Generally impressed with Topaz Photo AI

BackToNature1 said:

PerTulip said:

BackToNature1 said:

BackToNature1 said:

...Hopefully the day will come when nobody feels a need to use Lightroom.

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Many alternatives out there. LR is just one product among many others.

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I already have 3 different alternatives on 1 of my computers. That's not even counting Linux based alternatives, which I also have.

Somebody stated that DxO PhotoLab 6 ELITE edition which is touted as a complete, end-to-end, RAW photo editing software, would also have the new version of DeepPrime.

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Digital Nigel said:

Marceppy said:

We are trying DXO Photolab 6 now. Deep prime works well, the color modules have user controls. Use it mainly for raw conversions vs DPP. We were thinking of adding Topaz Sharpen AI for sharpening. Any experience with the latter vs Photo AI?

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Sharpen AI is now at the end-of-life stage. All the development work is going into Photo AI, so even if Sharpen AI may still be better for some images, Photo AI is likely to overtake it soon.

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Zeee said:

It keeps getting better. I use it and PureRaw 2. Every file is different and sometimes PAI does better and sometimes PR does. In the fall we will see where PAI is and how much they want for the upgrade.

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Paying for a Topaz upgrade? That's not how Topaz works. If you pay the annual maintenance fee, you get all the upgrades that arrive in that year. That might be only one or two for DeNoise AI or 50 for Photo AI.

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Ephemeris said:

Zeee said:

BackToNature1 said:

Brueghel said:

I have DxO Pure Raw 2. It can do an absolutely great job in many situations.

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My first impression, Pure Raw 3 is much improved. I keep hearing about folks using a given software but still using Lightroom. I want standalone products. Be that Topaz or Pure Raw. Hopefully the day will come when nobody feels a need to use Lightroom.

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After Adobe implements AI it may be the other way around.

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It has AI?

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Only Auto has AI for now. Reports by members here that some are beta testing NR AI for both LrC and PS. PS has Neural AI on the wait list. Just a matter of time.

That is all Adobe really needs now for a major update. With the new masking, performance improvements, etc not much significant to add, for me anyway.

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Euell said:

Digital Nigel said:

Zeee said:

It keeps getting better. I use it and PureRaw 2. Every file is different and sometimes PAI does better and sometimes PR does. In the fall we will see where PAI is and how much they want for the upgrade.

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Paying for a Topaz upgrade? That's not how Topaz works. If you pay the annual maintenance fee, you get all the upgrades that arrive in that year. That might be only one or two for DeNoise AI or 50 for Photo AI.

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There are 52 weeks in a year. Could be more than 50 updates in a year

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Marceppy said:

Digital Nigel said:

Marceppy said:

We are trying DXO Photolab 6 now. Deep prime works well, the color modules have user controls. Use it mainly for raw conversions vs DPP. We were thinking of adding Topaz Sharpen AI for sharpening. Any experience with the latter vs Photo AI?

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Sharpen AI is now at the end-of-life stage. All the development work is going into Photo AI, so even if Sharpen AI may still be better for some images, Photo AI is likely to overtake it soon.

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I’m curious, that’s a pretty bold statement, is there a source of information on this or a prediction? Not that I doubt about that photo AI isn’t a worthy program, just curious about “end-of-life “ stage for Sharpen AI.

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