![]() However, organizations like the National Audubon Society, which just hosted the 2021 Photography Awards Contest, recognize the difference and specifically did not allow “AI and machine-learning-based software used for upscaling, sharpening and significant noise reduction.” In a sense, it can be argued that the final edited images from AI noise reduction software are composites.Īudubon 2021 Photography Awards Contest rules. Moving into the comparison, I want to first discuss the similarities and differences as far as the layout, tools, and file handling workflow goes for each application. ![]() Opening each program, both have a similar layout in default settings. The photo being processed is oriented on the lefthand side, the main toolbar panel is on the right, and there are more information and tools on the top and bottom. ON1 NoNoise AI Topaz Labs DeNoise AIĪs far as looks go, ON1 NoNoise AI is by far superior with its minimal use of color. Topaz Denoise AI on the other hand tries its best to skew your color perception by maintaining a blue color palette throughout the program - a big no-no for the editing process.īoth allow color changes to the preview background color but, for the most part, this is never seen unless your zoom is backed out all the way and it also doesn’t affect the panels surrounding the photo. ON1 goes a step further to provide a customizable accent color, but this makes a minimal difference to anything. Looking at the main tool panels, we see a general similarity in that there are tools for noise reduction and tools for sharpening. ON1 NoNoise AI on the left, Topaz Labs DeNoise AI on the right. Topaz Labs has an additional AI Model section that has four options: Standard, Clear, Low Light, Severe Noise. Standard would be for your regular photos with low to moderate noise. Clear uses an older Topaz Labs noise reduction engine and does not rely on AI as much, and this mode is good for times when you see a lot of inconsistent noise reduction and artifacting introduced by the AI models. Low Light and Severe Noise kind of sound like they’d be targeting the same thing, however, if your final photo is meant to have a lot of dark spaces it might be best with Low Light. While Topaz Labs has one slider for noise reduction and one slider for sharpness at the heart of its program, ON1 has three sliders for both and allows for more refinement, which is greatly appreciated. It’s more hands-on, but also more time-consuming. Both have Auto toggles which are handy to get a suggestion on where to start with the sliders. From my long experience with Topaz Labs, I know that sometimes the Auto suggestion is completely off base, but it usually will speed up the process. One of the more interesting sliders that exists in ON1 NoNoise AI is the color tool (and to be sure, no, this doesn’t act like the Color Noise Reduction tool in Topaz Labs). I mentioned earlier in my list of negative effects of high ISO shooting that color-shifting becomes a problem. Color noise can give off a shift in the blacks and other colors get all faded and skewed. ![]() This nice tool works to take care of that by offsetting these issues. ![]()
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