I think if the Denoise is better of the two (Topaz/On1) I would pay for the software just for that. My friend uses the Gigapixel and loves it. From the few comparisons that I have seen, they both have pluses and minuses. I would love to see do a comparison with On1 denoise.

I am mostly interested in the DeNoise AI module. You would also prefer adobe offering the whole CC and ditch single apps? So if you do something with graphics you need ps, lr, illustrator, express, inDesign, animate, substance etc ah and we're at it maybe the video centric apps as well despite one just wanting lr/ps? Or maybe offering only the whole CC suite at full price? That is more comparable. As example if you don't need gigapixel ai (it really isn't that great with full sized photos but pretty good if you download small resolution photos from web and get them into print size). With the single one you also have the opportunity to stay cheaper by leaving out what you don't need. Meaning you are happy paying the same price for less capabilities? (ok atm it is cheaper, we'll see if it stays at a discount like the single apps or goes up). Well the combined app costs as much as all three together, so price wise nothing changed except that you get more with the single apps as they offer more options, more AI models and more control.

To be honest it was much more refined before the refinement in the presentation.ĪI Clear for denoise seems to be gone? It wasn't the best but more consistent for batch processing as a last refinement for delivery or clearing spots or lines (you know those artifacts that might appear as leftovers of NR when dealing with heavy noise). You can grow it to cover missed spots sure but it starts growing those that were already pretty good to cause effects on the background without an option to limit that. Now you have to manually blend it in a different program. Or a recover original detail slider which acted as a soft blend mode to get something in between which was useful against some ai errors as well. You had more choices and could make some tweaks as there always were parts which looked 'funny' in some images (masking out with a brush in worst case situations but you could do it).

Oww the control is pretty limited compared to the standalone apps.

Topaz gigapixel ai system requirements