Matt Kloskowski's razor sharp photo workflow using Topaz Labs and Adobe
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- Опубликовано: 9 июн 2021
- Join @MattKloskowski as he breaks down his wildlife photography editing workflow using Adobe Lightroom Classic and the Topaz Labs Image Quality Bundle. Matt will show you how he uses DeNoise AI to remove noise from his bird photos while retaining detail, add just the right amount of "bite" using Sharpen AI, and get crystal clear upscaling results using Gigapixel AI.
This is a great webinar and we're sure you're going to walk away with at least one new trick up your sleeve! 
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Just great to finally see the real difference between Topaz DeNoise and Topaz Sharpen! Well explained! 👍🏼 Thanks.
REALLY late to the party but...AHA moment. Crop>content aware tool> head slap. Thank you, this is why I suscribe now.
Great job, Matt. I was obsessing over which plugin to use first. You made it simple! Use Sharpen AI when noise is less of an issue; use DeNoise AI when sharpness is less of an issue. There's rarely a need to use both. And, belying other tutorials I've seen, it's fine to do the Lightroom developing work first. Genius!
Great job explaining the Lightroom workflow! By coincidence, I helped a friend download and get the DeNoise plugin to work in Lightroom just today. She wondered how to use it after we got it installed. This confirms what I showed her on how to use it. Thanks!.
Late to the party, but wanted to say this helped me a lot in deciding how to best use Topaz apps. Always great to see Matt K doing demos. One of my all time fave photo editing instructors.
Don’t know I missed this video, excellent, Matt!
This is great. Learned a lot about Topaz and several new techniques in Photoshop.
Thank you so much for sharing. I ended up buying Topaz DeNoise, Incredible.
GREAT video! So glad I came across this. I was able to verify my workflow, learn a few new things, and learn how to examine the changes. I was surprised to find out I needed to know more about what I was looking at.
Excellent tutorial. I already use Topaz but did learn more from your video. I appreciated that you catered for looking at the images via video on smaller screens by zooming in because it's often forgotten that not everyone has a supersize high quality monitor. Thank you very much for sharing this.
Thanks Caroline - glad you liked it.
Great tutorial, Matt. Thank you very much!
You’re very welcome
This video is very long but it just doubled the value of my 3 Topaz software products that I already consider to be priceless! These products have improved my images beyond what I ever imagined!
Also I didn't expect to learn some Lightroom stuff, thank you so much, ticked a couple more boxes for me!
Excellent Video!!
Informational video. Thank you for sharing
Very simple and good
Terrific tutorial Matt, not just for Topaz (which I’ve just got) but for some aspects of Photoshop as well (I’m not good with PS and use LR virtually all the time). Thank you 👍
Ummmmm, I seem to remember asking you about Topaz a couple years ago....told you so. Thanks for another great tutorial!
been using Topaz products long before there was Studio. Never knew about the 4 in 1 preview. Thanks
You can edit the raw photos. Great job on this. Thanks. Use it all the time.
Terrific job Matt. I learned some new information about workflow and the seamless integration of Lightroom, Photoshop and Topaz, and a couple of new things about Photoshop too. But more than anything, I'm a believer in the KISS principal and I like the way you have eliminated unnecessary pedantic "fussiness" from the process. Thank you.
Thank you!
Excellent clarified Topaz workflow. I suppose one would still apply normal output sharpening from Lr per image use.
very interesting video, thank you :)
I wish I had seen this video before I started using Topaz, although I work to a very similar work flow. Useful to know there is not a definitive flow of using the two software programs, it's down to choice on each photo.
I've always done sharpening using Nik sharpener pro. These new tools probably make that redundant but I've yet to see a video that addresses my main concern. Firstly if you plan to resize an image for the web down to 1600 pixels on long edge for example would you sharpen first and then resize, or leave sharpening until final step? Secondly the Nik product uses the 3 stage sharpening method where output sharpening has options for both web and lab printing. None of these new fancy sharpeners seems to mention how the process would differ if you are sharpening an image for printing.
Great tutorial, Matt. Is there a way to take an image directly from DeNoise to Gigapixel?
Awesome tutorial Matt, thanks! Have you used the latest Topaz product that has just been launched: Photo AI? I'd love to hear your thoughts on this!!
Very good video. I still have some questions.....when we use topaz, are we duplicating pictures and increasing disk space consumption?
As always Matt has provided an excellent insight to his workflow. The 20% discount plus the package make deal makes it very affordable. I was not going to get Gigapixel but as it was such a good deal - why not. Shame the video was clipped at the end.
Hi, where is the 20% discount code? I can't find it. Thank you.
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@@quentinwhitfield4762 thank you! I already bought it the other night with the 15%. Good enough for me. It was a great price for the package deal at $127!
Just a couple questions:
- can you achieve the same sharpening & noise reduction results using PS's multitude of options?
- does Giga outperform the new Enhance offering that Adobe launched recently ?
- given the answers to the questions above, I wonder what Adobe will do about it. I do think they have recognized that simplification and time reduction are key elements to
enhancing the use of PS. Certainly, Topaz and Luminar have.
