I have been playing with Radiant Photo early-release version since it dropped for early upgraders this weekend. I share your enthusiasm and think you did a great job introducing Radiant Photo. I am always amazed at the amount of vitriol a discussion of photo editing software can create. Well beyond Nikon vs Canon; it almost approaches discussions of tightie-whities vs boxer shorts. Both you and another UA-cam review found a few images over the top. When processing the original RAW image, the other reviewer found the results far more to his taste. Would be interesting for you to try Radiant Photo on the RAW version or original version TIFF to see how it does and how close it is to your already well processed version.
Hey Mark - thanks for watching and glad to hear you are enjoying the pre-release of Radiant Photo so far! I have noticed some better results with RAW files, which is to be expected. Problem is that Radiant Photo doesn't read my OM-1 RAW files yet, so I've had to use DxO PureRAW first to convert them to a DNG file, which Radiant can then open. You'll find some better highlight and shadow detail and some better color when using RAW/DNG files, again to be expected. I'm still amazed at what it does to JPG files though lol.
Per Radiant Imaging Labs, "Perfectly Clear Complete is now Radiant Photo. Radiant Photo will be handled by Radiant Imaging Labs and powered by our all-new Perfectly Clear Engine. The main difference between Perfectly Clear Complete and Radiant Photo is the core technology doing the corrections. Radiant Photo is using the newest Perfectly Clear engine, the same engine that some of the largest photo companies in the world license from us. Not only does this include some new and improved corrections (for example, our previous tint correction was good, but didn’t always kick on. Now with the new AI, it never fails!) it also includes Scene Detection. This means that using AI, Radiant Photo will choose the preset and parameters for you rather than you having to choose a different preset for every photo. For example, a newborn baby should get a soft and subtle correction while a landscape should have vibrancy and depth. Because of AI, the Perfectly Clear engine in Radiant Photo is able to do that."
Really nice overview video, Matt. Loved hearing what a working photographer thinks of Radiant. Seeing you crank your already-finished photos through Radiant was eye-opening! Re: the questions about comparing to Perfect Clear 3, what I've heard is that current version of Perfectly Clear 3 is using an older version of the image processing engine and Radiant Photo used the latest up-to-date version of Eye-Q's *enterprise* engine. This is the engine that they license to the big-volume print labs around the world where no humans touch the photos. Which points to another facet of Radiant Photo - every image comes out "print-ready". BONUS! ;) I know you copied and pasted that from their site in earlier responses, but I wanted to reiterate that.
Thanks Kevin - it sure is something seeing Radiant improve files I thought were already finished - and thanks for the extra info regarding Perfectly Clear 3.
@@RichardHarrington please help me understand what makes this set apart from the mind blowing plethora of other software choices (ON1, NIK, Topaz, Lightroom, Apple Photos, etc. what makes this worth it? Software creep all adds up big time!
Hey Matt. Initial looks seem great. Do you know if they plan to add plugin support for ON1 and/or Affinity Photo? I do not use Adobe LR or PS so was just curious.
Thanks Stephen - they are definitely looking at plugin support with other programs provided those programs support Adobe Plugins. Otherwise you can send photos from your editor of choice direct to Radiant Photo then have Radiant export/save the finished file back into wherever your watched folders are.
I have Perfectly Clear 3, do you know if there will be an upgrade path to this for Perfectly Clear licensees? Don't see anything about that on their website or way to contact them.
As far as I understand it right now, Eye-Q, the company behind Perfectly Clear 3, is a completely separate company from Radiant Imaging Labs who is coming out with Radiant Photo and thus Radiant Photo is a brand new product with refreshed GUI and newer engine of Perfectly Clear along with other new features. So because of new company and new product, Radiant Photo isn't a true upgrade path from Perfectly Clear 3. I'm not sure at all if Eye-Q sent a recent email regarding this or not, so might not be a bad idea to double-check your inbox in case they did.
