# Topaz Photo AI v3.5.1 **URL:** \ **Category:** Releases\ **Created:** [February 20, 2025, 10:20pm UTC](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/topaz-photo-ai-v3-5-1/87738 "2025-02-20T22:20:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lingyu](https://community.topazlabs.com/user_avatar/community.topazlabs.com/lingyu/32/109071_2.png) [@Lingyu](https://community.topazlabs.com/u/Lingyu)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2025, 10:20pm UTC](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/topaz-photo-ai-v3-5-1/87738/1 "2025-02-20T22:20:18Z")
Hello! Today we have a patch release for Photo AI with various fixes for Super Focus processing in quick preview or cloud, session save behavior, HEIC export and other bugs. We will continue to update Photo AI with additional bug fixes as needed to improve performance, stability, and the overall user experience in the coming releases. You can find the installer links and the full changelog below for this version of Photo AI. For any issues, make sure to send us an email to [support@topazlabs.com](mailto:support@topazlabs.com) * * * v3.5.1 Released February 19th, 2025 Windows: [Download](https://downloads.topazlabs.com/deploy/TopazPhotoAI/3.5.1/TopazPhotoAI-3.5.1.msi) Mac: [Download](https://downloads.topazlabs.com/deploy/TopazPhotoAI/3.5.1/TopazPhotoAI-3.5.1.pkg) * * * ## Changelog - Fix Super Focus quick preview progress display - Fix local processing showing undefined eta for Super Focus - Immediately update credit count after Super Focus in the cloud completes - Prevent escape key on Mac from cancelling super focus processing - Move AI Gen toggle to Preferences \> General menu - Re-introduce close warning dialog when in plugin mode - Prevent demo images from opening after retrieving features when setting is off - Fix demo images not showing when enabled through preferences - Update messaging when only a single selection is made for applying AutoPilot - Fix AP confirmation prompt appearing when resuming session - Fix HEIC export - Fix hitting enter to submit prefix or suffix starting export - Fix ‘conformation’ typo in Support Dialog - Automatic Lensfun Update * * * Lingyu Kong Technical Product Manager Image AI ---
**Author:** ![paul.t-uk](https://community.topazlabs.com/user_avatar/community.topazlabs.com/paul.t-uk/32/203244_2.png) [@paul.t-uk](https://community.topazlabs.com/u/paul.t-uk)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2025, 10:46pm UTC](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/topaz-photo-ai-v3-5-1/87738/2 "2025-02-20T22:46:15Z")
@Ange.topazlabs I can confirm that there is now a dialog box when you exit by hitting the X but it wasn’t quite as detailed as I was expecting. I guess, less is more 🙂 ![image](https://community-cdn.topazlabs.com/original/3X/8/4/84730ac4162066887735f4795e93e3f0e8939dad.png) ---
**Author:** ![Ange.topazlabs](https://community.topazlabs.com/user_avatar/community.topazlabs.com/ange.topazlabs/32/175061_2.png) [@Ange.topazlabs](https://community.topazlabs.com/u/Ange.topazlabs)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2025, 10:52pm UTC](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/topaz-photo-ai-v3-5-1/87738/3 "2025-02-20T22:52:05Z")
@paul.t-uk - this black box was introduced/noticed in v3.5.0 and the development team is looking on fixing this! Happens on Windows, for a few messages such as "Are you sure you want to apply the AutoPilot changes on all selected images or yes when closing the app! In your case make sure to use the export button when in plugin, at least this warning was added now to avoid you to lose all your edits 😄 ---
**Author:** ![paul.t-uk](https://community.topazlabs.com/user_avatar/community.topazlabs.com/paul.t-uk/32/203244_2.png) [@paul.t-uk](https://community.topazlabs.com/u/paul.t-uk)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2025, 11:01pm UTC](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/topaz-photo-ai-v3-5-1/87738/4 "2025-02-20T23:01:12Z")
Thank you, it is appreciated 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![plugsnpixels](https://community.topazlabs.com/user_avatar/community.topazlabs.com/plugsnpixels/32/193237_2.png) [@plugsnpixels](https://community.topazlabs.com/u/plugsnpixels)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 3:18am UTC](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/topaz-photo-ai-v3-5-1/87738/5 "2025-02-21T03:18:19Z")