They do have Noise Reduction on a waitlist within the Neural filter...perhaps that is aimed at Denoise.
Hi Alan.
1. No, you cannon achieve the same noise reduction or sharpening in Photoshop or Lightroom.
2. I don't really know. I don't use either of them (see my answer to another upsizing question here). You can always compare them on layers yourself to see how it looks to you.
3. I don't know what Adobe will do about it or if they see it as a threat. Adobe is great at 90% of what photographers do. I'm personally okay that other companies step in. Nobody can be all things to all people and honestly... if it's not a wildlife photo, I don't use Topaz because Adobe does what I need for my other types of photography. Thanks!
Do the Topaz programs work better as stand alone or as a plugin with Photoshop? I'm considering installing them as stand alone so I can use them with Luminar Neo if it's any good. Wait an see on that. And, also Capture One. I suppose I could go back and forth, close out one program & go to another.
Can we Topaz plugins for Jewelry Retouching? Can you please show some examples.. if these are useful in Jewelry retouching field
If you had to choose between denoise and sharpen, which would you get ?
Is Topaz integrated with Lightroom CC? Right now, only way I can do it is by selecting "Edit In Photoshop" for each individual photo, and then launch Topaz sharpen from within Photoshop -- a bit time intensive. Am I doing something wrong?
Like your honest opinion about gigapixel and thank you for showing the best workflow ever,just made me feel a little bit bad when you talk about crap 20mg pixels cameras i just got a canon R6 and I’m loving it lol
Hi Matt. Love your videos. Very informative. Had a query. When sending images from Lightroom to Denoise does one need to open up shadows and bring down highlights before or after Denoise? What about the black point / white point? I mean should I do the dynamic range adjustments after Denoise has done it’s thing?
Also do I need to reduce sharpening to zero before sending the image to Denoise?
Good question!
When are you going to update Adjust AI ??? its been months now!!
Turn on GPU to speed up the rendering. I feel it takes longer time in your Mac. It normally took me 10 to 20 seconds.
Hi Patrica - if you're referring to my demo during the webcast, GPU rendering is turned on and I have mine tuned the best I can. I have a 2016 iMac and other than the final rendering, it moves pretty fast. I was also pushing a 50-60 Megapixel file through it. But overall, it always just feels longer to me when I'm live on a webinar which is why I called attention to it. Thanks!
I was told denoise should be first before doing anything
This has been shortened; what happened to the Q&A at the end, this is normally really useful info for everyone ... ?
Thanks, Maat Confirms my enthusiasm for the plugin. However, you should switch to a Silicon Mac, no more minutes of rendering - it makes the stuff really fast.
Hi. I totally agree. Up until now LR hasn't been native and many of the other tools I use haven't been native. So all I get are troubleshooting emails from people asking me why their software doesn't work. We're definitely getting there, but I still feel as if I'm a beta tester if I buy one :-) Trust me, I want one and I will definitely get one soon, but I just don't want the hassle that comes along with it at this point. Thanks!
@@MattKloskowski Do it, Matt! I got it up and running (fast!!) on my Mini 16 GB/1TB with help from Sharon @Topaz a few days ago. Only make sure that you use HDMI screens; a second Retina-type screen can be problematic.
Why are you you sharpening in LR before exporting to topaz denoise?
What I missed: This was a good overview but I still do not understand why Topaz has both DN and SH if both do both functions and why it is not better to do all the sharpening in one program and the noise in another with the opposite set to zero. I have been setting RAW conversion sharpening to zero to avoid sharpening three times. This could be made more clear.
Hi Doug, this what Topaz has to say on their FAQ page about the sharpening function of DeNoise vs Sharpen.
“What's the difference between DeNoise AI's sharpening and Sharpen AI's?
DeNoise AI uses AI algorithms specifically made for digital noise removal. Its sharpening functionality is used primarily to smooth out any artifacts created during the process, and aren't nearly as advanced as Sharpen AI, whose AI algorithms are custom built for focusing images.”
help.topazlabs.com/hc/en-us/articles/360026224352-DeNoise-AI-Frequently-Asked-Questions#dn5
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I'm curious about what you REALLY use for huge enlargements...ON1 Resize 2021 or GigaPixel, and not just saying GigaPixel because this is a Topaz Labs video.
Hi David. I really don't do enlargements. Just about every photo I want to print large, I have taken with a recent camera and it has plenty of megapixels. Plus, I don't typically have the room in my home to hang anything gigantic so it's just not something I do often. But when I do enlarge I typically just use Photoshop > Image Size to do it. I've done the comparisons with other tools and Image Size is plenty good enough for me. I only notice a difference if I zoom in to 400% so I just don't zoom in :-)
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When using Sharpen AI, you also left the LR default sharpening on. I don't think this is the right workflow since the classical LR sharpening is adding contour artifacts.
Set it to zero, and use Topaz only for better results.
Lots of problems with this session. I’d say learn more about the software before teaching.
Makes me think you got paid to do this video, I download a tryout of this program and everything was bs.
I didn't see any Woww. Great, nice. No, not on this side, all I felt was, what a bs.