It represents about 25% of the original 7D2 file. Here is an image which was a throwaway but I processed today. AI Clear as a first step seems to be best for those. With images that are sharp to begin with I am not sure I noticed a difference. It seems best suited for those images which are borderline keepers. AI Sharpen can certainly do a better job of stabilization than the PS version. My opinion is that the jury is out on the final decision to spring for it. I usually have been using Narrow Edge Sharpen 1 which I think is harsher than High Pass. Yes, I sharpened more but much less than prior to using AI Sharpen. Resize for to 2X with AI Gigapixel with resulting final image at about 13 X 22. My workflow was - Process in LR including cropping Create layer and run AI clear, merge layers Clean up any bad stuff at edges Run AI Sharpen on another layer and erasing the BG as sometimes the software sharpened branches and stuff I didn't want affected, Run a very light pass of NIK ColorEfex Detail Enhancer abut 5% by brush only on the bird, Final Sharpen with PK Sharpener High Pass 1 brushed into the bird only. It should be noted that I ran the AI Sharpen on images which were rather large crops loaded directly from Lightroom. I have a 6 month old very powerful computer so it only took about 15-20 seconds to complete the process. I worked in a layer so I could adjust the result and erase anything on which I didn't want to effect visible. the default settings seemed to work best and Topaz cautions you to not overdo the effect. The challenge is to see which mode works best for each image as it is not always easy to tell. I at first tried all three modes - Sharpen, Stabilization and Focus. I particularly chose images which I was going to dump to see what could be done. Here are my impressions after using it on a grand total of 3 images.
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