Another great presentation, Dave. Topaz provides some of my favorite editing programs, but your videos have really helped me learn so much more about the myriad of tools offered. Thanks!
Wow 🤣. Really helps bring the images to life. I think for some images i might look at blending the hdr sky onto the standard image in PS and see how that looks.
Dave, I watched your latest update for Topaz Photo AI this morning. Then updated the program and tried editing a photo. Great result with Photo AI, but I wished the program allowed color adjustments to finish the photo. On a lark, I opened the raw photo in Adjust AI. WOW! I had forgotten the power of Adjust AI! I used to think Adjust AI was ok but too slow. Now with a faster computer, it seems comparable to Photo AI and adds the features for adjustment left out of Photo AI. After watching this video, I am going back to try processing the raw photo in Topaz Photo AI and then exporting it to Topaz Adjust AI to do the final polishing. Thanks for your videos to remind us of the power of Topaz Adjust AI and Photo AI as powerful tools. Too bad Adjust AI is no longer available!
I like what it does to the skies. Instead of running to Luminar to replace the sky, maybe I will try "Adjust AI" first. I expect a video on Adjust AI vs Luminar AI in the future.
WOW. What a great video 👍 I normally keep well clear of anything with HDR on it but here it's fantastic, especially the last image and the effect it has on the sky. I've just brought this programme when I topped up my bundle with everything bar Video enhance so I need to seriously start using it. Really makes images Pop. Could call it a one stop pop shop😊 Thanks Dave
Wow indeed! Adjust AI lurks unseen at the bottom of my RH panel in Studio 2 and to date I've ignored it. As with so many of your videos, you've done Topaz's job and shown us how good (and easy) it can be. Thanks and cheers from DownUnder.
very educational Dave , I have one main question .is this Topaz software all I need to edit store and print out pictures .I don't need to buy any other photo editing programs like Adobe light room for example .
HDR version of the dog had objectional color shift. Whites like snow on the roof above and behind the model in the robe gets burned out. The white saturation is too highlighted with a later HDR tweak. I usually with the RAW image in early POST bring down the highlights and up the shadows before starting with any HDR adjustments to lesson this burnout being so harsh. Using ON1 Photo RAW, HDR, Natural or Surreal I find similar issues requiring more tweaking and increased work flow. With the added POST, sometimes this little extra adjustment really makes the image pop without making it look too artificial, if done right. The best program Topaz has is DeNoise AI, by far and now ON1 is coming out with a competitive product NoNoise AI. I have taken surveys examining images for comparison for both products lately and for now am sticking with Topaz DeNoise AI. On the other hand since using ON1 Photo RAW HDR look filter I like it over this Topaz product. Topaz and ON1 have to solve the color shift that sometimes happens and down play the white burnout issue in their AI process to get me to move on their product from where I am at presently.
Hi Dave, can you help please with a couple of queries I have. When I open AI it always opens on the presets page and not the Controls page, so I have to keep switching it. Second query, I have Topaz AI obviously, but I also have Topaz studio which has an AI adjustment. So have I bought two Topaz progs when one would do? Lastly, honest, I'm thinking a out buying Topaz Denise but denoise is in Studio as well, so do I need the separate package? Apologies for the interrogation Dave. Really enjoy your tutorials, friendly and packed with knowledge. Julie, South Wales UK
Julie Morgan Dave will provide a better answer than me but here is my take. I just bought DeNoise. It has the option of applying DeNoise AI or AI Clear. Clear is the similar program in Topaz Studio 2. My take is that the filters in TS 2, CLEAR, SHARPEN, etc are good but their stand alone counterparts are stronger more effective programs with a few more options to customize. A word of caution on the stand alone programs. I have an older iMac and while Topaz Studio 2 runs fine on it both DeNoise and Sharpen are brutally slow and I doubt I will use them till I upgrade my computer.
