![]() ![]() Sharpen AI‘s Stabilize module was used to undo most of the damage. Here we are dealing with motion blur (camera shake) even more than focus softness. ![]() The palm tree shot below was taken in similar circumstances as the one above but with the Canon EOS Rebel T3, a handheld and zoomed in grabshot. There are some artifacts present, but I expect the final build and subsequent updates to improve on this: Sharpen AI‘s Focus module helps restore a majority of the original detail while removing noise. Here is a 100% crop from the larger scene (which you can see in the Sharpen AI interface screenshot below): The Nikon Coolpix L810 gave me this mushy handheld evening shot. The waterfall image (flash+daylight) is both soft due to being lo-res and suffering from some subject motion, both of which problems were improved with Sharpen AI in Stabilize mode (100% crop views, original first): Now we go back to 1999 and the Kodak DC265 1-megapixel camera. Note the highlight in the eye as well as the details in the feathers, also the popped detail in the branches. The focus is almost there, but slightly soft (full-frame, reduced):Ī trip through Sharpen AI did wonders for it (100% before-and-after view): Here’s a zoom shot of a crow made in 2005 with the Minolta DiMAGE S404. After running it through Sharpen AI I was surprised at how soft the original was (this is true for all of the Canon images, hmm)!Ĭomparing 100% crops from the original with the result of Sharpen AI’s Focus mode with Remove Blur=70/Suppress Noise=1.0, you can see the details pop as if I had used a better lens: Here’s another example from the Canon with the same lens, taken at a location near the one above (full frame, reduced). The image seems reasonably sharp until you look at a section of it at 100%:Īfter running it through Sharpen AI with Sharpen mode settings of Blur=90, Noise=30, Grain=0, the improvement becomes apparent: Let’s start our examination with a shot from the Canon Rebel T3, shot with its stock 18-55 Canon zoom lens at the widest angle setting (full-frame, reduced): When you’re happy with the preview and ready for the final render, click Save As to begin the full processing, which (be prepared!) could take some time depending on your source image, settings and computer hardware. The split view allows you to preview the before-and-after results once you make the desired adjustments and click the Update Preview button. Here’s what you will see when launching the new Sharpen AI: a simple interface with three processing modes ( Sharpen, Stabilize and Focus) and three sets of sliders ( Input Blur Amount, Input Noise Amount and Add Grain): I shot them over the years with devices ranging from a Kodak DC265 (1-megapixel), a Minolta DiMAGE S404 (4-megapixel), an iPad 2 (5-megapixel), a Nikon Coolpix L810 (16-megapixel) up to a Canon EOS Rebel T3 DSLR (12-megapixel).īTW, Sharpen AI is intended to replace Topaz’s earlier InFocus plug-in, since, as Topaz says, “ Sharpen AI beats InFocus’s deconvolution algorithm in almost all images we’ve tested for both motion and lens blur.” As a result, Topaz is activating Sharpen AI for all current InFocus owners for free and deprecating InFocus. To prepare this blog post I’ve been spending time testing several pre-release beta versions of Sharpen AI with various sharpness-challenged images. The 2-week intro discount for Sharpen AI will be $59.99 (normal price $79.99), so take advantage of that!.This means that it can selectively apply sharpening to just the image features it perceives as detail, which ends up in a much more natural-looking result.” other sharpening tools is that the machine learning training process allows it to understand the difference between detail vs. ![]() Topaz goes on to say, “Sharpen AI’s main differentiator vs. Today Topaz is launching Sharpen AI to “help photographers create tack-sharp images in real-world conditions by mitigating camera shake, focus problems and general softness”. ![]()
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