Just updated this evening. I see you haven’t removed Adjust Color and Lighting from the app yet… 😉 Maybe just call it “Add Yellow”: ![Screenshot 2025-02-20 at 6.57.55 PM](https://community-cdn.topazlabs.com/original/3X/1/6/1666246717f1c8276f767c74f43630b9a5fa109b.jpeg) An image cropped within the app is not recognized as such by Super focus: ![Screenshot 2025-02-20 at 6.26.28 PM](https://community-cdn.topazlabs.com/original/3X/0/0/00f36acb1e0b9e3abc58d6f517c8bf49f3640f43.jpeg) ![Screenshot 2025-02-20 at 6.27.07 PM](https://community-cdn.topazlabs.com/original/3X/d/5/d53effa4bf746781f99f1bdf9e444a92fd47fea3.jpeg) I’ve noticed when I try to drag down to adjust exposure on the iPhone I often mess up the focus. This is pretty drastic recovery: ![Screenshot 2025-02-20 at 6.22.02 PM](https://community-cdn.topazlabs.com/original/3X/8/d/8dc0053dfd14b85d06e778ab0cc2d51e1aaf49ff.jpeg) Super Focus was removing too much detail here: ![Screenshot 2025-02-20 at 6.08.47 PM](https://community-cdn.topazlabs.com/original/3X/1/8/18d5b78e289f4e48e5774d43099d00f3d5706cae.jpeg) So I just went with Upscale: ![Screenshot 2025-02-20 at 6.13.29 PM](https://community-cdn.topazlabs.com/original/3X/4/f/4f4d682aaca0413948891a989536a10e2f04ce9d.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![michaelezra](https://community.topazlabs.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/54ee81/32.png) [@michaelezra](https://community.topazlabs.com/u/michaelezra)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 3:53am UTC](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/topaz-photo-ai-v3-5-1/87738/6 "2025-02-21T03:53:22Z")
Super Focus is hanging / not responding. Using TPAI on M1 Max, macOS 15.3.1. ![image](https://community-cdn.topazlabs.com/original/3X/2/a/2a89bb77f221a8191877f71fc9c06fa902a76613.jpeg) Pressing Cancel also does not work. I had to “Force Quit” the application. How was this tested??! ---
**Author:** ![plugsnpixels](https://community.topazlabs.com/user_avatar/community.topazlabs.com/plugsnpixels/32/193237_2.png) [@plugsnpixels](https://community.topazlabs.com/u/plugsnpixels)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 5:47am UTC](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/topaz-photo-ai-v3-5-1/87738/7 "2025-02-21T05:47:11Z")
This evening I was using what I believe is an M1 Ultra Studio with Sonoma at work and the preview eventually renders after “hanging” at this same spot. What happens if you wait it out? ---
**Author:** ![michaelezra](https://community.topazlabs.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/54ee81/32.png) [@michaelezra](https://community.topazlabs.com/u/michaelezra)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 1:15pm UTC](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/topaz-photo-ai-v3-5-1/87738/8 "2025-02-21T13:15:47Z")
I did once… the result was a blurry preview image ---
**Author:** ![Ange.topazlabs](https://community.topazlabs.com/user_avatar/community.topazlabs.com/ange.topazlabs/32/175061_2.png) [@Ange.topazlabs](https://community.topazlabs.com/u/Ange.topazlabs)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 3:20pm UTC](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/topaz-photo-ai-v3-5-1/87738/9 "2025-02-21T15:20:14Z")
@plugsnpixels - For Balance Color - make sure to send in the mountain photo to [support@topazlabs.com](mailto:support@topazlabs.com) and I can relay to the development team to see why this is default output this enhancement gives you. You can also set in Preferences a colder temperate as default! For Crop and Super Focus, that is the expected behavior, Crop only processes on export. This allows for users that need multiple formats for socials for example to retain the full size of the file. You can go ahead and add a request in the Ideas Forum if you wanted to force a crop in-app. For now, you can crop ahead of Photo AI. Glad that Upscale can get you the results at the end with only upscale for this one! ---
**Author:** ![Ange.topazlabs](https://community.topazlabs.com/user_avatar/community.topazlabs.com/ange.topazlabs/32/175061_2.png) [@Ange.topazlabs](https://community.topazlabs.com/u/Ange.topazlabs)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 3:23pm UTC](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/topaz-photo-ai-v3-5-1/87738/10 "2025-02-21T15:23:36Z")
@michaelezra Have you rendered a Super Focus preview since the last coreML deletion? If that is the first preview: The development team is looking at the new optimization in v3.5.0 and up that yes makes processing faster, however it made the initial unpacking of the Super Focus model slower on some Macs, we had few cases flagged. This means the first preview will take time, and once that model unpacked in