I get this message when trying out the Topaz Photo CLI on Mac:
/Applications/Topaz\ Photo.app/Contents/Resources/bin/tpai --help
Topaz Photo CLI has been disabled. Please contact ``enterprise@topazlabs.com`` to set up Enterprise account for access.
I have the Topaz Studio Pro subscription. Is the CLI an enterprise-only feature now?
The command-line interface (CLI) option is no longer supported in Topaz Photo on any platform.
This functionality was available in some legacy versions of our older apps, but is not part of the current Topaz Photo consumer subscription tier.
If you rely on programmatic access or batch processing through the CLI, an Enterprise purchase is required. You can contact the Enterprise team at enterprise@topazlabs.com.
If you’re looking for automation or batch capabilities, you can explore our batch processing workflow within the app itself. More info about that workflow is available on our Topaz Labs Documentation page below 
This is the wrong direction from my point of view as a long-time user.
There has been an enhancement request for a long time (I think commonly called “quad view”, though really more than 4 views are needed), which would enable us to evaluate multiple models and strengths efficiently. Trying multiple models and strengths, with no built-in way to compare them, is very tedious. As far as I know this has never made it into the road map… and there have been no road map updates since March 2024.
I’m not an enterprise user. I’m an amateur photographer with a Mac development background, and I was hoping to implement a multi-view work-around by using tpai to automate the invocation of different Sharpen models with different Strengths, using Capture to catch the results, and then displaying the results in an array. Though not straightforward, I believe this could have been implemented with Shortcuts and tpai.
I was hoping for more features in tpai over time to benefit power users. But now we’re forced to move to Topaz Photo, which provides less functionality by cutting off tpai.
Please provide this feedback to whoever decided that non-enterprise users don’t deserve automation CLI. And pleas consider this one vote for putting some sort of multiple, simultaneous Sharpening comparison into the UI.
I feel the same way. Tpai was the only version of CLI denioser that was getting updated in the marketplace.
All the open source ones are 6 years old now and don’t retain the structure very well. My newer camera’s raws aren’t getting read by my old version of tpai. I can’t even buy a new one!!! And to use it all I have to bake in my white balance to a tiff to use the old tpai.
Can I use a legacy version?
The CLI is no longer supported in the current Topaz Photo consumer application on any platform. It was available in legacy versions of Photo AI and was useful for workflows like the ones described here automating batches and testing different model/settings combinations without manually working through each image in the UI. In the current Topaz Photo release, CLI access requires an Enterprise purchase.
If you still have a legacy version of Topaz Photo AI installed that included CLI functionality, you may still be able to use that version for your existing workflow. However, since Photo AI is now a legacy application, Support is not able to provide troubleshooting or assistance for its CLI functionality. Keep in mind as well that an older version may not support newer cameras, RAW formats, or models introduced since that release.
For anyone who requires CLI/programmatic processing with the current applications, you can contact our Enterprise team at enterprise@topazlabs.com to discuss the available options.
