The most new interresting part on the EOS R1 is its AF.
I’m a bit disapointed by canon.
The R5II does only 1/8000 sec max.
The R1 has a neural network for enlarging jpegs … jpegs yea … 8bit.
No 16bit RAW images.
Yeah, Radiant Photo is a great addition to my workflow.
I’ve been with them a bit over a year now, and before that I used Perfectly Clear that comes with Aftershot Pro which I used before I got around to set up a Windows VM with GPU Passthrough in Linux Mint.
With the type of processing I do I usually pass the exported result from PAI through Radiant Photo as a final touch, and it usually comes out great. I do have to pull it back a bit once in a while, but that is on very rare occasions.
(Sorry - quoted/replied to the wrong post - I intended to reply to @lhkjacky but since it kind of stays relevant replying to you as wellI’m not gonna remove/repost 
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I’ve been very pleased with v3.1.0. This is the very first ‘crash’ I’ve experienced in a great while. It’s probably a fluke, but nonetheless, I’d like you to have the data I can gather. This pic:
…caused an immediate crash just after loading. Debug data (all I could get) below:
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Microsoft (R) Windows Debugger Version 10.0.22621.3233 AMD64
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Loading Dump File [C:\ProgramData\Topaz Labs LLC\Topaz Photo AI\crashpad\reports\8ed00369-7437-4671-927a-be8598fb0194.dmp]
User Mini Dump File: Only registers, stack and portions of memory are available
Symbol search path is: srv*
Executable search path is:
Windows 10 Version 26120 (1252) MP (32 procs) Free x64
Product: WinNt
Edition build lab: Windows NT 10.0.26120.1252
Machine Name:
Debug session time: Wed Jul 17 10:02:21.000 2024 (UTC - 5:00)
System Uptime: not available
Process Uptime: 0 days 0:00:11.000
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Loading unloaded module list
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This dump file has an exception of interest stored in it.
The stored exception information can be accessed via .ecxr.
(92b8.7c04): Access violation - code c0000005 (first/second chance not available)
For analysis of this file, run !analyze -v
*** WARNING: Unable to verify checksum for ntdll.dll
ntdll!NtDelayExecution+0x14:
00007fff`442df104 c3 ret
0:095> !analyze -v
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* -
Exception Analysis * -
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KEY_VALUES_STRING: 1
Key : AV.Dereference
Value: NullClassPtr
Key : AV.Fault
Value: Read
Key : Analysis.CPU.mSec
Value: 3796
Key : Analysis.DebugAnalysisManager
Value: Create
Key : Analysis.Elapsed.mSec
Value: 23732
Key : Analysis.Init.CPU.mSec
Value: 7342
Key : Analysis.Init.Elapsed.mSec
Value: 71029
Key : Analysis.Memory.CommitPeak.Mb
Value: 498
Key : Timeline.Process.Start.DeltaSec
Value: 11
Key : WER.Process.Version
Value: 3.1.0.0
FILE_IN_CAB: 8ed00369-7437-4671-927a-be8598fb0194.dmp
NTGLOBALFLAG: 0
PROCESS_BAM_CURRENT_THROTTLED: 0
PROCESS_BAM_PREVIOUS_THROTTLED: 0
CONTEXT: (.ecxr)
rax=0000000000000000 rbx=0000020d3e23c6a0 rcx=0000020d29759040
rdx=0000000000000008 rsi=0000000000000000 rdi=0000020d29759040
rip=00007ffe8dc92cca rsp=00000061b79ff060 rbp=00000061b79ff160
r8=0000000000000000 r9=00007ffe6b65a480 r10=0000000000000003
r11=00000061b79fec40 r12=0000000000000000 r13=0000000000000000
r14=0000000000000010 r15=0000000000000003
iopl=0 nv up ei pl zr na po nc
cs=0033 ss=0000 ds=0000 es=0000 fs=0053 gs=002b efl=00010246
aiengine!aiutils::FileFetcher::setLocalDirPath+0xb2ea:
00007ffe8dc92cca 498b16 mov rdx,qword ptr [r14] ds:0000000000000010=???
