Overview

Remove Noise, Recover Detail

The Topaz DeNoise 5 image noise reduction plug-in uses IntelliNoise™ technology to optimally remove noise and recover image detail.

Topaz DeNoise puts unrivaled noise reduction quality at your fingertips. Whether you're shooting in low light, fast speeds, or other noisy conditions, DeNoise gives you the peace of mind to know that you'll end up with a clean, clear, and noise-free result.

Other noise reduction methods utilize a range of subtle blurring techniques that often removes detail as well as noise. Topaz DeNoise 5 is the only software of its kind that is able to recover crisp detail while simultaneously removing up to four stops of noise with the utmost quality.

New in DeNoise 5

Featuring a double increase in speed and twice the maximum-image size capabilities, Topaz DeNoise 5 provides a fast and effective way to reduce heavy noise in high-ISO images. Powered by IntelliNoise, DeNoise 5 also introduces two exciting noise reduction tools. The new dual-directional debanding technology tackles banding noise (Learn more about banding noise), while the exclusive Correct Black Level parameter is employed to restore shadow tones to their true richness and color. Learn more about DeNoise 5's new features...

What is noise?

Every digital camera creates imperfections in images called "noise", which appears as unwanted dots, lines and smudges of color. An excessive amount of noise ruins an image by taking attention away from the photo's qualities. On the other hand, too much noise reduction destroys precious photo detail and sharpness, which also compromises your art. The trick is to only remove noise and not detail - something that is exceedingly hard to do.

Enter IntelliNoise™ noise reduction technology.

Topaz DeNoise 5 is powered by a leap forward in noise reduction technology - IntelliNoise™ - which was developed in-house by Topaz Labs after years of research into image processing. The goal of the project was to discover a noise reduction solution that was actually capable of recovering detail as well as removing noise. The effort was spearheaded by a Ph.D in Computer Vision with twenty years of experience in the field, and the culmination of that effort means that the IntelliNoise™ technology exclusively powers Topaz DeNoise 5.

Unprecedented quality in noise reduction has finally arrived. Reduce more noise and preserve more detail than any solution you've ever used.

Remove up to four stops of noise naturally and effectively.

The big benefit of IntelliNoise technology is that it allows higher levels of noise reduction than existing methods while still keeping the photo looking natural. The idea is to make your ISO1600 photos look exactly like you shot it in ISO100 on a tripod. Compare the DeNoised ISO1600 and ISO100 below, and roll over for the original ISO1600 photo.

The DeNoised ISO1600 photo has the exact same amount of noise as the ISO100 photo, yet looks natural and unprocessed. Note the preserved detail and sharp lines with none of the telltale signs of blurriness or blotchiness. It's as if you shot the photo at 100 ISO to begin with, just without any of its disadvantages like a longer shutter speed or smaller depth of field! This is not currently possible with any other technology.

Try a 30-day free trial of Topaz DeNoise today, or buy now for $79.99!

Benefits

Topaz DeNoise's technology enables you to be more creative with your photography by giving you the ability to shoot faster, shoot darker, and shoot clearer than ever before. Roll over each photo below for a Before and After comparison.

Shoot Faster.

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When you know you have a powerful and trustworthy noise reduction solution that can make ISO1600 look like ISO100, you're free to raise your ISO in the field without worrying about image quality. This means you can increase shutter speed to freeze the action and minimize motion blur or camera shake.

By using DeNoise 5 on your high-speed images, you'll end up with a fast yet very clean photo. This is ideal for:

• Sports photography, where a fast shutter speed is necessary in order to clearly capture the action.
• Wedding photography, when it's difficult to use a tripod and people are all moving around.
• Wildlife photography, in order to clearly capture constantly-moving animals without motion blur.

Shoot Darker.

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4 solid stops of noise reduction effectively means that you can shoot 4 stops darker at the same quality level. This is invaluable when taking photos indoors or at night. Higher ISO settings become no problem with Topaz DeNoise to take care of it.

