# About the Education & Training category

**URL:** <https://community.topazlabs.com/t/about-the-education-training-category/35>\
**Category:** Education & Training\
**Created:** [June 27, 2017, 3:01pm UTC](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/about-the-education-training-category/35 "2017-06-27T15:01:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![JoeFedric-TL](https://community.topazlabs.com/user_avatar/community.topazlabs.com/joefedric-tl/32/16945_2.png) [@JoeFedric-TL](https://community.topazlabs.com/u/JoeFedric-TL)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 3:01pm UTC](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/about-the-education-training-category/35/1 "2017-06-27T15:01:15Z")

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**Author:** ![guus.mulder](https://community.topazlabs.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/48db29/32.png) [@guus.mulder](https://community.topazlabs.com/u/guus.mulder)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2020, 8:43am UTC](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/about-the-education-training-category/35/2 "2020-03-29T08:43:44Z")

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**Topaz Sharpen AI v2.0.4 Help needed on selective sharpening/masking**

Please help me around, i am quite a newbie in Topaz sharpening

I can sharpen a picture in total without problem. I want to sharpen just a bird in my picture.  
I use topas as a pluging for Lightroom  
I used the following 3 methods but can’t seem to get it working: what am i doing wrong?

- i masked the bird, applied the mask and sharpened as normal
- i masked the bird, inverted the mask, applied the mask and sharpened as normal
- i sharpened the total picture, then masked the bird

any help appreciated

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**Author:** ![carollowbeer](https://community.topazlabs.com/user_avatar/community.topazlabs.com/carollowbeer/32/57273_2.png) [@carollowbeer](https://community.topazlabs.com/u/carollowbeer)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2020, 3:26pm UTC](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/about-the-education-training-category/35/3 "2020-12-30T15:26:30Z")

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Can you please tell me WHERE TO POST A ‘GETTING STARTED’ Question? I see no button or option on my screen to do that even tho I’ m logged in. I purchased Topaz 3 years ago, trying to use it.