I find myself using Denoise->Upright->Adaptive Color on the majority of my imports to Classic. If I routinely made large prints, I'd probably add Super Resolution. Should follow your lead and take a look at some of my old Nikon images again. Tech is a wonderful thing, when it works. :-)
I can’t comment on Lightroom’s new tools because as you know I don’t use the stuff. You might be interested to know that all my files that we printed in the portfolio workshop in November of 24 were processed with On1’s Noise/sharpening AI. I was waiting to hear you or Les start whining about fake pixels but I heard none of that. And most of those images were shot between 1600 and 2500 ISO with Canon’s superb 100-500 f/5,6-7 zoom. I’ve had their up resing software for a few months now but haven’t tried it. That said, last week I loaded Lightroom Classic because I get it free for teaching at a community college. I may have to do some tests of my own.
I shoot a lot of wildlife & use the included Denise in LRC, not the cloud version. Alot of times I'll use different levels of local denoise adjustments trying to keep more detail in the feathers or fur. Hit the Upres tab by accident a couple of times but canceled it before it went thru.
I appreciate that you will be testing all of these methods. I am always hesitant as to which tool to use, whether it be in Lightroom, Photoshop, Topaz Sharpen, or Gigapixel, etc., for images that need a bit of help.
This strikes me as a good application for of those lens test charts. I'm interested in your thoughts. When part (most!) of an image is being manufactured in silico, it would be good to know how it relates to sub-resolution regions of the imaged scene, and having a controlled scene would be basically necessary to do so. It would need pretty careful interpretation with respect to how it would perform on an organic scene. Some aberrations might be significant, while others might not apply.
Speaking of the D200, I came into one recently and found that the files are so well handled by Lightroom upscale & DeNoise as well as others from DxO and Topaz, I feel confident that anything I shoot with it now (given the exposure is with normal limits) can be printed at large size. That sensor is still gorgeous!
I find myself using Denoise->Upright->Adaptive Color on the majority of my imports to Classic. If I routinely made large prints, I'd probably add Super Resolution. Should follow your lead and take a look at some of my old Nikon images again. Tech is a wonderful thing, when it works. :-)
I can’t comment on Lightroom’s new tools because as you know I don’t use the stuff. You might be interested to know that all my files that we printed in the portfolio workshop in November of 24 were processed with On1’s Noise/sharpening AI. I was waiting to hear you or Les start whining about fake pixels but I heard none of that. And most of those images were shot between 1600 and 2500 ISO with Canon’s superb 100-500 f/5,6-7 zoom. I’ve had their up resing software for a few months now but haven’t tried it. That said, last week I loaded Lightroom Classic because I get it free for teaching at a community college. I may have to do some tests of my own.
Let us know how that goes.
I shoot a lot of wildlife & use the included Denise in LRC, not the cloud version. Alot of times I'll use different levels of local denoise adjustments trying to keep more detail in the feathers or fur. Hit the Upres tab by accident a couple of times but canceled it before it went thru.
Thanks for the write up.
I appreciate that you will be testing all of these methods. I am always hesitant as to which tool to use, whether it be in Lightroom, Photoshop, Topaz Sharpen, or Gigapixel, etc., for images that need a bit of help.
This strikes me as a good application for of those lens test charts. I'm interested in your thoughts. When part (most!) of an image is being manufactured in silico, it would be good to know how it relates to sub-resolution regions of the imaged scene, and having a controlled scene would be basically necessary to do so. It would need pretty careful interpretation with respect to how it would perform on an organic scene. Some aberrations might be significant, while others might not apply.
Speaking of the D200, I came into one recently and found that the files are so well handled by Lightroom upscale & DeNoise as well as others from DxO and Topaz, I feel confident that anything I shoot with it now (given the exposure is with normal limits) can be printed at large size. That sensor is still gorgeous!