When I first tried AI Clear on my Surface Studio (high end), I liked it so much I bought it. I used it on several occasions, but now all of a sudden it doesn’t seem to work at all. No matter how I set the Recover Details setting or Model Strenght, not one pixel seems to change. I’m quite sure this wasn’t the case when I first installed it.
One curious thing I noticed was that when it DID work in the past, it would take quite a while to process. Much longer than most plugins. But now it goes as quickly as most other plugins. This made me wonder whether there was a video driver problem. So I downloaded the latest NVidia 980M drivers. Still no change.
I do realize you’re supposed to use AI Clear near the beginning of a workflow, but unfortunately, even if that’s the first thing I do, it does’t change a thing.
Umm - I distinctly remember seeing that AI Clear should be used first in any workflow because if you do anything else first, too much changes for it to work right, particularly if you use photoshop in any part of it. Is this now different???
Sheila
This is a clip from a brand new RAW image from a Nikon D850 at ISO 11400. I would have included 2 snippets, but trust me, they are identical after adding the AI Clear filter and setting the model strength to High.
Thanks. Resetting the Local Database did not work, but reinstalling Topaz Studio did. I have to say other than the fact that the download took longer than I’d like, the fact that all my presets are stored in the cloud (so I didn’t have to export and import them) was great.