Thank you and no apologies needed Julie. I think this will help concerning the presets: When you open Adjust Ai next time, go to the Preferences Panel, found in the Menu section at the top of the screen, and Open Preferences and change (Panel On Startup) to (Control) and you should be good to go the next time you open Adjust Ai. Concerning your 2nd and 3rd query, the DeNoise in Topaz Studio 2 is called Ai Clear, which is very good, but if you want the best noise reduction Topaz has to offer, then you would want DeNoise Ai. As a note, DeNoise Ai offers you 2 DeNoising and sharpening methods, DeNoise and Ai Clear. DeNoise is the best and I believe Ai Clear is the same as in Topaz Studio 2. I don't know why they give you both but they do. I hope this helps and thanks for watching my tutorials.
@@brucewiebe6490 thanks for taking the time to reply Bruce, much appreciated. I did think as much about the stand alone packs being 'better' versions but it's great to have confirmation before I buy. All the best Julie
@@thejoyofeditingwithdavekelly thanks Dave, I'll give this a go with the preferences and let you know how I get on. And thanks for the info on Denoise. It's the next Topaz pack I've been thinking of buying but wanted to make sure I wasn't buying unnecessarily. Your speedy response is just brill. Kind regards Julie
Taking advantage of the 2023 BF special I acquired this. Is this app still in active dev? For my taste, the results look too saturated and if launching directly from LR there's no opacity slider. Thanks.
Thanks Dave - I'm learning a lot from your vids. To me the HDR style is banding and looks over processed - I think this will be a matter of personal style. For now I will stick with Standard mode for my workflow. Also just a bit of f/b - when you are doing masking etc would you mind zooming in a LOT more please - when you compare before and after images it's very hard to see any difference due to compression of the video stream by youtube. So zooming in a lot makes this easier to work out what's happening.
Thanks for the feedback Paul and also for the zooming tip. I like to try both Standard and HDR Style just for comparison because you just never know what results you might get. I tend to use the Standard more often but sometimes the HDR Style can be really quite good.
For some of these, particularly the dog and the two boys, I don’t like the colour saturation applied disproportionally to certain shades. The auburn patches on the dog look way too bizarre, and the wall patch with paint chipped off likewise looks quite wrong. For the two boys, the blue shirt is really saturated to heck XD For many of those photos, the results were great! Just those two issues for me, personally.
Thanks for the feedback and for watching. I think I have to agree about the blue shirt. I would use the HSL Color tuning in Topaz Studio 2 and dial that back a bit. I do like the dog the HDR style on the dog though.
Nice easy to follow tutorial Dave. Thanks. one small observation when I tried the HDR on some other photos, the sky becomes too blue while the other parts look perfect. What can I do to reduce the intensity of the blue sky, Opacity is not helping as it tends to change the overall look
Thanks Kareem. If you have Topaz Studio 2 you can send your image into it and use the HSL Color Tuning filter and target the Blues and pull back the saturation on the blues to taste. You can also due it with Photoshop using ACR Filter. You will find HSL correction there too.
Thanks for the amazing content. You stated that you have batch processed the images in denoise ai and sharpen ai, can I do that to all my images and then pass them to photolemur or adjust ai? Which is best for uploading to stock agencies?
Me too Duane. Topaz Adjust Ai call this setting HDR style. It is not true HDR but gives you some extra dynamic range. I was never a big fan of HDR but this HDR Style usually gives really nice results.
Yes it does but I work from Photoshop and just use the layer opacity. Thanks for the question. The next time I do an Adjust Ai video I will try to remember to point that out. Thanks Yvonne.
@@thejoyofeditingwithdavekelly thanks Dave. I don't have other editing except for luminar so it's own opacity would be important for me if I buy this . thanks for your videos xx
Dave, I am using Luminar 4 on every one of my photos now and wonder if I couldn't do the same thing there as opposed to buying Adjust AI. I already have DeNoise, Sharpen, and Gigapixel. What is your opinion about this? Thanks Dave for another great video!
