What's NEW in Topaz Photo AI ver 1.3.1

In this video, I demo the latest version of Topaz Labs Photo AI, version 1.3.1.

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What's New in Version 1.3.0:

* Updated Motion & Lens blur models to new generalized Strong Sharpen model with less artifacts and greater slider sensitivity
* Thumbnails for all file types should now be displayed
* Updated ExifTool from 12.56 to 12.60 (ExifTool version history 55)
* Fixed not recommending Sharpen when blur was low, but preferences included low
* Sharpen now has minimum recommended slider values when enabled when Autopilot is on
* Autopilot will now enable Remove Noise and/or Sharpen when noise or blur is high even if Upscaling is on
* Fixed thumbnail tooltip showing values below their normal range
* Fixed exporting not working after a certain large amount of images
* Fixed various file size estimate issues
* Fixed hiding the file list making the app think it was not in batch mode
* Fixed issues with some text having poor margins
* Added ability to double click slider to reset to Autopilot value
* Added menu items for My Products under Account

What's New in Version 1.3.1:

* Improved Standard Enhance model– Fixed blurriness that can occasionally happen in bright highlighted regions– More robust to strong JPEG compression– More natural faces
* Added preference for enabling legacy Sharpen models– Can be found under General tab in Preferences
* Improved thumbnail hover tooltip
* Changed logic for showing close image warning
* Changed “Technical Support” Help menu item to “Support”, changed to link to our new Docs platform 26
* Standardized done button when refining mask, selecting faces, or cropping
* Added error message when dragging and dropping unsupported files
* Fixed some large images not generating thumbnails
* Fixed trackpad scrolling behavior in the update dialog
* Fixed inconsistent capitalization of “RAW”
* Fixed BMP not being importable from open dialog on Windows
* Fixed blank space in export dialog caused by scrolling while exporting

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[SteveSSBB]

This version also allows users to enable legacy sharpen models via the preferences. Personally I prefer the legacy models to the new ones.

[ImagePhotoMotorsports]

I know another person asked a similar question minutes ago, but buying the Topaz Suite some time ago, and now that Photo AI is becoming more sophisticated, when do I decided in a photo just to go direct to Photo AI and be done, or when do I process using individual Topaz applications? Thanks Anthony for all that you do!

[brucestapleton]

Perhaps you can help me out. I purchased Topaz labs package with Sharpen, Gigapixel & DeNoise. You said they came out with a new "Photo AI". From what I understood, that should be free with my previously purchased package. If that is true, can you tell me how to install it? I believe there is an updated version of the AI package. Do I have to purchase them again to get the upgrade? If so, can you please give me the link and the cost for the full package? Thank you.

[VulpezEdits]

is there a difference between this and Topaz studio 2?

[yankee-in-london]

sorry for the potentially dumb question but I have Topaz AI ... how do the algorithms there compare to Topaz Photo AI?

[KenToney]

I noticed last few days it doesn’t do noise reduction unless it’s severe

[Relentlessiam]

I do drone photography & I’ve at last purchased topaz AI, would you recommend using topaz before I send it in to photo shop / camera raw or use it last, would be great to know your thoughts 👍🏻

Subbed & liked btw 😊

[RandumbTech]

I predict sales of Topaz and DXO are going to PLUMMET now that Adobe has pretty decent DeNoise AI built in. Even if they are better, it will just be by the slimmest of margins and people are not going to pay for it.

[RSV]

It gives me the impression that it doesn't clean noise, but only blurs it.🤷‍♂️

[gordonpowell]

I agree why buy this when you are a Lightroom user, too expensive now

[RadAlzyoud]

Thx for the overview but it's too late for me.
I ditched Topaz for DxO and Adobe DeNoise last week.
They're asking for more money to get 1.3 from 1.2. Yeah right. No way unless you can provide something useful with no artifacts to switch back.

[RSV]

In Auto, the face looks very artificial, as if it were made of plastic.