Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/08/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The results are excellent, but it certainly takes its time - even on my PC with 64GB RAM, and SSD disks (including a dedicated one for swapfiles). Be warned! Cheers Jayanand On Mon, Aug 3, 2020 at 8:56 AM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: > Thanks, Jayanand and Sonny. > > A "stand alone" makes for easier installation, but more complex work > flow. I'll certainly consider it. > > On 8/2/20 10:21 PM, Sonny Carter via LUG wrote: > > It is a PC, but I think it is the same. > > > > As Jay says, I don't think it works as a plugin. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Sonny > > http://sonc.com <http://sonc.com/look/> > > Natchitoches, Louisiana > > 1714 > > Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase > > > > USA > > > > > > On Sun, Aug 2, 2020 at 10:05 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> > wrote: > > > >> Thanks, Sonny. Are you on a PC or a Mac? > >> > >> On 8/2/20 10:01 PM, Sonny Carter via LUG wrote: > >>> Gigapixel also has denoise and deblur sliders. I just used it on my > >> highly > >>> cropped dragonfly to make a 16x20 print. > >>> > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> > >>> Sonny > >>> http://sonc.com <http://sonc.com/look/> > >>> Natchitoches, Louisiana > >>> 1714 > >>> Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase > >>> > >>> USA > >>> > >>> > >>> On Sun, Aug 2, 2020 at 9:54 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> > >> wrote: > >>>> That might well be, Jayanand. Now that I realize how well their > >>>> software works, I may take a look at it. My only real hesitation > stems > >>>> from the fact that we had to get guidance from their technicians to > get > >>>> Denoise to install as a PS Plugin on my iMac. It is fine now, but > >>>> placing the filter in the proper address was a bit tricky. And I had > a > >>>> professional programmer doing it! > >>>> > >>>> On 8/2/20 9:42 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG wrote: > >>>>> I would suggest the sister programme to Topaz Denoise, Topaz AI > >>>> Gigapixel > >>>>> would be more useful for such cropping. > >>>>> > >>>>> Cheers > >>>>> Jayanand > >>>>> > >>>>> On Mon, Aug 3, 2020 at 3:11 AM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at > >>>>> lighttube.net> > >>>> wrote: > >>>>>> As I have gotten older, camera and lens weight has become more > >> important > >>>>>> to me. I find that modern post-processing software such as Topaz > >>>>>> Denoise AI (Thanks, Moose) can expand what I can do with a small > >>>>>> package. Just to take this premise to the extreme, this image was > >> shot > >>>>>> with my Olympus Mirrorless E-M1 and Olympus 50/2.0 Macro lens and > >>>>>> cropped down to 2% of the original image size. Processing was in LR, > >> PS > >>>>>> and Denoise AI. I chose to post a larger crop, but there is still > >>>>>> reasonable detail at this extreme crop size. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20200802-P8022805.JPG.html > >>>>>> -- > >>>>>> Jim Nichols > >>>>>> Tullahoma, TN USA > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Jim Nichols > >>>> Tullahoma, TN USA > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>> > >> -- > >> Jim Nichols > >> Tullahoma, TN USA > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > -- > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information