![]() Dfine at this point is ancient and nowhere near the state of the art. Peiker wrote:The Topaz studio suite is very powerful and just about anything you can do with Nik you can do with Studio (and it's add on components) although you go about it in different ways. PS You should spend some time with Color Efex Pro its the best of the Nik CollectionĮ.J. I don't think Topaz offers a focus stacking program. Topaz Adjust can do some effects similar to HDRĩ. I made a 24" X 48" file recently for a friend and it took over 15 minutesĨ. AI Gigapixel is a stand alone program and is very slow on my MacBook Pro which has 32 gb RAM. they are easy to use and offer more tweaks than Nik Sharpenerħ. Topaz has InFocus and Detail which are sharpening effects. Topaz Denoise is not difficult to use and works pretty well. I do know you can make a selection of just part of an image and run Topaz filters on just the selection (avoids using masks)ĥ. I think some of the Topaz plug ins have opacity sliders and limited masking capabilities. I don't believe Topaz has anything like VivezaĤ. Topaz plugins work as filters within photoshop like Nik and some also work as stand alone programsģ. You are right.I updated PS CC and had to purchase Nik CollectionĢ. In short, I much prefer Studio and the add ons to Studio - it also runs as a plug-in to Photoshop.ġ. The JPEG to RAW program is a waste of time IMHO. Basically I use both products but if somebody said I could only use one I would choose Topaz.Īs for the AI bundle, I use AI Gigapixel a lot on older lower rez images but find AI Sharpen WAY too slow for efficient use on anything but images that are in heavy need of rescue. I still prefer Viveza for targetted saturation and contrast adjustments and Silver Effex for B&W but for everything else plug-in related, I find Topaz Studio with it's add on components much more powerful. It's basically a sharpener and noise reduction tool in one AI tool. I have not touched Dfine since AI Clear was added to Studio. AI Clear inside Studio is litterally lightyears ahead in that it can tell the difference between a smooth background and fine detail and actually enhances fine detail while eliminating noise on the background. The Topaz studio suite is very powerful and just about anything you can do with Nik you can do with Studio (and it's add on components) although you go about it in different ways. I haven't played much w/ HDR Effex, but that's something I could see myself doing in the future does the Topaz bundle have any goodies in that area? Likewise, I've used CS for focus stacking - it's less than ideal any Topaz help there? I don't use Silver Effex, Color Effex,or Analog Effex, so I'm not worried about those. ![]() In general, especially w/ NR and Sharpening, are they slower? How much slower? ![]() I've read that AI Gigapixel is pretty slow I don't know if all of the other AI programs are, too. I'm working with 32 Gigs of RAM, yet sometimes find Dfine kind of slow - certainly not unbearable, but not instantaneous. I work a little harder with Nik Sharpener, but again, find it intuitive and easy same general questions as above. I find Nik Dfine easy, and am usually happy with the default setting again, is Topaz similar, as easy, as intuitive? Or do I need make judgement calls with a bunch of sliders and face a steep new learning curve? Nik's "U-Point" (or whatever) technology is sometimes very handy any way to do localized adjustments without layer masks in Topaz? Speaking of Viveza, I find it very handy for both global and localized adjustments (at times.) I didn't see anything like that in the Topaz stuff I've looked at. I love that I can click Filters -> Nik Collection -> Viveza (or whatever,) as opposed to dealing with stand alone programs Can Topaz work the same way with PS? Correct? If so, I definitely want to take a look at Topaz. ![]() I use PS CC, and haven't updated in a while, because I believe I read that recent updates will kill my free Nik Collection, and I'd have to buy new. By the way, I live in an area with *terrible* internet, so surfing YouTube vid's isn't an option. If anyone's willing to help, I'm going to throw out a bunch of statements and questions that I'd love to see addressed by those more knowledgeable than me. I've read a lot of stuff lately, and I'm just getting more and more confused. I'm an enthusiastic, somewhat advanced amateur photog. DChan's post caught my attention, but I didn't want to hijack his thread, so here's a new one.
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