDIA cards are supported with Studio so it can't hurt to try it. Studio is a free download and A.I. Clear is free to try (topazlabs.com/trials/ref/67/) Let me know how it goes. Cheers, Joel
@seanchristopher18275 жыл бұрын
I typically use both detail in studio and denoise - sometimes both for one image. Any benefit to continue using the Precision Detail panel if you have AI Clear?
@JoelWolfsonPhoto5 жыл бұрын
Good question. That will depend on your camera type and images. Since using A.I. Clear I've found that I rarely use denoise. If you have been using Precision Detail for capture sharpening your need for it will lessen considerably. However I still find Precision Detail useful for other purposes such as selective/creative sharpening, enhancing skies, etc. Topaz lets you try A.I. Clear free for 30 days ( topazlabs.com/trials/ref/67/ ) Try it on some different types of images. If you end up buying it, you can save 15% using code JWOLFSON
@seanchristopher18275 жыл бұрын
Excellent, thanks for the response. I look forward to giving this a try.
@GrahamRemington5 жыл бұрын
But there still white in the trees when you replace sky on1 photo raw 2019, is there any thing I can do ?
@GrahamRemington5 жыл бұрын
HOW DO I REPLACE A SKY WITH TREES IN ON1 PHOTO RAW 2019
@JoelWolfsonPhoto5 жыл бұрын
From the Edit module, Just add a layer with your photo of the trees and use the masking tools. To add the layer, click on the + sign at the bottom of the layers palette or via the menu: Layer > Add layer from file... Either way you can navigate to your photo add it as a layer. And now it's all non-descructive editing.
@albertski285 жыл бұрын
They added the font feature but I thought it was pretty crude. Pretty well useless for making a professional watermark.
@JoelWolfsonPhoto5 жыл бұрын
I agree- it should be in its own layer so that you can have multiple layers and ability to adjust opacity. As a bare minimum the latter. I will definitely mention it to them. Also I would post it to their photo raw project site if you haven't already. They add new features based on user requests. If it's already there just give it a rating and your input will be counted. Cheers, Joel
@GhostSamaritan5 жыл бұрын
Skin smoothening looks so weird.
@JoelWolfsonPhoto5 жыл бұрын
It's possible it doesn't look right on the video as you don't always get the full resolution with video. That's why I also include a photo comparison in the written review. Among all the model strengths and opacity slider you should be able to get whatever amount of smoothing you want on the skin. Also, if portraits are a main thing for you and check out the new ON1 2019 Photo Raw with their amazing portrait panel with numerous controls for skin, eyes, and mouth. joelwolfson.com/on1-photo-raw-2019-is-here/
@MrMasPick5 жыл бұрын
Regarding the JPG & RAW issue you mentioned, if you go to Edit > Preferences > Files tab, you have a checkmark there for grouping the JPG & Raw images together. Is that what you were referring to?
@JoelWolfsonPhoto5 жыл бұрын
Hi Tom, Thanks for responding. Yes and I am happy they have that viewing option. In fact that part of it is much better than LR where you have to go into preferences and then synchronize the folder to see the jpegs...and then remember you did that the next time you import. My issue is that I like to have the RAW and the JPEGs to have identical names except the suffix .jpg and .arw (or whatever cam I'm using). This is how I've imported my images for years. It's also just a good DAM (digital asset management) practice to have a sensible and consistent naming convention. I use text_YYYYMMDD_seq# and name the containing folder the same as the batch of photos inside (w/o the sequence # of course). This isn't possible in the ON1 import module without a workaround. When the raw and jpeg have different names due the sequence number you can't use the group function once they're imported either. You have to use filtering to separate raw and jpeg and be very careful that you have each group in the exact same sequence and then rename them to match. If you happened to have shot a couple raw only or jpeg only you'll mess things up. I don't think it would take much for ON1 to fix this. I plan to mention it to ON1. If you don't organize your photos this way or don't shoot raw+jpeg or don't care then it's all a moot point.