Just watched the video. I like owning my software, that is a nice feature. Did I understand things correctly though. You mention that the toolkit is what provides the maintenance. Normally when I buy software there is 1 yr of maintenance included. You indicated this is normally only provided as a 6 month option.
Hey Danny - great question! If you purchase Radiant Photo without the Toolkit, you get 6 months worth of updates. So the pre-launch offer doubles that to 1 full year - free during the pre-launch. Then 1yr from now you'd be auto billed for $50 for another year of updates and new features and extra webinars, etc. Or you can cancel anytime before that charge goes through next year and still get to use the software after that.
@@RoyBlackwell Awesome - you'll have to let me know what you think of it once you get it! In the meantime keep an eye out for more videos on it from me 😊
I just got the trial version. My first impression was, yes this is nice. But then, somehow all images get a similar look. Some of my fully processed images looked oversharpened and oversaturated, while others were processed well and the result was nice. It did not very well with color casts. However, one area where I was really impressed was the color rendition of skin color in highly problematic images. And finally, I noticed that the Sharpen and Denoise options are below par.
After using it some more, I have to say that many of the issues I mentioned can be solved by using the tools available. It just not as automatic as I first thought.
Per Radiant Imaging Labs, "Perfectly Clear Complete is now Radiant Photo. Radiant Photo will be handled by Radiant Imaging Labs and powered by our all-new Perfectly Clear Engine. The main difference between Perfectly Clear Complete and Radiant Photo is the core technology doing the corrections. Radiant Photo is using the newest Perfectly Clear engine, the same engine that some of the largest photo companies in the world license from us. Not only does this include some new and improved corrections (for example, our previous tint correction was good, but didn’t always kick on. Now with the new AI, it never fails!) it also includes Scene Detection. This means that using AI, Radiant Photo will choose the preset and parameters for you rather than you having to choose a different preset for every photo. For example, a newborn baby should get a soft and subtle correction while a landscape should have vibrancy and depth. Because of AI, the Perfectly Clear engine in Radiant Photo is able to do that."
I tried to give it a go, but after downloading, installing, uninstalling, downloading, installing, uninstalling and three hours with the support desk to try and get it working, I think I'll give it a miss! Which is a shame - it looked impressive.
I just download the Perfectly clear workbench since the radiant version isn’t out yet, but In perfectly clear workbench, idk if it’s just isolated to this version, but why can’t I save high resolution images? Everytime I try to save a image or I zoom in it seems the software has lowered the resolution of the image greatly. Is this just a limited of workbench? Is “perfectly clear complete” or radiant different from this? I want to be able to export or save as a Dng or a full res 16bit file, but it doesn’t seem to do that. The resolution is so low
While Radiant Photo is built above the Perfectly Clear engine, you can't just download Perfectly Clear to see exactly how Radiant Photo works... If you have questions on Radiant Photo ask away. Got specific questions on Perfectly Clear you may need to consult a different video :)
@@MattSuessPhoto Ok, I have a question About Radiant. When you’re exporting or saving the photo, does the pixel image quality or resolution look the same, or as should when you zoom into the photo? Is there any change in pixel quality/resolution that’s noticeable? Please I’d like to know!
@@DB-wx1zs Not sure what issues you were having in Perfectly Clear, but I've seen no resolution issues in Radiant Photo even with 80+MP 16bit Tif files.
@@MattSuessPhoto Although I like the program it’s a bit too expensive for me at this time. I am VERY DISAPPOINTED with their business model so far. I’ve sent 2 emails, tweeted them and FB messaged them asking for my refund. They have responded to none of these messages. I only have a few days left on my trial period so I’m concerned.
Very disappointing video. This may be the bees knees of photo software but the video comes across as a marketing tool for the company and not as an independent or objective review. I know the practice of companies using paid influencers is common but at least most of them try to show a modicum of objectivity. Again, this may be great software. But I’m going to wait until I see objective reviews before investing in yet another editing tool.