Resetting default scope
EXCEPTION_RECORD: (.exr -1)
ExceptionAddress: 00007ffe8dc92cca (aiengine!aiutils::FileFetcher::setLocalDirPath+0x000000000000b2ea)
ExceptionCode: c0000005 (Access violation)
ExceptionFlags: 00000000
NumberParameters: 2
Parameter[0]: 0000000000000000
Parameter[1]: 0000000000000010
Attempt to read from address 0000000000000010
PROCESS_NAME: Topaz Photo AI.exe
READ_ADDRESS: 0000000000000010
ERROR_CODE: (NTSTATUS) 0xc0000005 - The instruction at 0x%p referenced memory at 0x%p. The memory could not be %s.
EXCEPTION_CODE_STR: c0000005
EXCEPTION_PARAMETER1: 0000000000000000
EXCEPTION_PARAMETER2: 0000000000000010
STACK_TEXT:
00000061b79ff060 00007ffe8dc9388d : 0000000000000000 00000061b79ff408 00000061b79ff408 0000020d3204e5e0 : aiengine!aiutils::FileFetcher::setLocalDirPath+0xb2ea
00000061b79ff2c0 00007ffe8dc9367e : 0000020d1e5a2280 0000020d3224e490 0000020d3bb8baa0 0000020d3224e490 : aiengine!aiutils::FileFetcher::setLocalDirPath+0xbead
00000061b79ff3d0 00007ffe8dca11c5 : 0000020d3b7cfb70 0000020d1e5a2280 0000020d3224e490 03ffffffffffffff : aiengine!aiutils::FileFetcher::setLocalDirPath+0xbc9e
00000061b79ff460 00007ffe8dc9d126 : 0000020d09cb5be0 0000000000000020 ffffffffffffffff 00007ffe8dc52cd0 : aiengine!aiutils::FileFetcher::setLocalDirPath+0x197e5
00000061b79ff590 00007ffe8dc6e284 : 0000020d554b0c90 0000000000000048 00000061b79ffa98 0000020d09e40fc0 : aiengine!aiutils::FileFetcher::setLocalDirPath+0x15746
00000061b79ff8e0 00007ffe8dc6ee80 : 0000000000000000 0000020d3bd03010 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 : aiengine!aiengine::ImageParameterEstimator::process+0xa34
00000061b79ffa40 00007ffe8dc66662 : 0000020d3bd03010 0000000000000000 fffffffffffffffe 0000000000000000 : aiengine!aiengine::ImageParameterEstimator::processOutput+0x990
00000061b79ffad0 00007fff415a4ea0 : 0000020d1eb20c20 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 : aiengine!aiutils::SystemInfo::loadSystemFeatures+0x1982
00000061b79ffb00 00007fff4300dbe7 : 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 : ucrtbase!thread_start<unsigned int (__cdecl*)(void *),1>+0x30
00000061b79ffb30 00007fff4425a94c : 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 000004f0fffffb30 000004d0fffffb30 : KERNEL32!BaseThreadInitThunk+0x17
00000061b79ffb60 0000000000000000 : 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 : ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart+0x2c
SYMBOL_NAME: aiengine+b2ea
MODULE_NAME: aiengine
IMAGE_NAME: aiengine.dll
STACK_COMMAND: ~95s; .ecxr ; kb
FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: NULL_CLASS_PTR_READ_c0000005_aiengine.dll!Unknown
OSPLATFORM_TYPE: x64
OSNAME: Windows 10
IMAGE_VERSION: 2.1.138.0
FAILURE_ID_HASH: {7e8cf9b7-8006-741f-bfce-bf1a759d55ed}
Followup: MachineOwner
Just a report, not a complaint.
Steve
I have the same problem with having to click a bit above the real buttons.
I tried Radiant Photo a while back but I found ON1 Photoraw 2024 to cost less and is more powerful. Some features are redundant to Topaz PAI such as AI noise reduction and sharpening. I still use Affinity Photo a lot. My workflow is PAI > Luminar NEO > Affinity photo (also used to reduce pictures to 1100px on long side for posting).
I write about Topaz and other apps such as ON1 and Radiant on my blog. I feel Topaz is best in class for the core functionality it offers. For effective color correction or creative effects, you need the others.