You are welcome Leonard and that is a good question. Luminar 4 has Ai Enhance, which is similar, but is not really the same. Adjust Ai has Standard Mode (similar to Ai Enhance but different) and HDR Style (totally different from Ai Enhance) plus all of the controls that go well with the Two Ai Adjustments. When I compare the two products I get entirely different results. It appears to me that Adjust Ai is using Ai in some different ways than Luminar's Ai Enhance is.
Thanks Brian. These were stock images that were already processed. One of the things I enjoy about Adjust Ai is that you can use it during the initial stages of your image processing or you can do it at the end or anywhere in between. I also like to go back to my old processed images and add that little something special to them that Adjust Ai gives me. It doesn't help every image but does so more often than not.
@@thejoyofeditingwithdavekelly Thanks Dave. I'm new to editing and I was hoping that this would do most of the work for me. I'll probably download it and try it out. Thanks again.
@@briantooze3415 Adjust Ai is a pretty powerful piece of editing software. If you wanted a piece of software that would do a great job without a lot of editing, then Adjust Ai could fit that need and do a great job. It does support DNG, NEF, CR2 and many RAW formats. With that being said, you can load a RAW file into it and choose Standard or HDR Style and then use all of it controls to process your image. I am planning on doing a video that would show this in operation.
Very well done. The comparisons were a great idea and demonstrated the value of the software. Thanks. Peter
Thanks Peter and thanks so much for watching.
The 'wows' were well deserved Dave. Thanks for reminding me to use this filter.
You are welcome Arlene. This is a great program. It works well on images that are already edited, as well as in the initial editing...
Another great presentation, Dave. Topaz provides some of my favorite editing programs, but your videos have really helped me learn so much more about the myriad of tools offered. Thanks!
Thanks so much Zeta and thanks for watching.
Definitely can see the advantage of both settings. Thanks for sharing Dave.
You're welcome Julie and thanks for watching.
Dave, I enjoy the "wows". If someone gives me a "wow" with one of my images I know I did a great job.
Thanks Paul and thanks for watching.
Wow 🤣. Really helps bring the images to life. I think for some images i might look at blending the hdr sky onto the standard image in PS and see how that looks.
Dave, I watched your latest update for Topaz Photo AI this morning. Then updated the program and tried editing a photo. Great result with Photo AI, but I wished the program allowed color adjustments to finish the photo. On a lark, I opened the raw photo in Adjust AI. WOW! I had forgotten the power of Adjust AI! I used to think Adjust AI was ok but too slow. Now with a faster computer, it seems comparable to Photo AI and adds the features for adjustment left out of Photo AI. After watching this video, I am going back to try processing the raw photo in Topaz Photo AI and then exporting it to Topaz Adjust AI to do the final polishing. Thanks for your videos to remind us of the power of Topaz Adjust AI and Photo AI as powerful tools. Too bad Adjust AI is no longer available!
I like what it does to the skies. Instead of running to Luminar to replace the sky, maybe I will try "Adjust AI" first. I expect a video on Adjust AI vs Luminar AI in the future.
WOW. What a great video 👍
I normally keep well clear of anything with HDR on it but here it's fantastic, especially the last image and the effect it has on the sky.
I've just brought this programme when I topped up my bundle with everything bar Video enhance so I need to seriously start using it. Really makes images Pop.
Could call it a one stop pop shop😊
Thanks Dave
4:31 WOW! He got all the Topaz plugins on his computer. Wow...... This dude is rich.
Really like the HDR look. Many thanks for this video... cheers from Nova Scotia....
Wow indeed! Adjust AI lurks unseen at the bottom of my RH panel in Studio 2 and to date I've ignored it. As with so many of your videos, you've done Topaz's job and shown us how good (and easy) it can be. Thanks and cheers from DownUnder.
Thanks Rob.
WOW!!! Now you made me buy this....
Very nice, your relaxed way of explaining.
Thank you so much for your great tutorial.
very educational Dave , I have one main question .is this Topaz software all I need to edit store and print out pictures .I don't need to buy any other photo editing programs like Adobe light room for example .
