Topaz Photo AI Remove Tool - Introducing lots of extra noise and grain to removed area

When using the Remove function, the removed area of the image has more noise /grain than the surrounding image grain/noise. It looks like the remove tool is sharpening the replaced image area which then make the removed area very noticeable. The increased noise/grain also ends up being more saturated in colour which also causes that area to stand out. Both the increased size of noise/grain and the higher colour saturation in the replaced selection area defeating the purpose of making the removal “invisible” relative to the rest of the image. It also seems that the larger the area selected for removal in one go, the larger the image grain and colour noise is in the replaced image area. I’ve also had to restart the program a number of times to get the remove function to keep working. It will do a couple of smaller remove areas, then suddenly not remove the next selected area and blurs it instead or creates a weird shape.

Steps to reproduce issue:

  1. Loaded 16 bit TIFF image 2347x1761 (350 dpi) into v3.2.1 to remove the branches in the image. Goal is to then reinsert that cropped part of the larger image back into the overall image once the branches are removed. Worked with cropped section as using the 8192 x 5461 pixel (350 dpi) image overloads Topaz Photo AI and takes forever to apply the remove tool and save the result.
  2. Left the quality/speed at default, no other enhancements loaded or applied, only used Remove
  3. Selected the end of the main branch with the brush and ran remove. Result is that everything inside the selection area that was replaced stands out from the rest of the image a lot. A professional and clan result is not possible this way.

If the goal is to sharpen the replaced part of the image to have it match better, can the Remove function replicate the size and amount of noise/grain in the surrounding image outside of the selection where it is pulling image data from to replace what is being removed? Otherwise, perhaps a slider to apply or reduce noise/grain in the removed area to better match the surrounding image?

Thank you, and hoping that these issues can be resolved soon and my ideas for controls/improvement implemented.


Topaz Photo AI [v3.2.1] on [Windows]

To help us get the best understanding of the problem you are having while using the Remove Tool, would you please take a screen recording of this behavior so I can see exactly what is happening?

Loom is a great free application for this: Loom | Free Screen & Video Recording

Hello John,

Thanks for reaching out. Here is a link to a Loom video showing the noise issue in the removed selection in the image. 3fa72b997ea14c76815098b7126b1cfa
I created a second Loom video fd93246508b345199c69c613b8b348cd I had to restart the computer as Loom crashed. I removed two areas in this one.

Let me know if you need anything else from me or if I am doing something wrong on my end where Topaz Photo AI can obtain a better result. The email program will not allow a link to the Loom video to be added so I cut the link portion off, leaving the video string.

Thank you

It appears that the Loom links you sent are not properly opening, would you mind sending these links to our Support Team at help@topazlabs.com, please include a link to the thread so we can help investigate this problem further :slight_smile:

Hi John,

I have sent the email as per your request with the full links to the Loom videos. This chat thread will not permit a response with a full link to the Loom video. This is what I got below.

Thanks, Chris

Topaz Community noreply@topazlabs.com Thu, Sep 26, 3:14 PM (1 day ago)

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