Topaz Photo AI v1.0.0

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See, there you go! I try to be forward thinking!!! :wink:

Just not another separate product


So many posters have commented on how they don’t want Autopilot “helping” too much by sharpening everything. I could definitely envision the value of either selectively softening parts of an image for a bit of faux bokeh or undoing the sharpening done by A.P. where it’s not desired (though real masking could take one back to starting level, but not beyond it if using a cheapie lens)


Ditto for lessening noise reduction! Some amt of noise (in shadows particularly) can help viewers perceive details (or produce a more old-timey look to a contemporary photo).

Ergot (that’s a snail, right? :snail:), both a more noise & less sharpening direction to a slider can serve such purposes. And, alas, should also fit with a pre-processing vs post-processing (aka, creative) software product IMO
 I rest my case. :clinking_glasses: :slightly_smiling_face:

[BTW, a DeSharp product to undo the over-sharpening done by PAI A.P. seems like genius mktg!!! It’s the s/w tech counterpoint to buying razors then having to buy tons of blades as an aftermarket purch. Only to discover they’ve discontinued the style of blade needed for the razor handle you own
]

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who has iphone 14 pro max? pls attach how topaz processing huge dng file

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I love what it does. It is nothing short of amazing. I am seeing an issue with multiple .cr3 VR180 8191x5463 RAW image files making it crash repeatedly.

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Hi, I’d like to add my voice to the request for a selection brush to refine the subject. It is difficult sometimes to get the subject selected using the present tools. I would also like the ability to invert the mask, for example to add noise reduction just to the sky.

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Still unable to use Photo AI as a Photoshop plug-in, at the moment using it from ACR. I wish the Sharpen AI refine option in PAI has the same options of the stand alone Sharpen AI, as refine option in PAI is as good as useless.

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Need dehaze as well.

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I get crashes on windows (laptop with Xe graphics and i7) when turning knobs on/off before the software has had time to reprocess everything.

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The results are really really good. But - the App is very unstable. I have a lot of crashes and hang ups.

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My PNG’s are saved as 8 bit? Is there any way to save them as
16 bit PNG’s?
Thanks.

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WOW!! Really, this should be the final version. The single tools DeNoise AI and Sharpen AI do a much better job than PAI 1.0. For me it’s not working right now. And 1.0 is much slower than the previous ones (< 1).

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I have the same problem. The plugin doesn’t work correctly if I want to open a raw file from LR Classic in Photo AI and for the file type psd is selected. It works fine, if jpg file is used for the copy.

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I have trouble with all the aspects of interfacing LrC and Topaz Photo AI. I sent a support request with this text on Sunday - but no reply from TOPAZ yet.

Mac OS Monterey 12.5.1; Mac M1 Ultra / 64gb / 1TB storage
Topaz Photo AI download file :: TopazPhotoAI-1.0.0.pkg
LrC 11.5, Mac

I have no trouble cycling through Sharpen and DeNoise - the interface for those products works perfectly
.so this is the basis for my comparison to TopAz AI.
I typically do some into editing in LrC for tone and then do an “Edit in sharpen AI” where I complete the editing adjustments and then return the image to LrC and all that cycles perfectly - leaving me with a TIF aside my original file. I have Sharpen, DeNoise, Giga and Photo AI defined as external editors, TIF/16-bit.

None of this works properly in Topaz AI.

There are two workflows


Setting up the Edit In workflow - it does not function the same way as the others as a Plugin. The PlugIn is installed correctly and enabled in LrC - I can reveal it in Finder, etc. the transfer to the PlugIn seems to work okay and it creates a TIF transferring out of LrC - but the PlugIn does not function as a Plugin - it wants to make a further [Save Image] with the module names appended to the file - now creating a 2nd TIF. You have to EXIT the PlugIn using [Close Window] but it does not terminate so you have to close it manually. The newly created TIF file is not auto-imported back into LrC - instead you have to go chase it with a Synchronize Folder and import it manually. Now you have the original file (e.g. raw), the first TIF and the final TIF

typically I deleted the 1st TIF as it is totally redundant.

In the alternate workflow, use LrC Menu | File | PlugIn Extras | Process with Topaz Photo AI 
. the process seems to work as intended - and this produces a DNG file as output. However, any edits done via LrC prior to invoking the PlugIn are not retained - this could include Auto Exposure adjustments and Auto levelling and any minor color grads - so these have to be completed or re-done again on the returned file.

Finally, I was able to cycle ORF raws from my OM-1 without difficulty - but when I tried similar round-trips with HEIC files from my iPhone 13 Pro Max, the returned HEIC files were flagged by LrC with a black exclamation point - and marked as un-readible.

In closing, Topaz AI does not have a Preferences panel and there is no check for updates within help. These capabilities and services need to be added so that all the modules in the suite have a similar UI and UX.

One other solution I have found somewhat workable, I have opened and edited the image in LrC and then passed it to PS; duplicated the layer and invoked Topaz AI as a PlugIn on that layer - that seems to work fine (except I cannot resize the image with this workflow and must do that separately). that creates a PSD out of LrC and returns a PSD - multi layered and a big file.

Jim Camelford
toronto - Wed Sep 21, Sunday Sep 18

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It needs an option to disable the detecting subject. On an Image that does not have a subject, it is taking nearly a minute to detect a cloud as a subject.

Also, The only option I have is to Save the image, where is the cancel button, for when it does a poor job and I want to go back and use the real individual programs

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Lightroom selects that, change to a TIFF as PSD is a propriety Adobe format and is not supported.

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UPDATE: I have been able to duplicate this issue. I was processing the file from a folder on an external USB drive. In every case, the EXIF data was wiped out. However, if I copy the same file to a folder on my internal drive, the EXIF data is retained.

Not sure if this is just a Mac issue or an external drive issue. Would anyone be willing to try this out (on a Mac to confirm that it is just not me and then on another platform to confirm that this is not a Mac only issue)?

Thanks a ton for your help.

PS: I do have a support issue open for this.

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No issue for me. My photos are all on a 1TB external SSD and saving to that with PAI retains the EXIF data of my ARW files.

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Thanks for checking this out. Are you on a Mac or another platform? This is very repeatable for me on a Mac, so I wonder if I am doing something wrong. I am processing the RAW files directly in Photo AI (no plug-in) in case that makes a difference


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How do you access Photo AI from ACR?

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Mac Mini 16GB running Monterey. I used the standalone.

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FYI for Nvidia GPU owners, the studio drivers released yesterday specifically mention ‘support for Topaz Photo AI’ in the release notes!

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