![]() If you guys look at the complete raw image processing, what would you choose - Capture1 + Topaz or DxO Photolab5?įor me at the moment Capture1 wins as it said the next month releas should have Panorama sticher and I already have Topaz for denoising. So I started playing with Capture1 express. I have been happy with Darktable as my main raw developer and for the purpose of birding I recently picked up Topaz Denoise.Īs I upgraded form a7RII to the a7RIVa I had to upgrade Darktable to the newest version only to discover they changed the base/starting point of raw development of Sony ARW's that made it very bad for me and my work flow. What's up with that yellow edge along the neck of the duck? Can you somehow tweak the PR settings to avoid such artifacts? If not then I guess Topaz would clearly be the better choice (IMHO). It is easy to apply sharpening or contrast/clarity/texture and I prefer to do that myself rather than have it applied to the DNG file. I find that the DXO processing goes well beyond that and applies a lot of sharpening and contrast. I find that both do an excellent job of reducing noise and retaining detail. The ARW original and the DNG files produced by DXO and Topaz were unedited except for the crop and I applied +0.5 stop of exposure correction. The DXO files were also opened using their RAW workflow, and since there are no processing settings, processed at DXO's settings. The original ARW file was opened in Topaz DeNoise using their RAW workflow, with the settings set to Auto. The image has been cropped to 2K resolution and presented here at that resolution, so what you are seeing is 1:1 pixel resolution. I processed an A1 file with DxO PureRAW and Topaz DeNoise AI for comparison. I suspect you are correct that most of the differences can be equalized in post processing. Topaz DeNoise offers five modes, and settings for the level of sharpening and noise reduction in each, plus a couple of "Post-Processing" adjustments. Of course, adjustments can be applied in LR. ![]() So, perhaps the difference in sharpening and contrast in your sample is mainly a matter of where each program sets its presets and easily adjustable in either?ĭxO PureRAW does not offer any processing adjustments, just the three levels HQ, Prime and DeepPrime. And as I recall in Topaz, you can also adjust the sharpening away from the preset levels. ![]() PhotoLab is designed to give you more auto editing options than you may want, but they are all easily adjustable. But in PhotoLab, you can adjust the sharpening and contrast to taste. Very nice comparison! I don't have DXO PureRAW, so I don't know what controls it offers in comparison to DXO PhotoLab 4. ![]()
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