Originally Posted by
Jonathan Huyer
Great comparison Brant! I also own the Topaz software, so I did a quick check of the new LR Denoise against Topaz Denoise and Topaz PhotoAI. On a bird photo at ISO 3200 using the R5, I could not see any difference between Topaz Denoise and the new LR Denoise. Both put out exactly the same result in the default settings, as far as I could see. But when I use PhotoAI, the result is noticeably better because I can also add sharpening. It really works well and is super quick.