Hey Steven - you are obviously new here - thanks for watching. Feel free to do more research on me and my YT channel, and you'll find I am quite independent and objective and I call it like it is. This wasn't any paid video, I wasn't asked to do it. I did it on my own to inform the photo community. And while I am an affiliate, me being an affiliate has never stopped me from speaking my opinion despite it costing me tons of $ in lost affiliate sales when I have to be critical. Cheers friend 🍻
Hi Steven... I work with Radiant Photo, and I've known Matt for years. I appreciate his criticism and his feedback. I can assure you that he wasn't paid for this video... We offer a money-back guarantee and do stuff no other tool does. Give it a shot after 9/15
@@RichardHarrington I just download the Perfectly clear workbench since the radiant version isn’t out yet, but In perfectly clear workbench, idk if it’s just isolated to this version, but why can’t I save high resolution images? Everytime I try to save a image or I zoom in it seems the software has lowered the resolution of the image greatly. Is this just a limited of workbench? Is “perfectly clear complete” or radiant different from this? I want to be able to export or save as a Dng or a full res 16bit file, but it doesn’t seem to do that. The resolution is so low
Overpriced. So basically do all the heavy lifting in other software as you mention. It’s fast as it doesn’t do the heavy lifting. I may as well use what I have. Cool but way overpriced. IMHO.
For my workflow I am using Radiant Photo as a finishing tool right now, but it is completely flexible to adapt to your needs - use it as your main RAW processor or as a plugin and thus a finishing tool. As for pricing, what $ value would you put on software that can make almost any photo you've processed before look noticeably better? Think of it as a $129 upgrade to your camera that improves the look of any of your RAW, TIF, or JPG shots no matter what software you used before. I remember paying over $600 back in the day for the Nik plugins - it was worth it based on what it could do that other software can't do. Same here at a much lower price. YMMV of course.
@@MattSuessPhoto Thanks for the perspective Matt. I would like to see what it’s capable of without pre heavy lifting in other software first. Software capable of the heavy lifting such as AC/DC, On1, Neo, Affinity etc are price competitive to one another and less expensive.
@@bgovan64 Don't forget, I did show in this video how well it processes in-camera JPG files, showing some heavy lifting there. I'll do a video on RAW processing start to finish too at some point.
When you realize that in some photos it could potentially save you 10-30 minutes of edit time, you will soon realize that it is a complete steal. I've been using the earlier generation of this program for years and it was absolutely worth EVERY penny and then some.
Thanks. It looks promising. I’ll watch the video again later, before I decide. Being able to avoid “overprocessing” is important to me. I still have to get used to the American love of hyperboles. In the introduction, you said that you were super excited. For me, this means a totally new spectacular invention. Or, as in Spanish and French, you were very horny. In which case, I didn’t expect a photo of a bird 🦢.
Radiant Photo definitely tries to keep that overprocessing in check. Of course sometimes the initial results in Radiant Photo are a little extreme for me (everyone's tastes are different), but it is very easy to back off them all while limiting any artifacts, banding, and halos and keeping that natural look.
I have been playing with Radiant Photo early-release version since it dropped for early upgraders this weekend. I share your enthusiasm and think you did a great job introducing Radiant Photo. I am always amazed at the amount of vitriol a discussion of photo editing software can create. Well beyond Nikon vs Canon; it almost approaches discussions of tightie-whities vs boxer shorts. Both you and another UA-cam review found a few images over the top. When processing the original RAW image, the other reviewer found the results far more to his taste. Would be interesting for you to try Radiant Photo on the RAW version or original version TIFF to see how it does and how close it is to your already well processed version.
Hey Mark - thanks for watching and glad to hear you are enjoying the pre-release of Radiant Photo so far! I have noticed some better results with RAW files, which is to be expected. Problem is that Radiant Photo doesn't read my OM-1 RAW files yet, so I've had to use DxO PureRAW first to convert them to a DNG file, which Radiant can then open. You'll find some better highlight and shadow detail and some better color when using RAW/DNG files, again to be expected. I'm still amazed at what it does to JPG files though lol.
