Topaz Photo AI 3 Review - Is it Worth it?

Topaz Photo AI 3 was recently released and promises numerous different ways to improve image quality. Between denoising, sharpening, resizing, and even making color and light adjustments, Topaz Photo AI 3 aims to be an all-in-one image quality improvement tool for all of your photos.

In this video, I give an honest and thoughtful review of the new software, showing off how it works and its features.

0:00 - Introduction
0:42 - New Interface
1:28 - Denoise
3:29 - RAW vs Tiff Files
4:10 - Sharpen
6:30 - Preserve Faces
8:56 - Balance Color
10:07 - Adjust Lighting
10:53 - Example 1
12:10 - Example 2
13:10 - Generative Remove
14:14 - Conclusion

[sdlcman]

I tested it with a variety of photographs. The worse the photo, the better you'll like it. I took some really bad low resolution photos directly from the web just to test it and was amazed how much they were improved just by batch processing. If you have tons of decades old photos that you plan on digitizing, It would be worth it just for that.

[PanamaCultura]

Good video! Thanks. What microphone did you used in this video?

[WesleyPinkham]

Honestly some incredible models at work here. Also, love the joshua trees in the snow. thanks for this update/review.

[Jimbo]

I’ve tried it, and while some photos turn out fantastic, others don’t. It really depends on the photo. However, it works exceptionally well on portraits. I do a lot of old photo restoration, and this is just one of the tools I use alongside Photoshop and Stable Diffusion. I usually like to start with face restoration in Topaz before moving on to the other steps.

[kennycantin]

Just curious, have you tried doing a comparison of the Photo AI 3 noise reduction vs the new AI noise reduction in Lightroom? The reason why I ask, I've watched 2 videos in the last week that compared previous versions of the Topaz denoise to the new Lightroom denoise and Lightroom was significantly better, however both of those were filmed well before Photo AI 3 was released using older versions of the Topaz and only with denoise. If I understand correctly, the new Lightroom denoise also enhances the image so I'm not sure that's an apples to apples comparison, where as Photo AI 3 you could denoise and sharpen. Maybe that makes a difference? I've used the one in Lightroom a few times and it is painfully slow for me, so I only use it when I have to. Anyway, just wondering if you may have done that comparison and what your thoughts may be on what works better.

[myketripp]

Thanks for the review. I will wait for the upgrade. They should give those who already have the program a break on the cost.

[TheKingsOutlaw]

I wish you would have demonstrated the Remove.

[johnchedsey]

Good overview of the product. I actually think I'll probably hold off another year for any "AI' software like this. I currently have the Topaz sharpening plug in which does just fine for my needs. I suspect that another year of development will bring far better software, so I'll save my money for the time being.

[jeffhill]

What MacBook do you have. I cannot upscale on my 2017 MacBook Pro due to lack of memory/processing power

[Twobarpsi]

Do you have any experience with DXO Photolab 8?

[skyunlimitedvisualmedia]

Great in depth video and tutorial. I’ve been looking for a competent versatile program to use for my media, seeing your vid just made my verdict of choice easy. Thanks

[AGXJDM]

Can you compare it to videoproc converter ai? I would really appreciate it because it’s free and really good imo! 🙏 pls do

[dougharder]

The face of the man lost a lot of definition. I think the original looked much better even with the noise. I tried the free demo and thought it did a horrible job.

[marcobrautigam]

How do you like this software for people that don’t have another photo editing program?

[jayeshtopiwala]

Floating panel needs to be docked on right hand panel empty space.

[fakhrifarhan]

best explanation, you just got a new subscriber😁😁

[rogerrose]

How well does Topaz do with editing multiple photos? Can you do a video on how to work with multiple photos?

Sports photos

[photography_by_henk_]

Thanks for sharing your opinion on that topic.

[moenesca]

Whats better overall? Photo Ai or Gigapixel? (price do not matter to me)

[rogerbeltz]

Thanks for the overview. After looking at the results of the various "filters" I really don't see this software being worth $200. Even though I am still working with an old version of Photoshop (CS6) and using three old Topaz filters (actually "antique" in computer years); DeNoise, Clarity and very occasionally, Simplfy I do not see anything that I would call "amazing" with this Topaz AI. I can do pretty much the same things using this old version of PS. There's a lot more I could say but will refrain.