I would like to use autopilot but do not want to have lens correction active. I have set general preferences lens correction to off but autopliot still performs the correction. I can find no setting that excludes lens correction for autopilot itself. Is there such a setting? If not, can such a setting be added.
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@dsegar Disabling it in the preferences should stop it from processing in Autopilot. Can you upload the image so I can test it out on my end?
Thanks. I am way busy for the next few days and will upload an image if needed. However, from what you have said and a couple more quick tests I have run, I am beginning to suspect there is an issue with my install of PhotoAi so, when I get the time, iI will do a complete uninstall (includiing preferences, etc) and reinstall and test then. More later
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Sounds good! I’ll keep an eye out for any messages from you.
Had a little time to work on this. First, a complete reinstall does not change issue. Second, issue may be related to camera specific profile parameters used by Topaz. Evidence of this is that what is actually happening is that on load to TopazAi the image cropping is lost for all images where the camera zoom setting was at or very near full wide angle. I found this only when I zoomed out to fit screen setting in PhotoAi and found that the unprocessed view on the PhotoAi screen was also subject to the issue (black corners in the image). A careful look shows that what is actually happening is that the PhotoAi is loading the parts of the image that are cropped off in all other software (Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, Vuescan, Windows photo app, Faststone Image viewer etc) and not cropping them properly (I did not know the camera actually saved all the data for the cropped off corners). The result is that PhotoAi loads and processes camera saved photo area that is outside of what the camera or other software sees when the “full” image is loaded. I can fix that by cropping in post PhotoAi processing but that would add a lot of work as I travel frequently and produce tens to hundreds of “keeper” images per day on most trips. The camera in question is a Panasonic DC-ZS200 #XGR2207140205 according to metadata (my go to camera for when an SLR might attract too much attention). I intend to look at several other cameras that I use to see if the issue affects any of these but have not completed that yet. One additional data point - the issue occurs only when loading the raw image (RW2 or DNG) not when loading the companion jpg.
If you let me know how I can upload several images, I can prepare unprocessed and processed images and screen shots that will show you more detail. If direct upload is not possible I can, with a bit more effort, place images on a password protected page of my web site for you to download.
I can now confirm the same issue occurs with another Panasonic camera (ZS80) and with one Nikon camera (P1000) again only when the lens is zoomed out to maximum or nearly so (and again not in any other raw image viewing software that I own). I can also confirm that the issue does NOT exist with raw images from several Nikon SLR’s. At this point, except for uploading images showing the behavior, which I can do once I know the best way to transmit them, I think I have given you all the info I can. It appears that the issue is related to how PhotoAi and camera profiles interact and that is way beyond anything I can research further so I hope you can diagnose and fix. I will provide any other input you may wish to have.
Here is an example. PhotoAI on top. Note loaded file on left side already shows blcak corners.
Lower image is standard Lightroom showing correct behavior. Note that the image opened by Photo Ai includes parts of camera recorded image that are cropped by the camera to elimiante the black corner areas - the “correct” behavior.
Hope this helps. Looks like it is a difficult issue to fix so not expecting an immediate answer but would like to see it fixed when possible especially since it appears to affect multiple camera types but not all.
Doug Segar
Thanks for the context. I was able to do some research and it looks like this is happening to specific Panasonic camera models because of the way they write their RAW files. It’ll be a tricky one to fix to be frank.
I’ve documented this for my team to see if we can find a solution for you. We appreciate your patience and understanding!
Thanks. Just a reminder that at least one Nikon camera, the P1000 (which uses a similar 1:2.3 inch sensor) shows the same issue so it is not only Minolta cemeras that spawn this issue. Diagnosing this is definitely not in my wheelhouse but you might want to have your folks look at how you are opening the images diferently from Adobe or other software (issue is not found with any of the image display software packages that I have on my computer, including apps from Microsoft and other image display or manipulation software packages from several other sources e.g. FastStone, Firefox etc).
I have found a work around that is far from optimum but it does work and might help others. In Lightroom I use a Metadata filter to select only those images that are shot at or very near the shortest “Focal length” then export these as tiff files and use Topaz on the tiffs.
Thanks for sharing your workaround! I wasn’t aware of this but maybe it could help other users.
same issue on my side. even though lens corrections are disabled, exported image contains them after autopilot updates
sony a7iv + sony 20-70 G
