Why I’m No Longer Using Topaz DeNoise AI and How to use

XD brilliant. Not used jack** in a while. I'll start using it again. Cheers 🥂

Thank you so much!!!!! Struggle with topaz blowing out highlights so this is good to know.
Have you tried Topaz AI? Or Dxo??

I was wondering how ling it would take for you to put a video out covering this. Now I'm wondering how long it will take for Topaz to get ahead of the game again.

Thank you for this video. I've been using Topaz products for several years. I felt that the PhotoAI still did a good job, but I couldn't believe that DeNoiseAI and SharpenAI were getting worse with every upgrade, not better. I still can't understand why, but I'll try using the Adobe Denoise now. I thought I was the only person who thought the earlier products did a better job.

Lightroom blows the doors off of Topaz. Topaz muddies up backgrounds and most importantly it messes with colors and ruins fine details. I've been using lightroom's denoise for a few months now, then process the DNG's in capture one. Just add a bit of grain back and you're all good. I batched 1100 files in about 2.5 hours with an Nvidia 4090. Photo AI is a disaster, I absolutely hate it lol

Thanks for this Jess. I've been disappointed in the direction of Topaz Labs and products for many years now. I recently use Denoise AI on an image and now will no longer use it. I still get use out of their Legacy Plugins and that's a direction I wish they hadn't departed. Perhaps this will become good feedback for them. Subscribed

Not to be a Debbie a Donwner but why would someone submit a substandard image to a photo competition?

So true
I thought it was me ( user error ) 😂 I pretty much stopped using topaz a couple of months after purchase, due to how it seems to ( well, as you explained ) it looks horrendous & takes away some of if not all the true image, to a load of mush,
I do drone photography & am fairly new but even I know good from terrible,
Occasionally if I’m working with layers on the odd occasion I may just run the sky through denoise AI depends tho, I try not to,
I’m glad it’s not me just noticing it 😅 thankyou

Edit for better words it’s overkill !!!

Topaz moved away from Denoise AI some time ago. Maybe you should try their (more up-to-date product) Photo AI instead of canning an already obsolete product.

I never could get the results I was after with Topaz DeNoise, and part of that was just issues getting files into DeNoise. And the times I was able to, the results were less than desirable, and having gotten other programs since then (such as DXO Photolab) and Adobe's new AI features, i don't bother with Topaz anymore. Luckily I never bought the support plan for it and bought it on sale (during Cyber Monday deal for 5 plug-ins for something like $199) one year so the cost was minimal, but I have pretty much stopped using Topaz products, with the exception of Sharpen AI. That I do like, but the DeNoise app was sort of a waste of money. The issue now is trying to figure out which one I like better: Adobe's DeNoise AI or DXO PureRAW/Photolab denoising (the trade off that I've seen is DXO does a better job at noise removal and perhaps retaining detail but this is partially at the cost of some halos in places; whereas Adobe tends to not remove as much noise, but doesn't get the haloing that DXO does from oversharpneing it seems, so I might just continue to use both depending on what I'm doing and how important the noise/halos are — the halos in DXO are also not very visible unless you zoom in on the test images I ran so it's not like it sticks out like a sore thumb).

I don't shoot raw. Maybe I should but I don't which is why I use TAI.

Good info but this video is 8 minutes too long.

Fantastic ❤❤❤❤ thanks for doing this.

Thank you so much for sharing this comparison! Around the time I was considering getting Topaz AI for DeNoising was when Adobe released their AI Denoise and I've been wondering if Topaz would be worth it or not, especially for furtography. Of coruse there are other videos on the subject, but given your previous support for Topaz it is good to know where you stand now. Thanks again for the honest review, I imagine it would've been easier to not make this video, but I'm so glad you did!

Both AI denoise programs have their limitations. In other words, they aren’t consistent from one image to the next. Each image we take is vastly different in so many areas, thus Adobe and Topaz may / will struggle depending on that image. I’ve had great results with Topaz, but also horrible results, again depending on the particular image. The same with Adobe AI denoise. It certainly has its limitations.

One other thing I’m curious about in your example is what setting did you use in Topaz? Standard? Clear? Low light? Severe noise? Each produces vastly different results.

I think to properly run this test you will need to use many different images, comparing all the settings in Topaz to the Adobe version.

Thanks Jess🙂

Another fantastic video Jess! Thank you!! I thought Topaz quit supporting both Sharpen and Denoise a few months ago so they can focus on Photo AI. I've been using the denoise function in LR a lot more myself. I think it appears more natural and is certainly more convenient.

For sure couldn't agree more Adobe have definitely done a fantastic job here and made it so easy for anyone to use in their workflow. I've switched from using DxO Pure Raw to this and its helped speed things up massively and produce better results. I have however recently purchased Topaz Sharpen AI which has DeNoise features built in too. I've found this helpful for photos ive slightly missed focus on or slow shutter and its saved a few lovely images i really wanted to include in galleries. But totally for noise Adobe has taken the lead i think. Good for the industry though as im sure this will push Topaz to develop further too.