I expected garish over-sharpening, but somehow they have figured out a way to bring out details that goes beyond sharpening. ![]() I tried sharpening a few photos with this default and was blown away. I thought, wait a minute, why would they do that? I had rarely, if ever, used that option on my images. In addition to some fixes and somewhat different UI, it said the new default for soft images is "very blurry". Has anybody else tried it? I updated to it yesterday (actually 3.3.1 by the time I did it) and looked at the change log. I guess when I think about it I need light NR far more often than heavy. I kept Denoise because it was very good with high ISO. I've tried a lot of sharpening methods and still use some of them occasionally, such as high-pass, but Topaz beats them all IMO. And as you say, the motion stabilization works well when needed. Also, I use mostly zooms and especially at the long end they can be a little soft even when focused properly. As for sharpening, to me it's not so much saving out-of-focus images as adding an extra degree of presence. That's interesting I stopped using Denoise because Sharpen took care of that as well as sharpening! Also, I've started using DXO PureRAW to preprocess my images, and it does a great job on noise. ![]() I decided if I couldn’t get an in focus file to start with then I wouldn’t try to save it. I only seemed to use it for the Stabilize feature. I stopped using Sharpen because I relied on Denoise for that.
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