@MrMasPick5 жыл бұрын
@@JoelWolfsonPhoto True, but I have always used the download app that Nikon put out that correctly sequences the NEF and JPG images the same so both versions of the image have the same sequence number. If I had to rely on another process, I would be unhappy for sure.
@JoelWolfsonPhoto5 жыл бұрын
Right now it is easier for me to import into Lightroom and then it's just one click to catalog it in ON1 and then the raw+jpeg grouping works too. When I have the time I will try ON1's new LR migration tool.
@JoelWolfsonPhoto5 жыл бұрын
@@MrMasPick Tom, FWIW I've found a pretty good workaround. Because both camera systems I use give both raw and jpeg the same filename internally I skip the whole import module and just copy my image folder from my SD cards to a folder on my hard drive. Then from ON1 they can be grouped together, at which point I rename, keyword, etc and place in an appropriately named folder on my image server. Of course, as I mentioned in my newly expanded review (joelwolfson.com/on1-photo-raw-2019-is-here) this defeats the purpose of the import module for anyone who shoots raw+jpeg and wants them named the same.
@anthonyhazlewood57885 жыл бұрын
I agree with you Joel... The only thing I don't like so far is the Font size on the list of filters, this seems to have decreased from 2018.5, probably to allow for the before/after pictures... That's Ok for a newbie, but after you have used the filters a while it's not necessary and to be honest it's irritating as I have to put glasses on to read them, which I didn't need to do on the old version... Other than that I find the new version is pretty good... Thanks for the video
@JoelWolfsonPhoto5 жыл бұрын
You're welcome and glad you liked it. I always have glasses on when I'm working on my computer. Though it couldn't hurt to have the font size a bit bigger but certainly a minor thing in light of all the nice improvements. I really love the speed and new interface/workflow. Happy Shooting, Joel
@anthonyhazlewood57885 жыл бұрын
It might be a minor detail, but it's not if you struggle to read it... I agree with you as to the rest of the Prog.. It's a good well thought out one...
@JoelWolfsonPhoto5 жыл бұрын
@@anthonyhazlewood5788 Perhaps you are already aware that Photo Raw is based on customer requests and feedback- If you don't mind taking the time I would let them know about the small font size on the filter selector. ( www.on1.com/products/photo-raw/ideas/ ) The company is full of young people with good eyesight. We don't want to wait until they are old enough to need reading glasses :) Cheers, Joel
@anthonyhazlewood57885 жыл бұрын
Hi Joel, actually I already did that.....
@candizippie5 жыл бұрын
I noticed her eye was darker in the "after" edited image. Can you mask the eye before running the edit to retain the lighter "before" eye? Thank you!
@JoelWolfsonPhoto5 жыл бұрын
First of all, yes you can mask whatever you want. There are extensive masking capabilities in every adjustment/layer in Studio. I think what you are seeing as a darker and lighter eye is during the split view of my video. Her left eye is in a shadow from her hair and looks darker than her right eye. Take a look at the part of the video when I first apply the A.I. Clear and you'll see the brightness doesn't really change. I was intrigued by your observation so I went back to the files and measured the RGB values of both before and after and they are the same. So bottom line is that A.I. Clear shouldn't change your brightness levels on its own but of course you can control/change that through masking. Cheers, Joel
@DrDaab6 жыл бұрын
An excellent review. Thanks !
@JoelWolfsonPhoto6 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I'm glad you found it useful.
@petersolomon52276 жыл бұрын
I have been using Topaz Labs’ “AI Clear” for about a week. The upshot is that I do not see this plugin as a replacement for Topaz Labs’ “Clean”, “Denoiser, 6” , or their “InFocus” for that matter. Rather, it is a useful additional tool that simultaneously denoises areas of an image, and sharpens areas of an image. What I have found using AI Clear is that after one Photoshop pass (that may need to be scaled back to prevent over denoising), this plugin paves the way to re-sharpen the image if necessary. In summary, Topaz Labs make some very sophisticated plugins to edit still images. However, unlike Topaz Labs’ singular interest in still photographic plugins, DFT (Digital Film Tools) make a suite of image editing plugins for Photoshop and After Effects.