I love the "It is not" section. Spot on!
Awesome - thanks! 🍍🍕
How different is this- in terms of end results- from Perfectly Clear, basically by same developers and which many of us already have?
Per Radiant Imaging Labs, "Perfectly Clear Complete is now Radiant Photo. Radiant Photo will be handled by Radiant Imaging Labs and powered by our all-new Perfectly Clear Engine. The main difference between Perfectly Clear Complete and Radiant Photo is the core technology doing the corrections. Radiant Photo is using the newest Perfectly Clear engine, the same engine that some of the largest photo companies in the world license from us. Not only does this include some new and improved corrections (for example, our previous tint correction was good, but didn’t always kick on. Now with the new AI, it never fails!) it also includes Scene Detection. This means that using AI, Radiant Photo will choose the preset and parameters for you rather than you having to choose a different preset for every photo. For example, a newborn baby should get a soft and subtle correction while a landscape should have vibrancy and depth. Because of AI, the Perfectly Clear engine in Radiant Photo is able to do that."
Really nice overview video, Matt. Loved hearing what a working photographer thinks of Radiant. Seeing you crank your already-finished photos through Radiant was eye-opening! Re: the questions about comparing to Perfect Clear 3, what I've heard is that current version of Perfectly Clear 3 is using an older version of the image processing engine and Radiant Photo used the latest up-to-date version of Eye-Q's *enterprise* engine.
This is the engine that they license to the big-volume print labs around the world where no humans touch the photos. Which points to another facet of Radiant Photo - every image comes out "print-ready". BONUS! ;) I know you copied and pasted that from their site in earlier responses, but I wanted to reiterate that.
Thanks Kevin - it sure is something seeing Radiant improve files I thought were already finished - and thanks for the extra info regarding Perfectly Clear 3.
Radiant Photo uses the Perfectly Clear engine. We've done custom development on top of that, with more to come.
@@RichardHarrington please help me understand what makes this set apart from the mind blowing plethora of other software choices (ON1, NIK, Topaz, Lightroom, Apple Photos, etc. what makes this worth it? Software creep all adds up big time!
Hey Matt. Initial looks seem great. Do you know if they plan to add plugin support for ON1 and/or Affinity Photo? I do not use Adobe LR or PS so was just curious.
Thanks Stephen - they are definitely looking at plugin support with other programs provided those programs support Adobe Plugins. Otherwise you can send photos from your editor of choice direct to Radiant Photo then have Radiant export/save the finished file back into wherever your watched folders are.
I have Perfectly Clear 3, do you know if there will be an upgrade path to this for Perfectly Clear licensees? Don't see anything about that on their website or way to contact them.
As far as I understand it right now, Eye-Q, the company behind Perfectly Clear 3, is a completely separate company from Radiant Imaging Labs who is coming out with Radiant Photo and thus Radiant Photo is a brand new product with refreshed GUI and newer engine of Perfectly Clear along with other new features. So because of new company and new product, Radiant Photo isn't a true upgrade path from Perfectly Clear 3. I'm not sure at all if Eye-Q sent a recent email regarding this or not, so might not be a bad idea to double-check your inbox in case they did.
No upgrade path. It is a separate product. As a version 3 owner, I received an email offering me a $30 time-limited discount so I went for it.
Just watched the video. I like owning my software, that is a nice feature. Did I understand things correctly though. You mention that the toolkit is what provides the maintenance. Normally when I buy software there is 1 yr of maintenance included. You indicated this is normally only provided as a 6 month option.
Hey Danny - great question! If you purchase Radiant Photo without the Toolkit, you get 6 months worth of updates. So the pre-launch offer doubles that to 1 full year - free during the pre-launch. Then 1yr from now you'd be auto billed for $50 for another year of updates and new features and extra webinars, etc. Or you can cancel anytime before that charge goes through next year and still get to use the software after that.
does it improve black & white photos?
Yes, in the video I showed it processing an in-camera b&w jpg photo.
