Another second level version change was released. I avoided every 3.0.x release after reading all the complaints in the Topaz forum. This update has addressed many of those and is working great for me. There are still some random issues reported - and an unfixed bug involving Capture One and DNGs - but nothing that impacts my use.
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Topaz Photo AI 3.1.0
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Ken53
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Thanks for the update. Been using an older version of Topaz AI alongside of Affinity Photo for a few years now. The pair has been bug-free and fun to use. Keep us up to date with your latest 3.1 Topaz AI experiences. Time, I myself to start considering an upgrade to Topaz AI
Jestertheclown
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Thanks.
I might try that.
Like yourself, I'd given up on everything from 3.0 onwards and reverted to an earlier version; I can't remember which but it was one that I'd been happy with in the past.
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tbcass
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I've never had any problems with any of the updates including 3.0 but apparently others have.
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Ken53
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For what it's worth, I am still on V 2. Not a single glitch. That being said, hearing negative comments of newer versions have caused me not to be too quick to upgrade. Maybe more will chime in here as 3.1 get some use.
IanYorke
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Jestertheclown
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The problem that I had with it, was simply that all the settings were far too heavy handed and finding settings that I was happy with took ages.
Obviously, I still made changes with the earlier versions but it was much easier.
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tbcass
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I find that changing settings to my liking is very easy. Far easier than other software I have used. That said I still hate the color rendition I get with Topaz, so I only use it after processing with DXO PL7. Topaz AI has a long way to go to be a RAW editor on its own.
Jestertheclown
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I don't think it was ever supposed to be a raw editor . . .
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tbcass
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Then why offer the option of editing RAW? I think it's best used after editing with a RAW editor and then editing TIFF, DNG or JPG files.
Jestertheclown
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If you use it on raw files, then it's editing raw files.
What it's not is a fully fledged, dedicated, raw editor, possibly better described a raw 'converter', like C1 or Lightroom.
I usually use it that way on Jpegs.
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José B
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Loving it! Someday though the AI engine will know when I am 'film sim-ing' or not. Right now the auto-pilot is very aggressive in denoising thinking that the 'film grain' is noise. No worries though as I can control the actions in the software as I did below.
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Ernie Misner
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I agree. Just using the Photo AI features at lowest settings can do wonders without over sharpening. Then of course it is on it's own layer in PS (using it as a plugin), and that gives further options for opacity or masking.
Ernie Misner
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It can be heavy handed. I do best by starting with the settings at very low values. I wish they would tone it down so the sliders were not so sensitive.
Tannin
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Topaz has improved insofar as it isn't as heavy handed as it used to be. Still too heavy-handed, but it can be useful. I only use it for trying to rescue pictures that are a bit NQR - if I've got everything right in-camera and/or in PhotoLab, Topaz serves no purpose.
About half the time, it makes a NQR image worse. But the other half of the time, especially if you back the setting off a bit, it does good things I can't do any other way with any sensible amount of time and effort.
One thing that REALLY bugs me is that they STILL haven't addressed their hopeless inability to preserve EXIF data. Really primitive. It has become the merest routine for me to have to manually repair the EXIF data on a Topaz-processed image with ExiftoolGUI. It's an annoying extra step, and no other modern software needs it, only Topaz.
But sometimes it is the best tool for the task, so I put up with it.
About half the time, it makes a NQR image worse. But the other half of the time, especially if you back the setting off a bit, it does good things I can't do any other way with any sensible amount of time and effort.
One thing that REALLY bugs me is that they STILL haven't addressed their hopeless inability to preserve EXIF data. Really primitive. It has become the merest routine for me to have to manually repair the EXIF data on a Topaz-processed image with ExiftoolGUI. It's an annoying extra step, and no other modern software needs it, only Topaz.
But sometimes it is the best tool for the task, so I put up with it.
tbcass
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With my 3 Sony cameras Topaz Photo AI preserves all the EXIF data right down to the finest detail. Maybe with your camera it is different.
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Photo Ai only loses a couple of entries from the 'Exif' category of my Sonys when ExifToolGUI is used to examine the files. However, the 'Maker' category, which has a lot of useful info, gets completely obliterated.
PhotoLab also loses a couple of entries from the 'Exif' category but preserves most of the 'Maker' category.
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tbcass
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Tannin was talking about Topaz Photo stripping away EXIF data. The EXIF of a photo processed with PL7 and separately with Topaz Photo AI have the exact same EXIF information.
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