But sadly, C1 does not have machine learning integrated into their sharpening tool, meaning that the sharpening is applied evenly across the images and not weighted (eg, tackling softer corners and sharper areas differently). C1 has an excellent anti-halo function in their sharpening tool that does precisely that. The most important one is the option to suppress halo effects that come with the sharpening process, amplifying bright edges. That being said, there are still issues I like to be addressed. However, with the latest update, Photo AI became much more helpful as they now include fine-tuning options only available in their standalone applications. But, like you, they probably experienced similar issues, and thus the implementation takes time. That makes tons of sense, as you, mentioned the desire to use them sequentially. I think they are bringing Topaz Sharpening, Denoise, and Gigapixel into one app. And use a nice archive in file structure on the side, to import a few of the original DNGs from scratch in my next PP pipeline when I need them for prints or something.Īre you both working in Capture One, or are you using LR ? How does your PP pipeline look now? Maybe I just open them in Fotos for an occasional look or slideshow. I am not prepared to 'downgrade' to Fotos anyway. the star ratings and probably the keywords too. The original Aperture catalogs open fine in Apple Fotos, but also with loss of metadata e.g. As I understand it, trying to import them all in LR(current version) or Capture One could work but both will lose part of the edits done in Aperture and some of the metadata. Anyway, I need to say goodbye to my Aperture catalogs for sure and archive the pics in a way that I can find them when needed without the Aperture app. And I now think Capture One projects would be easier to handle and be more robust when something goes wrong. I am actually looking forward to edit some of my keepers again. I have had difficulties with the Leica DMR files in LR and saw what edits in FlexColor (also over the Mac OS now) or Capture One can do out of the box. For one, I do not like the subscription scheme of Adobe. I am now contemplating a move to Capture One i.s.o. Things like recovering from bad focus or movement blur, and de-noise are far more useful to me than cloning, repairing, merging, etc. I like to make edits that stay close to the reality that I saw through the RF when taking the photo. I think I want what these AI apps can do, much more than I want to upgrade to the current PS. For example Aperture and my old LR version still work fine under 10.14 but not on Mac OS 12. Upgrading the Mac OS to Monterey pushed some of my software over the edge. My hardware was doing fine with standard DNG files up to 24MP, but now it is getting to slow to keep up. I cannot comment on the DXO offerings, but I feel they are, like ON1, targeted more towards the prosumer/enthusiast side, which isn’t bad per and Thanks for mentioning the obvious. It does the job but there‘s a reason why pros end up with LR or Capture One. There are many other less costly Apple offerings, plus M1-based machines are already two years on the market, meaning buying used makes sense. If there‘s the budget I‘d get a maxed out MacBook Pro 16“ Max. If I were you, I‘d upgrade my post-production pipeline before investing in AI-based software. Does any of you have experience with these AI packages. I was aware of ON1 and Luminar, and am vaguely aware of what they are capable of. Currently my LR version is too old to run on Mac OS 12.6 Monterey so I am using Darktable for now. The hassle of saving it first as TIF and then proceeding is not very convenient also, but maybe if one can use it as plugin this becomes more streamlined. It took like 10 min or so to export the result as TIF. Every adjustment takes rather long, I would not bring up the patience to do this with every blurry shot I have, but some keepers may be worth it. My good old Macbook Pro (2015) protested loudly with his fans when I loaded the 18MP M9 DNG into it. This morning I downloaded Topaz Sharpen AI trial version and threw it on a photo discussed in this thread: I have been out of touch with photography for a few years and did not realize that fixing motion blur and focussing errors could be this easy with today's AI software. Thanks for pointing out I was missing something.
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