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1. #TOPAZ PHOTOFXLAB REVIEW INSTALL#
2. #TOPAZ PHOTOFXLAB REVIEW MANUAL#
3. #TOPAZ PHOTOFXLAB REVIEW UPGRADE#

Here’s an image I took on a recent trip to Death Valley, in California. The huge advantage of doing noise management in Photoshop is that through layers and masks I can affect noise control to differing degrees in different p arts of the image. If I can reasonably control the noise natively in Lightroom I’ll do that in my preliminary processing but if that’s not working for me, I’ll address noise management in Photoshop through Topaz DeNoise 5.1. My major blocks have me doing preliminary processing in Lightroom before moving over to Photoshop for finishing (by way of Photomatix for most of my HDRs). I follow many of them, which means, outside of a few standard processing blocks, I like to mix-and-match and vary things up.

There are lots of great photographers out there with Workflow recommendations. Alternatively, you can buy photoFXlab as a stand-alone editing software to host your Topaz Labs products.

#TOPAZ PHOTOFXLAB REVIEW INSTALL#

For Adobe Lightroom 4 and 5 (and Aperture and iPhoto) you need to first install the free Fusion Express 2 software as an external editing software to host the plugin. For Adobe Photoshop, once installed, the plugin is available through the ‘Filter’ menu.

Topaz DeNoise 5.1, like the other Topaz Labs products can be used as a plugin for certain image processing applications or stand-alone through the Topaz Labs photoFXlab product ($79.99 at time of writing).

#TOPAZ PHOTOFXLAB REVIEW MANUAL#

Essentially, presets are in a panel to the left, the preview panel appears in the middle, and the tools for fine adjustments or manual control sit in a dock on the right. Topaz DeNoise 5.1.0 brings changes in the user interface but it’s immediately usable for users of the prior version while the UI re-design brings a more common feel to the recent releases of other products in the Topaz plugin lineup. If you already have Topaz DeNoise 5.0.1 you can download the new version from the TopazLabs website and it will install over the version 5.0.1. At the time of writing, the current version is Topaz DeNoise 5.1.0.

#TOPAZ PHOTOFXLAB REVIEW UPGRADE#

Topaz DeNoise 5.1 UpgradeĬuriously, I previously had Topaz DeNoise 5.0.1 and whenever I would look for an upgrade it would tell me that I was on the latest version but that was not the case. Because of the simple interface, the plugin I usually reach for is Topaz DeNoise 5.1. With ISO in the range 1600 – 6400 I’ll usually look to manage the noise within Lightroom but often for ISO above 6400 I’ll reach for a plugin. Currently, I mostly shoot with the Canon EOS 5D Mark III which has really good noise management built in but the noise is clearly visible when shooting above ISO 3200 (and, depending on the shot, at ISO 1600 also). The obvious way to reduce noise in your images is to use the lowest ISO setting available on your camera but sometimes you just can’t make the trade-off in shutter speed and/or aperture and you need to raise the ISO in order to get the shot. Although newer cameras are getting ever more impressive image quality at high ISO levels, there still comes a time where the noise level is just too much and you need to do something about it.