Photographer Scott Stulberg shot the above photo with a Canon 5D MK2 at ISO3200 with a 20-second exposure. Initially the noise levels are unacceptable, but with after applying DeNoise 5 the photo becomes very usable. Notice the highly preserved details and lack of noise - DeNoise didn't blur or compromise any details at all. These low-light noise reduction capabilities are very useful for:

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  DeNoise Overview

• Landscape photographers, who must sometimes shoot in lower lighting situations with a high ISO and slow shutter speed. The resulting noise may be extremely hard to handle without DeNoise 5.
• Sports photographers, who must often shoot in indoor stadiums or at night games. Coupled with a fast shutter speed requirement, the noise can really get out of hand without a dependable noise reduction solution that can preserve important detail as well as remove noise.
• Interior photographers, who must capture shots indoors without the brilliance of sunlight. Four stops of noise reduction and detail retention gives interior photographers more flexibility when deciding what ISO setting to shoot at.

Shoot Clearer.

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IntelliNoise noise reduction means that you don't have to open your aperture all the way in order to get clean low-light shots. Instead, keep all parts of your image in focus with superior depth of field by using a smaller aperture but higher ISO setting. The increased noise levels are handled by DeNoise and you're left with a crisp and clear image with a wide depth of field.

The above photo was taken indoors with a small aperture in order to keep all the image features in focus. However, this required the ISO to be set at 25600, which caused extremely high noise levels (roll mouse over image to see original). A careful application of Topaz DeNoise eliminated the noise while still preserving a lot of image detail and made the image very usable. Such increased depth of field is invaluable for:

• Landscape photographers who must capture as much as possible, as sharp as possible.
• Architectural photographers, when it's important to capture every detail evenly and clearly without losing image features.

No matter what type of photography you do, great noise reduction is invaluable for your workflow. DeNoise 5 with IntelliNoise™ is as good as it gets, so try a 30-day free trial of Topaz DeNoise, or buy now for $79.99!

Workflow

For additional DeNoise resources, visit our DeNoise tutorials page.

Use a noise reduction workflow optimized for ease of use, compatibility, and effectiveness

The best technology is useless without a solid workflow backing it up. Topaz DeNoise integrates flawlessly into many types of workflows using many different editors. Noise reduction should almost always be the very first step in your workflow before any other adjustments in order for it to be most effective. DeNoise 5 makes using the optimal noise reduction workflow quick and painless.

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  DeNoise Quick Start Tutorial

The basic DeNoise 5 noise reduction workflow goes as follows:

1. Bring image into DeNoise from your image editor.
2. Apply an appropriate preset

That's it! As an optional third step, you may also adjust the settings or fine-tune the presets using the sliders, but this isn't necessary for many situations. The main strength of DeNoise 5 is in its IntelliNoise™ technology, so every part of its interface is only meant to make that technology easier to access.

1. Import Image

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The first step in noise reduction is to import your photo into Topaz DeNoise from your workflow. DeNoise is fully integrated with the most commonly used software, so often you won't have to make an extra trip to an external editor or even change your workflow at all to use it. Supported workflows include:

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  Photoshop

  Topaz plug-ins are primarily designed for Photoshop. Accessing Topaz DeNoise 5 in Photoshop is as easy as navigating the menu to Filter → Topaz Labs → Topaz DeNoise 5. As noted, it's best to apply noise reduction before any other adjustments.
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  Lightroom

  Topaz DeNoise 5 is perfect if you're using Lightroom for Mac or Windows. Simply right click any photo and select Edit In → DeNoise 5 to reduce noise directly from your RAW files - the best way to do noise reduction. (Requires the free Topaz Fusion.)
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  Aperture

  Like Lightroom, Topaz DeNoise 5 is perfect for Aperture workflows. To reduce noise directly from your RAW files, select Edit In → DeNoise 5. Aperture will automatically create a new non-destructive TIFF file where edits will be placed. (Requires the free Topaz Fusion.)
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  iPhoto / Paint Shop Pro / Others

  Topaz DeNoise 5 is also compatible with a host of other editors like iPhoto, Paint Shop Pro, and many more. Even if you don't have dedicated editing software, DeNoise works with many free image editors like IrfanView.

Photoshop, Aperture, Lightroom, iPhoto, and all other editor support is included in the base price of the software. Feel free to use a single license for any combination of these hosts on one or two computers.

2. Use Preset

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Noise reduction presets are pre-built collections of settings in Topaz DeNoise 5 that can act as a great starting point for any photo. Often, using a single preset will be all you need to optimally reduce image noise in any given photo. There are two kinds of presets in DeNoise 5 for two different purposes:

• Adaptive presets use noise estimation techniques to try to figure out the best settings for your image. These are convenient and often do great, but they sometimes may require fine-tuning afterwards for best results. Adaptive presets are not well-suited to batch capturing and will not give the absolute best results. However, these types of presets are great to use when first starting out with the software, and often do a very decent job at reducing noise and preserving detail.

