This week we have several fixes, including some bigger ones related to RAW output and Autopilot.
Previously there was a bug where RAW files would look fine in the preview, but when exporting would look much different and potentially have artifacts. This issue should now be resolved.
On a similar note, there were previously issues where Lightroom masks and healing brush items would be rotated or squished. This should also be resolved since now we always save with the same orientation as the input image.
Along with these changes, we now support the HIF extension which some Canon cameras output, we’ve made some changes to Strong Sharpen’s Autopilot values, and added the ability to load cropped and straightened images.
A full change log including other fixes can be found below.
Please give us any feedback or report issues with this release. We’ll be updating TPAI regularly to address those pieces of feedback and issue reports. If there’s a specific image you’d like us to see, you can send it us at this dropbox link.
We’ve recently added the ability to post RAW files under 65MB in the forum. If you are okay with your image being posted in this thread publicly you are free to do so. You are also free to go through our dropbox if you do not want to post publicly.
Images are now always saved with their input orientation
– This fixes issues where masks/healing in Lightroom are rotated/squished after processing
Added support for HIF extension (Canon’s preferred HEIF extension)
Increased Autopilot recommended values for Strong Sharpen model
Added option to preserve bit depth on PNG and TIFF output
Added ability to load images with XMP crop and straighten angles
Improved messages for when resizing is not supported
Added shortcut hints to right click menu items
Removed double click to reset on sliders with no associated Autopilot values
Added button to cancel in-app update download
Updated update available dialog
Disabled mouse wheel zoom when cropping
Fixed several crash on exit cases
Fixed file size errors on export causing a larger error
Fixed HEIC/HEIF files not generating thumbnails
Fixed issue where RAW output would use different Autopilot values
Fixed a few minor memory leaks related to metadata and thumbnails
Fixed original button being locked on after clicking and pressing space
Fixed potential race condition crash when using plugin mode
Fixed face recovery sometimes only recovering half a face
Fixed metadata copying makernotes data from EXIF block erroneously
Known issues:
Editing a crop after switching images in batch will load the box in the wrong place
Switching images while loading may cause thumbnail to be incorrect
HDR or Monochrome DNGs which previously did not open may have issues when saving as a DNG
– To get around this you can save as JPEG, PNG, or TIFF which shouldn’t have the same color issues
“Added ability to load images with XMP crop and straighten angles” How do I get this to happen when the RAW image is sent to PAI via “Plug-in extras” in LR?
This software still in beta, i was paid for a beta software when it was released and after many month it is still in beta. Never never never will buy topaz software anymore
The crop function does not work at all. The saturation is too strong when saving to Lightroom. The whole color balance is changed and hard to fix in Lightroom due to the changes.
Hi Marco - what issue are you running into with the crop tool? You should be able to use it in standalone and some host editors like Lightroom Classic & Capture One but not in Photoshop. For the saturation issue, I’d appreciate it if you can send me an example. You can send me the original image through Dropbox. Thank you.
The crop works for me in standalone. In Lightroom Classic it does not work correctly when the RAW image is sent to PAI via “Plug-in extras”. I can crop the image, but after I hit apply in the crop tool the imaged isn’t cropped when it appears in the main screen of PAI.
Also, in the portrait of the girl… in the last version, all Masks were applied, and the colors were over-saturated. The color issues were resolved in the new version. However, for some reason, no Masks were applied.
It’s strange because when I crop in Lightroom, and I send my image to PAI and I send it back to Lightroom, I always have the same custom cropping from Lightroom.
This is exactly what happens. I can also crop the image but when I hit the “apply” button the crop disappears. And I am coming from Lightroom Classic too…
I have done that. I have not done anything in the postproduction with the original one. As you see there is lot of saturation adde to this image. It gets more obvious with human faces and the picture turns yeallowish and warn by itself.