I never paid for software to process photos until this past winter. While I did test Denoise AI and the Low Light models in Topaz they didn’t fare better than AI Clear in this case.įWIW. If you want a pretty good photo program it does have a lot of features that can be worth it. I don’t know if it is worth buying DXO Photolab just for the Denoise, even though it is certainly excellent.

The wording on the upper sign is bolder on the Topaz version. The DXO Deep Prime version shows more texture on the carpet and the light wording on the stands is more readable. See the circled areas on the Topaz results.

The carpet is more blurred in Topaz and some light working on the stands almost disappears. Overall, the results were good for both but I think DXO has a small edge. I realized that DXO had applied a optical correction so there is a bit of difference in the two. For that both are tied.įor the results I brought both jpg files into Affinity photo. There are some adjustments as well but it is not complicated.

DXO does have three NR processes with Deep Prime being the strongest but may not always be necessary. First, I think DXO should allow a larger preview option for those who have faster machines so that advantage goes to Topaz. Here are my thought and the photo results below. I also used the same RAW file and developed in Affinity Photo then used the Topaz Denoise AI plugin.

In the DXO case I applied phot corrections for the exposure and color sat as well as Deep Prime NR. I’m trying a trial version of DXO Photolab 4 and have used a very underexposed sony RAW file as a test of Deep Prime noise reduction.

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