![]() Sharpen Mode – this setting is supposed to only sharpen the things you want and brings out the detail in your image – Topaz says it “only sharpens the good stuff” and I guess this is where the AI comes in. I am finding that the mode I thought I should use is not always the best one. I like this since one may not work as well as another. There are three modes that can be tried on the image before applying it. In Topaz Studio’s Precision Detail was applied to whole image and Impression applied to just the background, and in PS Lighten and Darken Curve Adjustments Layers to add contrast.) (The image above was enhanced with Sharpen AI. If you look closely, the eyes are definitely sharper in the Sharpen filter and some of the hairs around the face are subtly sharper. The left side is the original image with no sharpening at all and the right side has Sharpen AI applied. Click on the image below to see a larger view of the interface for the Sharpen AI plugin in Flickr and the settings used on the Tigress. Therefore there is a lot more versatility. ![]() In Sharpen AI, there is an actual Suppress Noise slider and it can be applied at any amount and with any of the three modes that can be selected. Click on the image below to see the settings more clearly in Flickr. In AI Clear the noise is adjusted by clicking on Auto or the Low, Med and High buttons. There is a difference with how they each deal with noise reduction. Sharpen AI And AI Clear both improves an image’s sharpness and reduces its noise. Above is the lovely Siberian Tigress named Dorcas at the Jacksonville Zoo – what a lovely creature she is! Sharpen AI Interface I have added several sections so if you are not interested in all the details, you can skip through some of them. Let’s start by showing what Sharpen AI’s interface looks like and does. I love Topaz for this – they do honor their company commitment that if a filter is upgraded and you own it, you get the upgrade free! See section below for info on how to do this as there appears to be a lot of confusion with this. And if you already own Infocus, you get the new Sharpen AI automatically. What is interesting about this new release is that it was actually based upon the older Topaz Infocus filter. Recently Topaz (see sidebar at my Tidbits Blog for website link) released yet another new AI (Artificial Intelligence) filter called Sharpen AI – this comes as a real surprise since just a a while back JPEG to Raw AI was released. TOPAZ SHARPEN AI – GOOD OR BAD? AND YES, FREE UPGRADE FOR TOPAZ INFOCUS OWNERS
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