HDR version of the dog had objectional color shift. Whites like snow on the roof above and behind the model in the robe gets burned out. The white saturation is too highlighted with a later HDR tweak. I usually with the RAW image in early POST bring down the highlights and up the shadows before starting with any HDR adjustments to lesson this burnout being so harsh. Using ON1 Photo RAW, HDR, Natural or Surreal I find similar issues requiring more tweaking and increased work flow. With the added POST, sometimes this little extra adjustment really makes the image pop without making it look too artificial, if done right.
The best program Topaz has is DeNoise AI, by far and now ON1 is coming out with a competitive product NoNoise AI. I have taken surveys examining images for comparison for both products lately and for now am sticking with Topaz DeNoise AI. On the other hand since using ON1 Photo RAW HDR look filter I like it over this Topaz product. Topaz and ON1 have to solve the color shift that sometimes happens and down play the white burnout issue in their AI process to get me to move on their product from where I am at presently.
Hi Dave, can you help please with a couple of queries I have. When I open AI it always opens on the presets page and not the Controls page, so I have to keep switching it. Second query, I have Topaz AI obviously, but I also have Topaz studio which has an AI adjustment. So have I bought two Topaz progs when one would do? Lastly, honest, I'm thinking a out buying Topaz Denise but denoise is in Studio as well, so do I need the separate package? Apologies for the interrogation Dave. Really enjoy your tutorials, friendly and packed with knowledge. Julie, South Wales UK
Julie Morgan Dave will provide a better answer than me but here is my take. I just bought DeNoise. It has the option of applying DeNoise AI or AI Clear. Clear is the similar program in Topaz Studio 2. My take is that the filters in TS 2, CLEAR, SHARPEN, etc are good but their stand alone counterparts are stronger more effective programs with a few more options to customize. A word of caution on the stand alone programs. I have an older iMac and while Topaz Studio 2 runs fine on it both DeNoise and Sharpen are brutally slow and I doubt I will use them till I upgrade my computer.
Thank you and no apologies needed Julie. I think this will help concerning the presets: When you open Adjust Ai next time, go to the Preferences Panel, found in the Menu section at the top of the screen, and Open Preferences and change (Panel On Startup) to (Control) and you should be good to go the next time you open Adjust Ai. Concerning your 2nd and 3rd query, the DeNoise in Topaz Studio 2 is called Ai Clear, which is very good, but if you want the best noise reduction Topaz has to offer, then you would want DeNoise Ai. As a note, DeNoise Ai offers you 2 DeNoising and sharpening methods, DeNoise and Ai Clear. DeNoise is the best and I believe Ai Clear is the same as in Topaz Studio 2. I don't know why they give you both but they do. I hope this helps and thanks for watching my tutorials.
@@brucewiebe6490 thanks for taking the time to reply Bruce, much appreciated. I did think as much about the stand alone packs being 'better' versions but it's great to have confirmation before I buy. All the best Julie
@@thejoyofeditingwithdavekelly thanks Dave, I'll give this a go with the preferences and let you know how I get on. And thanks for the info on Denoise. It's the next Topaz pack I've been thinking of buying but wanted to make sure I wasn't buying unnecessarily. Your speedy response is just brill. Kind regards Julie
@@1502Jinx You're welcome Julie.
Taking advantage of the 2023 BF special I acquired this. Is this app still in active dev? For my taste, the results look too saturated and if launching directly from LR there's no opacity slider. Thanks.
Thanks Dave - I'm learning a lot from your vids. To me the HDR style is banding and looks over processed - I think this will be a matter of personal style. For now I will stick with Standard mode for my workflow. Also just a bit of f/b - when you are doing masking etc would you mind zooming in a LOT more please - when you compare before and after images it's very hard to see any difference due to compression of the video stream by youtube. So zooming in a lot makes this easier to work out what's happening.
