Just trying V2. The first photo I used it on did a great job. The next one shifted both the color balance and lighting, in very bad ways, even when these beta options were turned off. Basically unusable if I can’t turn off those adjustments.
I don’t understand why it worked well on the first image, then change behavior. On the second photo, I tested V2 noise removal and the preview looked fine, so I saved it and in Lightroom, the DNG was terrible. I tried again using V2 noise removal and same issue. On the first image, I only used V1 and didn’t try the V2 button. It almost seems like using the V2 button turned on something behind the scenes.
If I turned on the lighting and color adjustments, the preview looked like what had been exported with them off. Turning these adjustments off again the imported image still had the adjustments applied.
Most recent update and it is still changing the colors when running. The original photo is a CR3, the result of the sharpening is the DNG. Note the strong shift in the sky color from blue to much more turquoise color. I really don’t understand why this is happening. I can adjust the hue in LRC, but why should I have to do that? Note that the saturation is increased after processing in Photo AI as well; look at the stone cliffs below the lighthouse.
Until this is fixed,I really can’t recommend this broken software to any photographers. I feel like you have pushed out a BETA test as a “working” release. When will this be fixed?
Not quite as bad with that toggled on, but still a noticeable shift. I don’t know how to trust the output if I can’t preview what it will actually be. I will have to use another product until you figure out how to not mess around with saturation when you are only supposed to sharpen or remove noise. Topaz worked fine prior to the last couple of “new improved” versions. Big step backward for what had been my goto program for removing noise and sharpening. See below photos.
Original CR3
Processed image with the setting toggled OFF
Slightly less, but still totally unacceptable, image with setting toggled ON.
This is what DXO DeepPRIMEXD does. Actually, no noticeable shift in colors or saturation. This will have to be my goto app until Topaz gets PhotoAI fixed.
I retested the image in PhotoAI making sure that I had not done any processing in LRC, which I had on the first pass, but only auto adjust, no masks, etc. This comparison is with the setting you mentioned turned on.
Can you share a sample file with me so I can check the output? It looks like there is a color shift with this camera file, not related to the setting I shared above or the Lighting and Color AI models we released.
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