Mostly cosmetic changes to the UI and layout, bringing it more in line with the other Topaz plugins as would be expected. Have a look at the screen shots below (click to see larger): As I worked through the shots below, I built custom Lumix GX8 presets at each high ISO setting and saved them in a GX8 preset group for easy access in the future.
Support for High DPI (4k) monitors in Windows 7/8/10įor me, the big difference, in the way I use it, and noticed immediately was firstly in the depth of new presets (camera specific) and streamlined interface.That means no more need for Photoshop actions! Note that batch processing is only available in the standalone version, not the plugin version. Batch Processing (in standalone mode only) – DeNoise 6 introduces batch processing, allowing you to process a whole folder of images at once.Camera Specific Presets – DeNoise 6 introduces dozens of presets based on various camera profiles, with multiple ISO presets for each camera.Although it can still be used as a plugin through Photoshop, Lightroom, and other supported host programs. Standalone Application – DeNoise 6 now works as a standalone product and doesn’t require a host editor to work.Via Topaz, they list the improvements in version 6 as follows: If you’d like to see a side by side comparison between DeNoise 5 and 6, along with my thoughts on what has been improved upon, come on in…
I’ve yet to see anything outdo DeNoise, and the new version is an upgrade to an already stellar program.
I chose DeNoise years ago because it beat the pants off of NIK Dfine for me (especially when correcting for noise banding), which I’d switched to after using Noise Ninja for years.
You can download a full free trial HERE if interested to see if it makes sense for you. Topaz DeNoise 6 is on sale now, $30 off through March 20th HERE at Topaz Labs Websitefor $49.99 (normally $79.99) or as a FREE UPGRADE (as seems to always be the case with Topaz) for DeNoise owners! Use code “NOISEFREE” at checkout to get the sale price, and do so knowing that future upgrades will very, very likely be offered as a free upgrade as well. So, what has changed with version 6? I’ve been testing version 6 against version 5 all week to see if I can really tell where they’ve improved it, and I feel that comes in the way of interface primarily, a huge boost to developing, saving and grouping presets specific to cameras, and further allowing those of us using this plugin to streamline our workflow when batch processing.
I have used most all noise reduction (NR) plugins out there over the years, and while DAM software like Lightroom and Capture One do a good to decent job for a lot of NR tasks, I have never found better noise reduction anywhere than I have with DeNoise. It may seem like I’m plugging a lot of software of late, but it just so happens that the software that I have chosen to use is getting updated, and offered on sale which is pretty awesome. Topaz has just released version 6 of their DeNoise software.