Hi, JoeFedric and the other moderators! It’s so sad that you must babysit, and try to reason with, so many Topaz malcontents on this forum. Personally, I love your software and plugins, and I’m always eager to get the latest updates. And I love the work you continue to do keep it “state of the art.”
Topaz has done a lot of good for the image-enhancement field, both for the professional and the hobbyist, but yet there are a lot of big babies out there who can only throw out criticisms and insults at you as a “thank you” for improving your software and creating new products. I can’t believe the amount of cynicism and unreasonableness shown by some of these Topaz users.
I would love to get my hands on Topaz Studio, but I found that my graphics card is too old. But you won’t hear me CRY about it like some other users on this forum. I understand that Topaz Labs and other big name companies MUST create new products and processes that have to keep up with the newer and faster operating systems being made available in the image processing marketplace. I’m not about to cast blame on Topaz Labs for doing so. Competition requires that ALL software developers create new products and packages that can offer what the graphics specialist and the professional and serious photographer needs.
I am also an ON1software owner. Of course, ON1 is another well-known graphics software company. In keeping with the latest advancements and demands in the graphics market, ON1 - like Topaz Labs - also created a new product: ON1 Photo Raw. And, as with Topaz Studio, I can’t use ON1 Photo Raw, either. My graphics card can’t handle it. So I’m “stuck” with the older ON1 Photo 10. But I’m not going to be a big baby and condemn ON1 for “leaving me behind.” That’s because I know that good software products must evolve and that older operating systems and graphics cards will be left behind.
I praise Topaz Labs for creating their new Topaz Studio…and for coming up with the new Clarity that goes with it! Similarly, I praise ON1 for their new product, ON1 Photo Raw. Yet, I can’t use either one!
Of course, there are incentives to encourage users to try and buy the new product, but I’m not going to be an unreasonable a**hole and accuse Topaz - nor ON1 - of merely creating a “money grab”. I’m not that much of a spoiled child. And accusations that Topaz Labs will forever abandon its plugin users sound ridiculous.
If one day Topaz chooses to update its current Clarity Photoshop plugin with the newer enhanced features, that would be great. But if they choose not to, that’s fine with me, too, because my current Clarity plugin works great as well.
Having to make do with older or outdated plugins is not new to me. It’s understood that I won’t have continued access to the newest stuff. I can live with that. The older stuff still works fine for me.
So, Topaz, keep on truckin’. Keep on creating. Keep on meeting the competition.
Sorry that you have to deal with a few pouty-poopers!