I’ll need to publish a smackdown comparing the common features among them (I’ve posted some casual hints via screenshots here in the past)! I already know Photo AI and Gigapixel (especially now that the latter offers Recovery) do the best upscaling, for example.
I’ve used Topaz apps since they first came on the scene about 2007, ON1 products since they were Extensis in the '90s and Radiant Photo since before it was first released.
Thats a cost effective workflow.
Do you create composites or do pixel level changes? Wondering if your workflow handles a lot of that.
My workflow can handle everything but I also have ON1 Photoraw 2024. I don’t do composites though I have done a few in the past. This year I have stopped photography and started doing AI art. I usually post on Luminar Insider forum and Flickr. Luminar NEO is good for creating excellent balanced pictures with special effects too. Photo Editor Luminar Neo: Easy Photo Editing Software for Mac & PC (skylum.com)
Here are a couple of my artworks:
Luminar Insider: Fine Art Photographers (skylum.com)
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sorry, can’t read all the posts
- after / before by clicking on the picture is not working with a counter design ergonomic mouse (roller mouse pro)
- after a while, i get Gray picture rendering… had to shut down the software…
- the ghosting issue is still there ? lol…
Well, those are cool digital art! Wow. Love the textures in the “water”.
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They lumi the green and yellow. It brighten the shadows and midtones a little. You can do it yourself.
So Topaz got their act together and everything appeared to work fine with Lightroom Classic, now again another issue, with 3.1 all JPEGs processed Via LrC since this was downloaded now have square artifacts mostly on the background, the saved Tiff files do not. Do you not test the bloody program prior to release, I note nearly every Bug reported simply says “being investigated”, do programers actually resolve these bugs.
When you only do upscale, try Gigapixel AI.
Or when you do videos try Video AI.
Both have pro functions now that are targeted at at professional users.
There is no pro version for TPAI now and resolve is a video editing software, that does work a lot different than GPAI, TVAI and TPAI
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That might be, but can you get that done with 100+ photos in less than 5 minutes and be decently happy with the end result?
Obviously a lot of people “do it themselves” (and probably with even better results). But that usually also mean that they process each photo one by one adjusting it differently depending on what kind of work they do, meaning a lot more than 5 minutes spent on a shoot.
But it is also probably true that a lot of people appreciates an app where you basically just drop a folder on it, click process and out comes a result they are happy with, which in essence probably is the same as many of us expect PAI to do. (AI and Auto and all that).
Me I’m far from a pro with regards to raw processing and photo editing, and if I were to show a 100 professionals the “out” result of my 150-200 photos batch job that I process every Sunday afternoon to be delivered later a lot of them would probably just tell me to stop wasting their time.
But - The recipient and the viewers of that batch are happy with what they get, so I keep on dropping that folder onto first PAI where I (after having learned to dial back the defaults of both NR and Sharpen in the app preferences) I move on with the rest of my life while waiting for the job to finish after which I do the same with Radiant Photo.
I then just do a final culling, I upload the result to a shared cloud folder, send a notification to all parties and in very little actual time spent sitting in front of the computer I walk away and forget all about it.
Recipients and viewers happy with the result, wife and kids happy with less time spent away from the family. Win-win.
Those software that do the tone mapping, templates, actions, etc are not good at all. Horrible looking HDR effect photos. For mass commercial photos I get it. Its quality vs quantity.
And even so Perfectly Clear - that is basically the origin of Radiant Photo got it’s fair share of praise back in the day… 
I guess each to their own. After all it’s just a matter of perspective.
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I think you have written to the wrong person.
I am a user. Not Topaz staff.
And, I work only with Ps.
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Object removal no longer functioning on Win 11 & Lightroom 6.1.
If used via File - Plug-In Extras on Nikon NEF source file, appears to run for 8-10 seconds, then stops, and, a few seconds later, Photo AI spontaneously closes with no changes made.
If used via Photo-Edit In on (TIF or other) copy with LR adjustments, appears to run for 8-10 seconds, then PC hangs and has to be rebooted.
Yes. As I’ve mentioned in the past… It’s the “good enough” for some people outputs (mostly batchers) vs what people who know great when they see it and what they’d like to achieve for themselves with outputs (singles) that are at odds. Two different target markets.
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