More intelligent image sharpener
The true sharpness is the lack of softness and blurriness. Traditional sharpening tools attempt to simulate this by making the edges brighter, but they cannot correct the actual root cause of the problem. Sharpening AI works differently by positioning and reversing three specific types of blur to create more natural results:
- After training, the motion model can reduce motion blur caused by shaking cameras or moving subjects. Usually, you don't even think there is motion blur in the image Until you see the front/back of this model.
- The focusing model can reduce lens blurring caused by missing focus. This is the most difficult use case and cannot recover 100% of the photos. However, when it works, it runs very well and can fully restore one-time images.
- The softness model is the most effective, providing additional "pop" to already good images while ensuring they remain natural. Replace traditional sharpening in fine features such as eyes, feathers, leaves, and stars.
Make your photos naturally popular
Ultra clear photos usually pop up from the screen with more impact and emotion, so you can usually make your photos more powerful by increasing clarity. However, people are also very sensitive to the "unnatural clarity" of photos with halos and edges caused by traditional sharpening. Sharpen AI is a specially trained intelligent image sharpener that can provide additional pop to your photos while maintaining naturalness.
Extra clarity, looks completely natural
There is usually a trade-off between improving clarity and increasing artifacts. With Sharpen AI, you can make your image more prominent while keeping it look completely natural. In the above image, please note that there are no halos or artifacts around the skin/hair texture and edges, even after significant sharpening.
The depth of field in the entire photo is very strong
Due to the shallow aperture, many photos may appear clear in some areas, but not in others. The above image is clearly out of focus around the headlights; Gary Lamott made Sharpen AI more powerful by selectively bringing the focus back.
Take clearer handheld photos
Sometimes we don't have a tripod anywhere we go; The above picture was taken by hand in a relatively dark environment. Sharpening AI greatly helps with the final result and naturally restores many blurry details in this image. Pay special attention to the pupils of the eyes and see how AI image sharpening actually eliminates blurring, rather than just increasing contrast between edges!
Rescue very blurry photos
It is best to make your image as clear as possible in the camera. However, when you have already captured important images that seem irreparable in Photoshop, please try using Sharpen AI! Sometimes the problem is too serious to blur the image, but when it does work, the results may be unexpectedly good.
Per Grunditz compared Photoshop's Shake Reduction with Sharpen AI on this flying bird image. Reducing jitter does make the edges harder and the image appear clearer, but you can see many sharpened artifacts and ghosting in the contours of the eyes, beak, and head. Due to the fact that the Motion model is trained for such problems, Sharpen AI is able to reverse motion blur in a way that does not produce any corresponding artifacts.
Sharpen AI seamlessly and directly plugs into your existing workflow as a Lightroom or Photoshop (or any plugin that supports these plugins). You can also use it as a standalone tool with batch processing capabilities.
You can transfer images to Sharpen AI without leaving the Lightroom. Afterwards, your photos will be neatly stacked on top of the original Raw files in Lightroom for further processing or export.
Edit layers directly in Sharpen AI without leaving Photoshop by launching them as filters. Then, you can add a layer mask to draw with clarity in the photo and continue editing in Photoshop.
Sharpen AI can also be used as a standalone product, so you can use it without any other software. Process multiple images at once and selectively apply sharpening effects to the images.
