BEST Software to Fix Blurry Photos Top 6 Compared!
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Date: 2024-01-17
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Seafox0011
This is very interesting and helpful! The trouble is with the apparently 'better' processors they are actually just replacing facial parts with AI derived 'cut and paste's from a database - presumably 'morphing' the shapes into place driven by whatever key lines the algorithm can pull out of the original image. So whilst the result is pleasing to the eye (generally) the result is an impression or likeness only of the original. The real proof of how good these algorithms are is in how they treat non-structured areas of an image, for example the areas that appear abstracted to the human eye - like the blurry transition of hair to the background in the 1st photo. The AI models failed on the detailed jewellery for the same reason - essentially not able to workout the three-dimensionality of the abstracted textures. If it was a 2d surface texture not in perspective they (the AIs) would probably be able to replace with a closer facsimile. So it would seem the job of a good photo-retoucher is still secure for high-end commercial work.
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This is very interesting and helpful! The trouble is with the apparently 'better' processors they are actually just replacing facial parts with AI derived 'cut and paste's from a database - presumably 'morphing' the shapes into place driven by whatever key lines the algorithm can pull out of the original image. So whilst the result is pleasing to the eye (generally) the result is an impression or likeness only of the original. The real proof of how good these algorithms are is in how they treat non-structured areas of an image, for example the areas that appear abstracted to the human eye - like the blurry transition of hair to the background in the 1st photo. The AI models failed on the detailed jewellery for the same reason - essentially not able to workout the three-dimensionality of the abstracted textures. If it was a 2d surface texture not in perspective they (the AIs) would probably be able to replace with a closer facsimile. So it would seem the job of a good photo-retoucher is still secure for high-end commercial work.
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georg240p
I would love to see a test where you take a sharp imagine, blur it (or decrease the resolution) and then try to restore it. So we can compare how close it looks to the original "ground truth". When I tried to upscale faces of people that I know, a lot of these tools created something that doesn't look like these people at all. Just because the image looks sharp and high quality, doesn't mean anything. Obviously the software has to invent detail at some point, but some tools do a better job at this than others.
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I would love to see a test where you take a sharp imagine, blur it (or decrease the resolution) and then try to restore it. So we can compare how close it looks to the original "ground truth". When I tried to upscale faces of people that I know, a lot of these tools created something that doesn't look like these people at all. Just because the image looks sharp and high quality, doesn't mean anything. Obviously the software has to invent detail at some point, but some tools do a better job at this than others.
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MateoMarine
Been using the Remini mobile app for a couple years now, and I've had to stop. It used to be amazing but now I've noticed it is totally beautifying the subjects. Which is not cool. It's removing wrinkles, overly smoothing skin, and adding what looks like make-up. It gives you 3 versions with different intensities, but I would be embarrased to change someone's face this drastically. Additionally it only seems to affect faces. Everything else just become smoother and smudgy. Not good.
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Been using the Remini mobile app for a couple years now, and I've had to stop. It used to be amazing but now I've noticed it is totally beautifying the subjects. Which is not cool. It's removing wrinkles, overly smoothing skin, and adding what looks like make-up. It gives you 3 versions with different intensities, but I would be embarrased to change someone's face this drastically. Additionally it only seems to affect faces. Everything else just become smoother and smudgy. Not good.
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youknowwho9247
Honestly, since the last update I'd argue that the best software for noise reduction is lightroom classic. While the traditional noise slider section isn't good at all, their new AI based enhance feature is insane. Much better for people than topaz. Topaz tends to try to eliminate all noise and often leaves patches of it somewhere and looks unnatural overall. LR on the other hand just looks like you shot the image at two stops lower ISO with relatively minimal softening.
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Honestly, since the last update I'd argue that the best software for noise reduction is lightroom classic. While the traditional noise slider section isn't good at all, their new AI based enhance feature is insane. Much better for people than topaz. Topaz tends to try to eliminate all noise and often leaves patches of it somewhere and looks unnatural overall. LR on the other hand just looks like you shot the image at two stops lower ISO with relatively minimal softening.
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rabihuh1196
I have been using Topaz AI for few months now. It is the most reliable for overall use. A lot of people come to me to print out their passport photos using their blurry scratched passport photos. I just scan their images and upscale it using Topaz AI in seconds and print them out. The quality improvement over the original photos is amazing. Simply the best tool out there.
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I have been using Topaz AI for few months now. It is the most reliable for overall use. A lot of people come to me to print out their passport photos using their blurry scratched passport photos. I just scan their images and upscale it using Topaz AI in seconds and print them out. The quality improvement over the original photos is amazing. Simply the best tool out there.
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Jorge.ALXNDR
considering which week we get improvments of "that's impossible" to "now everyone does it perfectly" some few years from now having a actual real photo will take a actual camera. These things are sure get implemented as AI enhancement on phone cameras. Real photos will become a niche even more, and people already talk about how the sky is always bluer on phone photos.
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considering which week we get improvments of "that's impossible" to "now everyone does it perfectly" some few years from now having a actual real photo will take a actual camera. These things are sure get implemented as AI enhancement on phone cameras. Real photos will become a niche even more, and people already talk about how the sky is always bluer on phone photos.
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jeffrey3205
What do you think about acdsee can it actually compete with Photoshop and Lightroom
I like the idea that you don't have to load images into the program like Lightroom and capture One and no monthly fees but I need to see the big picture can you share please
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What do you think about acdsee can it actually compete with Photoshop and Lightroom
I like the idea that you don't have to load images into the program like Lightroom and capture One and no monthly fees but I need to see the big picture can you share please
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piximperfect
I use Topaz, and unlike many of these programs, it does NOT replace facial parts with database alternative parts. So, instead of replacing one face with another, It improves the original, which, to me, is the most important factor.
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I use Topaz, and unlike many of these programs, it does NOT replace facial parts with database alternative parts. So, instead of replacing one face with another, It improves the original, which, to me, is the most important factor.
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piximperfect
I use Topaz and I'm absolutely satisfied with it (after I upgraded my computer... replaced the graphic card and with that also the PSU and now it works perfectly)
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I use Topaz and I'm absolutely satisfied with it (after I upgraded my computer... replaced the graphic card and with that also the PSU and now it works perfectly)
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lizzymccormic3328
All night I've been working on restoring old pics of our family album and next day there's a video from you about it ok so I'll have to do that again
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All night I've been working on restoring old pics of our family album and next day there's a video from you about it ok so I'll have to do that again
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