When using a TIFF as the base photo file to edit/enhance in standalone Topaz Photo AI and Edit Selection is required to add/edit/remove Subjects to a Sharpen or Lighting enhancement step, if a Crop is also part of the process flow, I consistently lose the edits made for purposes of performing the desired enhancement step. My process flow is,
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open the full TIFF
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denoise the whole photo
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crop the photo to only the desired final area
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select Sharpen or Lighting or any enhancement that recognizes a Subject
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edit the Subject via Edit Selection
- at this point, Topaz immediately reverts to the entire TIFF as originally opened (crop gone)
- no Subject highlight (glowing red) is immediately evident in any region that had been cropped-out
- using this original larger photo region (uncropped), I edit the Subject adding or removing areas as necessary
- I switch to the Controls tab for the enhancement at which point cropping is suddenly recognized again
- I hover the mouse pointer over “Subject” and my glowing red edits have been transposed to new locations on the cropped canvas
- it is evident that the edits are not carried through properly to the cropped window
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This problem exists whether or not I crop first, or if I setup all enhancement steps (including Edit Selections) and then crop as a final step
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This sort of transposition should not occur
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For the time being I will always crop TIFFS and JPGs before attempting to bring them into Topaz for enhancement