I am curious to see your YouTube channel
I am in agreement with that, less user issues such as plug-in/standalone or overwriting and less support issues.
Exept Photoshop/Affinity Plugin. 
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OK - a proper plugin/filter.
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Itās Photoshop oriented for fine art photography (ie, enhancing the aesthetics of āstraightā photography & creating photorealistic composites - not collages). I have various series of broad how to topics there. Theyāre like college classes; not quickie 1-2 minute tips (but ppl can run playback faster if too slow). Since itās all volunteer, no pay, I only create 1-2/month.
I havenāt done one on PAI yet. Iām waiting for certain thingsā¦
That was the whole reason I started using Topaz products over 12 yrs ago was to make use of them as filters to Ps. Wouldnāt use standalone. But then, I was drawn to all the rich, artistic features of the classic products too.
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I think there is a new multithreading saving in 1.3.5 which is something I had not noticed it was doing before and not been mentioned in patch notes. On my machine I usually get two writes happening while a third is processing.
At about a <1% failure rate a small image would appear twice overwriting its neighbor in the pipeline. So I suspect this multithreading is not handling the case of some images go faster than others and it needs to sync up the pipe. It seems to be using temp files, so maybe it is naming collisions.
Anyone else doing large batches you need a way to verify the images are correct! Since I upscale with minimal processing, I post process with imagemagick to batch downscale and compare to source images now.
Please continue as Photoshop plug in.
Thatās correct. The PS plugin will only ever receive bitmap image data, as thatās all PS works with. If you wish to see how TPAI handles the ARW, youāll have to use it through standalone or an external editor that doesnāt use the PS plugin - as a rule of thumb, if you can resize the image, then it can open the RAW file (with LrCās āEdit Inā flow the notable exception, as it converts RAWs to TIFFs as well).
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Thank you, Anthony! I appreciate the explanation.
Thatās why I usually test jpgās or tiffs with Ps for PAI.
I typically start with the Standalone for new releases, and thatās when I try my ARW or ORFs.
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ok. Iāll go check it out. Thanks
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Not bad the tuto on the reflection. on the other hand on the last image, I reproach 3 errors, the first and the lack of droplets a little everywhere on the image to simulate the rain on the lens of the camera. The second error, it misses the shock waves on the water caused by the rain. And the third mistake, the effect of the water on the road is too smooth. And the road is missing a darker wet effect.
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Thx.
Yes, there could be many more steps, always.
My target audience is advanced beginners to lower end intermediate users (which is why I point everything out vs race through). My goail is to try to get viewers to a level that is very good to most consumers of their work & not run the videos crazy long. Then I create complementary vids that let the viewers build on the initial skills with more advanced Fx. My channel is about 10 months old, so Iām still getting through a lot of ground-laying. I also like to explain context & rationale vs just ādo this or thatā so the viewers can improvise for their workā¦
Someday Iāll get to 3rd party plugins. Iāve been working on Blur now. 
Hoping there is a simple fix for this!
All of my Topaz products are asking to activate repeatedly, even though I own them all until 2024. The web browser recognizes my login, but the products donāt. Iām on a Mac.
This started recently.
It might be something the devs need to address for Macsā¦ but did you also chk with Spt to see if they can help you?
Good god, it looks like she was clawed by a werewolf!!!
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Thatās correct because Ps never gets to see your raw file.
No, itās still a raw file in ACR - but it gets converted to a pixel file when itās passed from there to Ps. The same applies when passed from LrC to Ps.
Not very often these days. All the Topaz apps that initially drew me in are now officially dead, and I have little to no use for those that are left. I just check in now and then in case I miss something.
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Have to agree with you Paul ā¦ I have no idea what direction they are taking now and it seems strange they donāt listen to their customers.
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Suggestions from beta testers and others are pearls before swine. Thatās why Iāve been an ex beta tester for some time.
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Thx for the replies! I miss the classic products too!
I used them multi times daily. And, was heartbroken when 4 of them wouldnāt re-install on the PC I got last summerā¦
BTW, I still use different Ps features I learned from you over the years (like CTRL + L/M to make adjustments to masksā¦).
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