your coreML folder, the next previews will be at normal speed. The development team has an open ticket to look into this and I have added your contact info and will reply here once resolved! Make sure to be a a correct strength representing the level of defocus you have in the file, then launch a preview. let is run, it will eventually unpack all the files it needs and show a preview. Then test another file and the preview should be normal. If you prefer, you can revert to v3.4.4 which does not have this optimization issue. If if gets stuck even once a initial preview was left to process: Make sure to send us the logs to [support@topazlabs.com](mailto:support@topazlabs.com) and we can have a look. ---
**Author:** ![plugsnpixels](https://community.topazlabs.com/user_avatar/community.topazlabs.com/plugsnpixels/32/193237_2.png) [@plugsnpixels](https://community.topazlabs.com/u/plugsnpixels)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 3:29pm UTC](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/topaz-photo-ai-v3-5-1/87738/11 "2025-02-21T15:29:08Z")
Thanks Ange, The source photo doesn’t matter, I’ve reported this on other random photos I’ve demonstrated before. Always yellow. Thanks for the Preferences tip but this is supposed to be an AI operation ;-). I still think generic Levels would be much more useful. I’m used to Photoshop cropping where you can choose to delete pixels during the process. I’ve also suggested this here before. This procedure would be really helpful when dealing with a lot of excess in the image that you do not want PAI chewing on, such as this (purposely) wide mountain scene. As for Super focus, it’s doing wonderful things but is a generative tool and as such adds and subtracts details that are not in the original, as opposed to the Upscale models (for the most part). ---
**Author:** ![Ange.topazlabs](https://community.topazlabs.com/user_avatar/community.topazlabs.com/ange.topazlabs/32/175061_2.png) [@Ange.topazlabs](https://community.topazlabs.com/u/Ange.topazlabs)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/topaz-photo-ai-v3-5-1/87738/13 "2025-02-21T15:39:33Z")
@plugsnpixels I haven’t experienced this, but I only use these on pictures that need white balance adjustements, which doesn’t seem to be the case here imo, but will bring it up with the development team! Preferences are to tweak the AI to give you the results you are looking for, it seems default for your needs is not the settings you want and best to tweak the preferences! For the forced crop, I do not seem to have seen it in the Ideas Forum; make sure to have a post in there for others to vote on. ---
**Author:** ![michaelezra](https://community.topazlabs.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/54ee81/32.png) [@michaelezra](https://community.topazlabs.com/u/michaelezra)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 11:16pm UTC](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/topaz-photo-ai-v3-5-1/87738/15 "2025-02-21T23:16:55Z")
I cannot test a 2nd file in the preview, because testing the 1st file makes the TAPI hang. Then I have to terminate program completely. ---
**Author:** ![Ange.topazlabs](https://community.topazlabs.com/user_avatar/community.topazlabs.com/ange.topazlabs/32/175061_2.png) [@Ange.topazlabs](https://community.topazlabs.com/u/Ange.topazlabs)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 11:26pm UTC](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/topaz-photo-ai-v3-5-1/87738/16 "2025-02-21T23:26:28Z")
It would be to see if letting this first preview (can take some time) run, eventually unpacks all the needed files. Then it would show the preview. Then any other preview after this one should be normal speed. If that is the case, let me know and I can add your contact information on the open development team ticket for this initial unpacking, and contact you once resolved! ---
**Author:** ![michaelezra](https://community.topazlabs.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/54ee81/32.png) [@michaelezra](https://community.topazlabs.com/u/michaelezra)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 1:58pm UTC](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/topaz-photo-ai-v3-5-1/87738/17 "2025-02-23T13:58:14Z")
Hi Ange, here is my update: with much much more patience, eventually the 1st preview got rendered. Subsequent previews were faster. ---