@JoelWolfsonPhoto6 жыл бұрын
Thanks Peter. Interesting. Since I did the review I have found myself using it as a first step for capture sharpening for almost every image I bring into Studio. If there is noise, it reduces that but as you say, it also sharpens the high frequency areas. The intelligence seems to work well. Shortly after I did the review Topaz changed the controls and labeling to a more logical format allowing one to achieve desired results more easily. If I go out on a limb for a rule of thumb, I've found the default to be good for landscapes but need to use medium or high model strength for portraits and then tweak with the opacity slider. I showed this in my most recent Topaz webinar.
@pellier085 жыл бұрын
Clean, Denoiser 6, InFocus Sharpen Ai, Clear Ai, Nik's deNoise, this and that... how much of everything is needed to take a good photo?! I think some people are more interested in the geek technology than the actual art of photography.
@stefanospeziali68356 жыл бұрын
it's better than topaz denois 6?
@JoelWolfsonPhoto6 жыл бұрын
No, I don't think it's better. It's easier and faster, especially for those who don't already own or know how to use DeNoise 6. But if you are already familiar with the controls in DeNoise 6 you can continue to use that. Both can be accessed within Topaz Studio.
@SteveLig26 жыл бұрын
I would agree with Joel that it's not as good as DeNoise. For an inside wedding picture I'm testing with, I have to strain to notice a difference between the original and processed image. Maybe the slider just needs to go further to apply more of an effect, but for this image, it's basically useless.
@stefanospeziali68356 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@JoelWolfsonPhoto6 жыл бұрын
You're welcome.
@anonymousanonymous85446 жыл бұрын
Awful product. It left an image of a sky full of white dots, blurred a low ISO image....I don't think it does evaluate each image individually otherwise it wouldn't have blurred a low ISO image and left it without any detail. DXO is way better and even Lightroom is better.
@JoelWolfsonPhoto6 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure I'd assume it's an awful product. I don't know about the white dots- I haven't run into that but I would certainly bring it up with Topaz. If you send me an example I'll take a look it. In my blog post about AI Clear (where this video is originally posted; link above) I addressed the batch processing in more detail. "I have yet to put the batch processing to a real test. But because it uses AI to evaluate each image individually, it should work much better than batching images with non-AI noise reduction. I spoke with the folks at Topaz and they recommend batching similar types of images. For example, batching a bunch of images of same/similar subjects shot at night with high ISO rather mixing drastically different images. This may be obvious from the settings I demonstrate here in the video versus the portrait example above but I wanted to point it out nonetheless." I'm unable to edit this video on KZbin or I would update it to reflect my conversation with Topaz about batch processing I've used Lightroom every day for my professional work since 2008 and I would disagree that it's better at noise reduction. The chroma noise reduction is equally good but not the luminance noise reduction. On any given image it may be possible to get similar results but in my experience I don't find LR all that useful. This is why I've used Topaz DeNoise. I want to spend more time on AI Clear but so far it seems to be a faster and less laborious method to get to a similar result as DeNoise. Cheers, Joel
@Reggmail6 жыл бұрын
Would be nice if it could be used for video as well. A better and cheaper alternative than Neat Video.
@trevr106 жыл бұрын
I'm a big fan of Topaz products but AI Clear is not a patch on DxO's Prime noise reduction and sharpening. However DxO is a lot more expensive and if you are only correcting the occasional image this may be a more cost effective solution.
@aFeinPhoto6 жыл бұрын
curious what is much better about the DxO product?
@trevr106 жыл бұрын
The final results of NR on images shot with my D810 appear IMHO any way, to be closer to how the same image should look if shot at a lower ISO