Without Topaz Adjust AI and DeNoise AI

Once upon a time, about eight and half years ago, I didn’t shoot in RAW; I only saved my shots in jpg format. Alas, those photos are far more difficult to process in terms of getting them to look like what the scene originally looked like. The above, 11-photo photomerge is one such example. In Photoshop I wasn’t able to get the final panorama to look like the brilliance of the sunset from that one evening in New York back in 2012. Because I shot in jpg, the details were muddy and not recoverable (in Photoshop at least).

I downloaded Topaz Labs’ Adjust AI to see if it could do better. Adjust AI comes with a bunch of filters, none of which I liked. However, the adjustments for highlights, colors, shadows, etc. are far more powerful and customizable in manual mode than what you see in Photoshop, and I was able to bring the scene back to something more closely resembling what I saw with my naked eye that evening. The results are below.

With Topaz Adjust AI and DeNoise AI

Topaz Labs’ Adjust AI is available for under $50 until 12/31/20. Use the code holiday2020 at checkout.

Posted on December 29th, 2020 under Other. Tags: brooklyn bridge, landscape, new york, nikon d7000, panorama, photomerge, RAW vs Jpg jpeg, sunset, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 Lens for Nikon, topaz denoise. Comments Off on Topaz Adjust AI

The above photo is the .jpg file straight out of the camera, but that isn’t really what the scene looked like in person. For the more accurate photograph some processing of the RAW file was required.

The below image is after a couple minutes of processing with Photoshop and Topaz AI DeNoise.

If you click on the images to get to their full sizes you’ll be able to see the differences better.

Posted on March 13th, 2020 under Other. Tags: mexico, night photography, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D750, pacific ocean, photoshop, RAW vs Jpg jpeg, sayulita mexico, topaz denoise. Comments Off on Sayulita after sunset (before and after processing)

unedited jpeg straight out of the camera

edited RAW Jolene’s Sweets cake

Previously I only used the .jpg files from my camera. Then I began shooting in RAW for difficult lighting situations. Slowly I’ve come to the point where I only shoot in RAW. Perhaps today’s comparisons can give you an idea as to why.

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processed RAW

unedited jpeg

processed RAW

Posted on March 6th, 2015 under Other. Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.8G lens, food, Nikon D750, photography, photoshop, RAW vs Jpg jpeg. Comments Off on RAW vs jpeg in food photography