Nice comparison video. When I used Lrc's denoise feature, it took around 21 seconds on average. It did an great job. I exported a few files and shared them with my non-photography friends to get their opinions. I sent both the denoised and non-denoised versions. Everyone preferred the denoised images. Finding the right balance with denoise, like most software, is crucial. Luckily, my current clients aren't concerned about noise reduction; they simply want the images quickly. Keep up the great work!
@@JackBeasleyMedia Hope you will do a video soon… (DxO PureRaw 4/ON1 NoNoise/Topaz Photo AI/Lightroom) both Topaz DeNoise/Sharpen AI are discontinued and Merged with Photo AI.
"Mileage may vary" is correct. With the PC I built (including 9900KS, 32GB, 3090) LR takes 19 seconds with z9 raw files (High Efficiency* mode because regular high efficiency is largely unusable).
Hi Jack, I am a sports photographer too, so first, thank you for sharing this. I also found it frustrating that everyone else is doing wildlife and landscapes. I have LRC Topaz Denoise and Dx0 PureRaw 2. I generally try a batch of 300ish pictures at a time via Lightroom and could never do that reliably with Topaz denoise via the plug-in for LRC. So that is when I went to DxO PureRaw 2 because it batches better and also keeps the photos in RAW format, which I wish Topaz Denoise did. The one thing I found is if you uncheck Global lens sharpening, most of the odd artifacts go away. If that did not work, I also turned off lens distortion since LRC does a good job with that. Have you tried that? I generally do the batch overnight so the time does not bother me. Also, did you have PureRaw 2?
Shot softball last week with low light.. The DXO and topaz both batch processing did great just like in your video. As far as adobe I will not pay a company a monthly fee for software. I use dxophotolab instead of Lightroom again because I will not pay a monthly fee for software. I batch process first stand alone then bring into dxo photolab and crop and make final adjustments and cull then export and done.
Whoa, 25-30 seconds to run that z9 file in Lightroom. I realy need to upgrade my system. A Z9 file take 10-15 minutes on my 8 year old desktop. What specs are you running on you computer? My system is running Intel Core i5-6500 @ 3.20GHz, 32 gigs of RAM and an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050. Editing has become bear for me this past year.
I have a pretty new laptop (11th gen i7 processor @ 2.9GHz, 32GB RAM) and the first picture I tried with the denoise AI estimated 8 minutes. It didn't take that long, thankfully, but it still seemed to take longer than Topaz.
@Weston Eichner yeah, I have that turned on. I'm going to reset Windows next. If that doesn't make a noticeable difference, I'll start planning out a new build. I figure eight years is a good run for an editing desk top.
It's likely your denoise is running on either the integrated gpu of your cpu. I had this same issue before and forced it to use my dedicated gpu (3070) and the time dropped from 10min to 9sec