I love having multiple photo editing tools, but just don't know if I can bring myself to add one more. I am tempted.
I use a ton of different editing tools myself, but I can now see me using Radiant Photo as at least a finishing tool on all my photos moving forward.
@@MattSuessPhoto Well, I gave in to my temptation and ordered Radiant Photo.
@@RoyBlackwell Awesome - you'll have to let me know what you think of it once you get it! In the meantime keep an eye out for more videos on it from me 😊
@@RoyBlackwell Thanks Roy.... and if you don't like we'll give you back your money
I just got the trial version. My first impression was, yes this is nice. But then, somehow all images get a similar look. Some of my fully processed images looked oversharpened and oversaturated, while others were processed well and the result was nice. It did not very well with color casts. However, one area where I was really impressed was the color rendition of skin color in highly problematic images. And finally, I noticed that the Sharpen and Denoise options are below par.
After using it some more, I have to say that many of the issues I mentioned can be solved by using the tools available. It just not as automatic as I first thought.
Looks a LOT like Perfectly Clear to me! Why would I want this if I already have Perfectly Clear?
Per Radiant Imaging Labs, "Perfectly Clear Complete is now Radiant Photo. Radiant Photo will be handled by Radiant Imaging Labs and powered by our all-new Perfectly Clear Engine. The main difference between Perfectly Clear Complete and Radiant Photo is the core technology doing the corrections. Radiant Photo is using the newest Perfectly Clear engine, the same engine that some of the largest photo companies in the world license from us. Not only does this include some new and improved corrections (for example, our previous tint correction was good, but didn’t always kick on. Now with the new AI, it never fails!) it also includes Scene Detection. This means that using AI, Radiant Photo will choose the preset and parameters for you rather than you having to choose a different preset for every photo. For example, a newborn baby should get a soft and subtle correction while a landscape should have vibrancy and depth. Because of AI, the Perfectly Clear engine in Radiant Photo is able to do that."
Have you used in plane spotting photos? These are, sometimes, quite tricky to automatically optimize.
Sorry, but I do not know what an "in plane spotting photo" is...
How long will this offer last? My credit card won't cycle until this weekend and I'd like to order but they charge immediately. Thanks!
Hey George - you are all set - this offer will be good till about September 15 or so.
@@MattSuessPhoto Ordered! Thanks, Matt!
I tried to give it a go, but after downloading, installing, uninstalling, downloading, installing, uninstalling and three hours with the support desk to try and get it working, I think I'll give it a miss! Which is a shame - it looked impressive.
dear, how to install addon pack and how to use them please tell me
Here's the link to the software - they have great help files showing you how to install: geni.us/suess-radiant
Nice sales pitch Matt!
Thanks Graham!
I just download the Perfectly clear workbench since the radiant version isn’t out yet, but In perfectly clear workbench, idk if it’s just isolated to this version, but why can’t I save high resolution images? Everytime I try to save a image or I zoom in it seems the software has lowered the resolution of the image greatly. Is this just a limited of workbench? Is “perfectly clear complete” or radiant different from this? I want to be able to export or save as a Dng or a full res 16bit file, but it doesn’t seem to do that. The resolution is so low
While Radiant Photo is built above the Perfectly Clear engine, you can't just download Perfectly Clear to see exactly how Radiant Photo works... If you have questions on Radiant Photo ask away. Got specific questions on Perfectly Clear you may need to consult a different video :)
@@MattSuessPhoto Ok thank you!
@@MattSuessPhoto Ok, I have a question About Radiant. When you’re exporting or saving the photo, does the pixel image quality or resolution look the same, or as should when you zoom into the photo? Is there any change in pixel quality/resolution that’s noticeable? Please I’d like to know!
@@DB-wx1zs Not sure what issues you were having in Perfectly Clear, but I've seen no resolution issues in Radiant Photo even with 80+MP 16bit Tif files.
Ordered. Hope it's worth the hype. (LOL)
Awesome - let me know what you think when you get it!
