Photo AI processing embedded JPEG instead of raw/DNG?

I have several images that I shot with my cameras set to raw + JPEG and the camera style set to B&W (a setting which should only apply to the JPEGs). I converted most of the raw files to DNG but I still have a couple of the original raw files. Every app I own shows the raw and DNG files in colour - except Photo AI which displays them in B&W. This suggests to me that Photo AI is displaying (and processing?) the embedded JPEG - any output from Photo AI is also B&W - it’s only apparent because it’s B&W, you’d probably never know with colour images. This happens in v2.0.6 and v2.0.5, earlier versions going back as far as v2.0.1 correctly display them in colour, and only in standalone mode. The issue applies to at least two of my Panasonic Lumix cameras - G3 and G9.

DNG opened in Ps (via ACR):

Same DNG opened in Photo AI (note colour thumbnail at bottom left):

Steps to reproduce issue:

  1. Step 1 - Set camera to raw + JPEG and B&W photo style.
  2. Step 2 - Open raw/DNG in Photo AI.
  3. Step 3 - View colour photo in B&W.

Log file:

2023-10-22-17-46-32.tzlog (74.4 KB)


Topaz Photo AI [v2.0.6] on [Windows 10]

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