Thanks for the feedback Paul and also for the zooming tip. I like to try both Standard and HDR Style just for comparison because you just never know what results you might get. I tend to use the Standard more often but sometimes the HDR Style can be really quite good.
For some of these, particularly the dog and the two boys, I don’t like the colour saturation applied disproportionally to certain shades. The auburn patches on the dog look way too bizarre, and the wall patch with paint chipped off likewise looks quite wrong. For the two boys, the blue shirt is really saturated to heck XD
For many of those photos, the results were great! Just those two issues for me, personally.
Thanks for the feedback and for watching. I think I have to agree about the blue shirt. I would use the HSL Color tuning in Topaz Studio 2 and dial that back a bit. I do like the dog the HDR style on the dog though.
The Joy of Editing with Dave Kelly Aha, thanks for that tip ^_^
Nice easy to follow tutorial Dave. Thanks. one small observation when I tried the HDR on some other photos, the sky becomes too blue while the other parts look perfect. What can I do to reduce the intensity of the blue sky, Opacity is not helping as it tends to change the overall look
Thanks Kareem. If you have Topaz Studio 2 you can send your image into it and use the HSL Color Tuning filter and target the Blues and pull back the saturation on the blues to taste. You can also due it with Photoshop using ACR Filter. You will find HSL correction there too.
Hi I don't know why my Adjust AI is not working in my iMac?
I see you gone back to photoshop can I go back to Lightroom and not use photoshop, love these thanks
Thanks for the amazing content. You stated that you have batch processed the images in denoise ai and sharpen ai, can I do that to all my images and then pass them to photolemur or adjust ai? Which is best for uploading to stock agencies?
wow I always stayed away from HDR and it isn't as over the top as I thought it would be.
Me too Duane. Topaz Adjust Ai call this setting HDR style. It is not true HDR but gives you some extra dynamic range. I was never a big fan of HDR but this HDR Style usually gives really nice results.
doesn't adjust ai have it's own opacity slider to use ???
Yes it does but I work from Photoshop and just use the layer opacity. Thanks for the question. The next time I do an Adjust Ai video I will try to remember to point that out. Thanks Yvonne.
@@thejoyofeditingwithdavekelly thanks Dave. I don't have other editing except for luminar so it's own opacity would be important for me if I buy this . thanks for your videos xx
Dave, I am using Luminar 4 on every one of my photos now and wonder if I couldn't do the same thing there as opposed to
buying Adjust AI. I already have DeNoise, Sharpen, and Gigapixel. What is your opinion about this? Thanks Dave for another great video!
You are welcome Leonard and that is a good question. Luminar 4 has Ai Enhance, which is similar, but is not really the same. Adjust Ai has Standard Mode (similar to Ai Enhance but different) and HDR Style (totally different from Ai Enhance) plus all of the controls that go well with the Two Ai Adjustments. When I compare the two products I get entirely different results. It appears to me that Adjust Ai is using Ai in some different ways than Luminar's Ai Enhance is.
@@thejoyofeditingwithdavekelly Ok thanks Dave!
Great video. Were the images RAW straight out of camera?
Thanks Brian. These were stock images that were already processed. One of the things I enjoy about Adjust Ai is that you can use it during the initial stages of your image processing or you can do it at the end or anywhere in between. I also like to go back to my old processed images and add that little something special to them that Adjust Ai gives me. It doesn't help every image but does so more often than not.
@@thejoyofeditingwithdavekelly Thanks Dave. I'm new to editing and I was hoping that this would do most of the work for me. I'll probably download it and try it out. Thanks again.
@@briantooze3415 Adjust Ai is a pretty powerful piece of editing software. If you wanted a piece of software that would do a great job without a lot of editing, then Adjust Ai could fit that need and do a great job. It does support DNG, NEF, CR2 and many RAW formats. With that being said, you can load a RAW file into it and choose Standard or HDR Style and then use all of it controls to process your image. I am planning on doing a video that would show this in operation.
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