@@MattSuessPhoto Although I like the program it’s a bit too expensive for me at this time. I am VERY DISAPPOINTED with their business model so far. I’ve sent 2 emails, tweeted them and FB messaged them asking for my refund. They have responded to none of these messages. I only have a few days left on my trial period so I’m concerned.
I’m already out at 1:40… nahh… that’s not for me then.
Very disappointing video. This may be the bees knees of photo software but the video comes across as a marketing tool for the company and not as an independent or objective review. I know the practice of companies using paid influencers is common but at least most of them try to show a modicum of objectivity. Again, this may be great software. But I’m going to wait until I see objective reviews before investing in yet another editing tool.
Hey Steven - you are obviously new here - thanks for watching. Feel free to do more research on me and my YT channel, and you'll find I am quite independent and objective and I call it like it is. This wasn't any paid video, I wasn't asked to do it. I did it on my own to inform the photo community. And while I am an affiliate, me being an affiliate has never stopped me from speaking my opinion despite it costing me tons of $ in lost affiliate sales when I have to be critical. Cheers friend 🍻
Hi Steven... I work with Radiant Photo, and I've known Matt for years. I appreciate his criticism and his feedback. I can assure you that he wasn't paid for this video...
We offer a money-back guarantee and do stuff no other tool does. Give it a shot after 9/15
@@RichardHarrington I just download the Perfectly clear workbench since the radiant version isn’t out yet, but In perfectly clear workbench, idk if it’s just isolated to this version, but why can’t I save high resolution images? Everytime I try to save a image or I zoom in it seems the software has lowered the resolution of the image greatly. Is this just a limited of workbench? Is “perfectly clear complete” or radiant different from this? I want to be able to export or save as a Dng or a full res 16bit file, but it doesn’t seem to do that. The resolution is so low
@@DB-wx1zs Radiant Photo will not export to DNG but it will to 16bit Tiff with no resolution issues at all.
@@MattSuessPhoto Well that’s good to hear, that’s still awesome if it’s a 16bit tiff with no visible resolution problems. Can’t wait to buy it!
Overpriced. So basically do all the heavy lifting in other software as you mention. It’s fast as it doesn’t do the heavy lifting.
I may as well use what I have. Cool but way overpriced. IMHO.
For my workflow I am using Radiant Photo as a finishing tool right now, but it is completely flexible to adapt to your needs - use it as your main RAW processor or as a plugin and thus a finishing tool.
As for pricing, what $ value would you put on software that can make almost any photo you've processed before look noticeably better? Think of it as a $129 upgrade to your camera that improves the look of any of your RAW, TIF, or JPG shots no matter what software you used before. I remember paying over $600 back in the day for the Nik plugins - it was worth it based on what it could do that other software can't do. Same here at a much lower price. YMMV of course.
@@MattSuessPhoto Thanks for the perspective Matt. I would like to see what it’s capable of without pre heavy lifting in other software first.
Software capable of the heavy lifting such as AC/DC, On1, Neo, Affinity etc are price competitive to one another and less expensive.
@@bgovan64 Don't forget, I did show in this video how well it processes in-camera JPG files, showing some heavy lifting there. I'll do a video on RAW processing start to finish too at some point.
When you realize that in some photos it could potentially save you 10-30 minutes of edit time, you will soon realize that it is a complete steal. I've been using the earlier generation of this program for years and it was absolutely worth EVERY penny and then some.
Thanks. It looks promising. I’ll watch the video again later, before I decide. Being able to avoid “overprocessing” is important to me. I still have to get used to the American love of hyperboles. In the introduction, you said that you were super excited. For me, this means a totally new spectacular invention. Or, as in Spanish and French, you were very horny. In which case, I didn’t expect a photo of a bird 🦢.
Radiant Photo definitely tries to keep that overprocessing in check. Of course sometimes the initial results in Radiant Photo are a little extreme for me (everyone's tastes are different), but it is very easy to back off them all while limiting any artifacts, banding, and halos and keeping that natural look.