![]() However, the problem has always been when filming with a camera that sees everything, that the view also includes whatever the camera is attached to. On paper, drones and 360 cameras go together like pineapple and pizza, that is to say, they are an excellent if rather niche combination. What I’ve ended up with is something I’m happier for parents to download and share, and I did it for less than $100. There’s no denying the end result, though. So I run it and come back in a few, depending on how many shots it’s processing. I’ve seen it do its magic on a picture in just a few seconds, or upwards of half a minute. (I let it batch process the exported jpegs at the end.) And it’s not always a quick process. It’s your call, and you still have to figure out where to fit DeNoise AI into your workflow. Or, as I often do after a couple of cold hours on the sidelines, you can just let the program do its things and call it a day. (More processing isn’t always the answer you want, and a little noise never killed anyone.) Another example of the author’s daughter run through DeNoise AI. You can preview them together to figure out which you like best, and then tweak things from there. There are five models from which to choose - standard, clear, low light, severe noise, and RAW. The simple fact is it took a noisy photo and cleaned it up far better than I expected. ![]() I don’t know anything about the AI models involved (or if it is actually AI, for that matter), and I don’t really care. ![]() And the results were nothing short of spectacular. With the free trial installed, I went to work. (Contrary to what my brain often thinks, new gear isn’t always the answer.) So I didn’t really have anything to lose - except maybe many hundred more dollars on a more expensive lens that might not actually give me the result I was hoping for. On the other hand, it’s got a free trial. The un-processed photo at top left, along with previews of three of AI models in DeNoise AI. I want to get in and out as quickly as possible. And I was about to add another layer of complexity to my editing process, and I’m no fan of editing. And no amount of software is going to fix a photo that’s just bad from the outset. The selling point? “Eliminate noise while recovering real detail to get the best possible image quality in your high-ISO and low light photos.” My nighttime soccer pictures fit that definition.Īgain, I’m skeptical about a lot of this stuff - particularly when you start seeing Instagram ads and influencer affiliate codes. Topaz Labs was one of those companies whose adverts had been calling to me - specifically its DeNoise AI app, available for Windows and Mac. That’s an impossibility - you have to spend your time being bad in order to get better.īut there was one tool I definitely wanted to at least try out, just to test the claim. There was still a lot of noise in the photos, but they were usable.Īs tends to happen when you mention out loud that you’re a semi-pro photographer, I’d begun to be inundated by ads and influencers for all sorts of presets and pre-recorded actions and other things that promise to magically make your photos better and your editing process easier and essentially turn you into the next Annie Leibovitz overnight. For the previous two years, I used Adobe Lightroom to get things as good as I could. That’s about a 75% jump.īut we can do a lot with software these days. That better lens, however, costs about $2,800. But shooting at night, in harsh lighting, had led me to figure out how to swap out my $1,800 lens for the f/2.8 model, which would let me keep the faster shutter speeds (crucial for freezing the motion of sports photography) while using a lower ISO, which would get rid of a lot of the noise you’ll see in night shots. It’s a good midrange option that definitely gets the job done. That’s not an inexpensive rig - around $4,200 when I bought it. I shoot with a Canon R6 body, with a 70-200mm f/4.0 lens attached. That’s where the improved hardware starts to help. Watch this Mavic 3 drone soar above the world’s highest mountainĭaytime photography is far easier than at night. The DJI Osmo Action 3 looks nothing like the Action 2 Why I fell in love with action cameras in 2022, and what I think comes next
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