Before and after shots with Topaz sharpening software:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

The original:




Sharpened with the Topaz software:

[rubbersole]

1. "This is a test, this is only a test...

...do not adjust your screens..."

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Too true indeed, my dear rubbersole! Thanks for commenting. n/t

[rubbersole]

3. I've never had the opportunity to misquote the opening to the 'Outer Limits' before.

Thanks!

[Diamond_Dog]

4. I see a difference

But not a huge difference.

Cool image, though!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. Thank you, my dear Diamond_Dog!

This is the first photo I've done that change with, so I'm probably being overly cautious!

Thanks, I love this image!

[Irish_Dem]

5. Can you get your money back?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. I probably could. But I don't want my money back.

I want to learn how to use the software.

[Irish_Dem]

15. Ok.

[AndyS]

6. This isn't a good image to show sharpness as there are no identifiable edges to anything

but it did clean up the halos a bit. Nice pic.

The difference I see is in digital noise--the second is much cleaner.

A good example of why shooting digital is better than analog (film). It's all ones n zeros . . . ya can do a lot with ones n zeros. Ya just can't 'fix it in post'. Gotta have some redeeming content to start with!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. Mostly I wanted to see how this photo would work being sharpened.

Cleaning up the digital noise is definitely worth while.

Thanks for having a look!

[MichMan]

10. I discovered their products in Spring and use them a lot

Really impressed with their software. A lot of shots I would have once deleted are now usable.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. I hear that a lot, my dear MichMan!

A couple of my friends use it, and it was their influence that caused me to buy it.

I expect to get a lot better at it, and to hopefully resurrect some photos that I might have discarded.

[CharleyDog]

11. Can you show us with a different photograph?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. I got the software installed yesterday.

So eventually I will process other photos.

There won't be any more today; I've had a busy, on my feet day, and now I need my nap!

[MichMan]

14. They replaced three products with one

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There was Topaz Gigipixel, Sharpen AI and DeNoise. They still exist, but Topaz introduced Photo AI which is intended to combine all three of the former standalone products in one.


There have been so many updates to Topaz Photo AI, that I am planning on paying extra to ensure I keep getting them. Seems like one nearly every week.

They give them free for a year; but usually on software, I just wait a few years and decide if I want to buy a new version or not.

I think with this software, it makes sense to buy the update plan. I use it a lot.