**Author:** ![andrew.schwarz](https://community.topazlabs.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@andrew.schwarz](https://community.topazlabs.com/u/andrew.schwarz)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 4:04pm UTC](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/topaz-photo-ai-v3-5-1/87738/18 "2025-02-23T16:04:06Z")
Every time I open my Photo AI app and upload a photo as soon as the photo is uploaded the system crashes out and shuts down after this new update. I tried changing my preferences to CPU but it is still crashing out. Any help would be awesome! ---
**Author:** ![AND-E](https://community.topazlabs.com/user_avatar/community.topazlabs.com/and-e/32/215196_2.png) [@AND-E](https://community.topazlabs.com/u/AND-E)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 6:45pm UTC](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/topaz-photo-ai-v3-5-1/87738/19 "2025-02-23T18:45:45Z")
Hi. Have you checked if your drivers are up to date and here’s the link compiled by Topaz Support > [@Education | Outdated Drivers Can Cause Crashes](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/education-outdated-drivers-can-cause-crashes/87356): > > Not sure how to report this but version 3.5 crashes A LOT when trying to analyze pictures. Can’t figure what the problem might be but I’m sure others are experiencing the same thing. Hope this helps ---
**Author:** ![Left\_The\_Building](https://community.topazlabs.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Left\_The\_Building](https://community.topazlabs.com/u/Left_The_Building)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 9:37am UTC](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/topaz-photo-ai-v3-5-1/87738/20 "2025-02-24T09:37:27Z")
Is there no way of just right-clicking" on a thumb/preview (whatever we call it) and just select “clear adjustments”? I just opened PAI again after a bit of a “vacation” from editing. Decided to look a bit more into saving presets as I can’t seem to get PAI to always add just a tiny bit of sharpening to everything I throw at it “by default” (or at least I can’t find it in preferences). I created a couple of presets with different levels of sharpening (and different models) and quickly discovered that selecting a preset just adds it on top of already made adjustments… meaning that if I then proceed with trying another preset it gets added on top of the previous one (unless I manually click away the previous changes). This of course makes it even more tedious if you apply a preset on more than one photo and then decide you want to go for something else… (a lot of clicking there). So - am I blind, or is there no easy way (except for closing and reopening the current folder) of clearing applied adjustments? And if that is true… shouldn’t there be? ---
**Author:** ![Ange.topazlabs](https://community.topazlabs.com/user_avatar/community.topazlabs.com/ange.topazlabs/32/175061_2.png) [@Ange.topazlabs](https://community.topazlabs.com/u/Ange.topazlabs)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 5:21pm UTC](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/topaz-photo-ai-v3-5-1/87738/21 "2025-02-24T17:21:10Z")
@michaelezra - good to hear! I added your contact information on the development team ticket looking to fix this initial unpacking of the first preview! Will circle back here and tag you once that is resolved! ---
**Author:** ![Ange.topazlabs](https://community.topazlabs.com/user_avatar/community.topazlabs.com/ange.topazlabs/32/175061_2.png) [@Ange.topazlabs](https://community.topazlabs.com/u/Ange.topazlabs)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 5:23pm UTC](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/topaz-photo-ai-v3-5-1/87738/22 "2025-02-24T17:23:04Z")
@andrew.schwarz - seeing you are on OS 15, make sure to test this to resolve any crashes you are experiencing, and can go back to AI Processor to Auto: > [@\[KNOWN ISSUE: MAC OS 15 CRASH\] - Steps to solve this here](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/known-issue-mac-os-15-crash-steps-to-solve-this-here/85814/50): > > The only reason I waited 24 hours is because I wanted to check my work - I followed the instructions, I could verify all the other file photos as represented on the forum page and I found no ML Cache. See attachment Gerry Clarke Latitude | 38.673836 | | - | Longitude | -90.330039 | [Ange.topazlabs] | [Ange.topazlabs](https://community.topazlabs.com/u/ange.topazlabs) [ange.topazlabs@gmail.com](mailto:ange.topazlabs@gmail.com) Topaz Labs Staff January 10 | | - | You are most likely not in the correct place. Make sure to check the steps at the top post of this page. Any … [Next page](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/topaz-photo-ai-v3-5-1/87738.md?page=2)