Seems that the application is not designed for RAW images as sold. I have seen so many youtube videos where the reviewers purported to be editing RAW images. However, it seems they have all skipped that they needed to export a jpeg of tiff for Topaz to have full funtionality
Since I bought it, “Adjust Lighting” and “Balance Color” have been in a “beta” state and can not be applied to RAW images. If that is the case, I really have no use for a jpeg editor, and I actually have RAW editors. I used Topaz in the past for RAW images, but now, if one can not even adjust the exposure of a RAW image, I don’t understand its use beyond cleaning up cell phone (non-raw) images.
Three Months ago, just prior before I purchased, Topaz said this:
“You can now get maximum quality out of your raw files by using the combined tools in Photo AI 2: Adjust Lighting (new) to fix underexposure and improve default “flat” raw colors, Balance Color (new) to quickly correct straight-out-of-camera color shift, and Raw Remove Noise (improved - see below) to extract the maximum detail out of your raw file.”
Not a lie, no application will overwrite RAW images. Photo AI is a RAW editor insofar as it does RAW conversions which you can save to a DNG, TIFF, JPEG or PNG for further processing.
It is NOT a DAM and non-destructive RAW converter so you cannot reprocess the RAW image as you would in Lightroom, PS, AP, ETC.
Adjust Lighting and Balance are still in Beta phase.
If you need the link, I can provide it. Topaz announced its availability, specifically stating it can work on RAW images. I never said anything about changing RAW images. Not sure how you think adjusting lighting is any different than sharpening, removing noise from a RAW image.
Hi William, In my experience of the product it was never designed to be an end point editor. You are either coming out of Adobe’s LR or PS to Topaz AI and then back in, or, you are processing first with Topaz AI then bringing the images back into LR or PS hence the supported export formats including DNG, TIFF, JPEG and PNG. It would be good to know what your workflow is so I can better comment.
Hi Mark, Starting with a RAW file with the hopes of Adjusting Lighting and Balance, are you really supposed to dumb it down to a lossy JPG so Topaz can work its magic? And then export from Topaz in a non-lossy format? If you export the original RAW file to TIF or DNG, Topaz can’t do Lighting or Balance. What’s the proper workflow to avoid JPGs? Thanks in advance.
Of course not. If your image is raw, then it will save it as a separate DNG file. if you are sending it to TPAI from another editor such as LR, then select Edit Original and it too will save as a DNG. You can also work with PS layers.