  Adaptive presets shipped with the software include:

  



*Note: Adaptive presets are optimized for very strong noise levels. For photos below ISO1600, try the "light" preset first and adjust as necessary.

• Camera presets are noise reduction settings fine-tuned for a particular camera at a particular ISO setting - for example, a Canon 5D MKII at 3200 ISO. These are extremely accurate, work well for batch processing, and give great results because these presets are created for a specific camera/ISO combination.

  Photographers usually create their own camera-specific presets for their own camera and commonly used ISO settings. For example:

  
  
  

  The big advantage to having Topaz DeNoise 5 camera presets is you get the best results in a single click, every single time. No more fiddling with sliders or trying out different combinations of settings - simply selecting a single camera preset in DeNoise 5 ensures that you'll have the best possible results for that combination.

3. Fine-tune Settings

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In many cases, using even an adaptive preset will give you a great result for your photo. However, if you'd like to fine-tune it further or start from scratch to create your own camera preset, use the powerful DeNoise 5 manual sliders for full control over your noise reduction. Keep in mind that this isn't required for a majority of photos - for most photos, just using an appropriate preset will do the trick nicely.

For most cases, simply selecting a DeNoise 5 noise preset will quickly and efficiently remove noise and recover detail from a photo. When necessary, though, DeNoise 5's manual settings offer a comprehensive way to perfectly remove noise from any photo.

New in DeNoise 5

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Click on each image for a larger version of the before/after.

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Examples

Hover over each example for a quick look at the After photo, or click it for a larger version of the before/after.

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  ISO3200

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  ISO25600

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  ISO25600

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  ISO3200

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  ISO25600

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  ISO25600

We'd love to see your photos here! To submit a photo for inclusion on our website, send the Before and After shot to submit[at]topazlabs.com.

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Accolades

Customer Thoughts

Reviews

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  Topaz DeNoise Photoshop Plugin Review by Michael Garmahis

  "Topaz DeNoise is one of the best noise removal tools on the market. It especially shines with photos that have a lot of noise, preserving details and sharp color edges."
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  A New Photoshop Plugin for Noise Mitigation by Mark Segal

  "Topaz DeNoise is easy to install, easy to use and the results (noise reduction with detail retention) are the best I've achieved from any noise mitigating application."
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  Get Rid of Noise and Blur with Topaz DeNoise by Michele McDonough

  "Topaz DeNoise is one of the best noise removal tools on the market.... Add in the fact that the software is extremely easy to use and obtains amazing results, and the package is truly hard to beat."
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  Noise Reduction Shootout: Straight Dope Comparison Review by Gavin Seim

  "I compared the results from each image sequence and picked what I felt was the best and counted the wins for each. I was even a little surprised by the final results. Based on reduction quality, I felt Topaz won. Overall the new kid on the block does well.... it works great."
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  Topaz DeNoise Removes Grainy Noise From Photos PC World by Sally Wiener Grotta and Daniel Grotta

  "In our test image, the sharp edges of the building and signs were clearly retained, even though the noise was removed. Topaz DeNoise does a very good job of removing noise while retaining the sharp lines and shapes that define the picture."
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  Silence the Noise in Your Digital Images - Layers Magazine by Dave Huss

  "While removing noise and preserving details, DeNoise can also correct the slight blurring in the image that's common when shooting at slow shutter speeds.... It does an excellent job of removing noise while preserving details in the images."
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  Software Review: Topaz DeNoise by Jason D. Moore

  "I was expecting to lose detail as though I used a surface blur but Topaz DeNoise targeted only the noise within the image and left the edges and details alone. This wasn't necessarily a "throw away" shot before, but it's definitely a keeper now."
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  Another Winning Photoshop Plugin by Dr. Michael Roach

  "I thought if noise control in its own plug-in could be any better than the noise suppression panel in Topaz Adjust 3, then it might be extremely useful. I think we have another winner here. "
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  Topaz DeNoise 3 - Wow!!! by Photoframd

  "In my recent comparison of the top 3 noise removal programs, Denoise proved to be one of the top programs at removing noise while retaining details and minimizing significant halos. Topaz Labs just introduced Denoise 3 and it is now clearly the leader of the pack!"

Try a 30-day free trial of Topaz DeNoise today, or buy now for $79.99!

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