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But what concerns me is the manner in which it is being marketed I see the marketing as just plain misleading. I do NOT recommend anyone purchase this Topaz product because it’s rubbish. Seriously, you’d be better off tweaking your jpegs in Lightroom! Sharpening artifacts again and noise that wasn’t there to begin with. Now let’s feed that jpeg into the Topaz JPEG to RAW AI GUIĪnd now let’s look at a sectional 400% magnification comparison shall we One of the most stunningly beautiful moths in the UK, this Clouded Ermine is resting on tree bark.

I looked hard through our collection of digital photos and have not found a single JPG that came even close to the samples on Topaz page. Let’s take something different – a jpeg of a Clouded Ermine.Ĭlick the image to see what the original jpeg looks like. The important part about JPEG to RAW AI (ugly and misleading name) is that you will have a hard time finding bad enough JPEG files that can make good use of it. Notice something about the Topaz image – it’s got more artifacts in it than the original jpeg (middle) because there has been some form of sharpening applied to it by the Topaz software – and yet there are NO controls for any application of sharpening in the Topaz UI.

#Topaz jpeg to raw ai review full

We are looking at 200% magnification of an are of the original raw file (right), a full resolution jpeg created from that raw file (middle), and a shitty DNG created by this abomination from Topaz on the left. Not only does the program output a DNG file that makes all raw file enhancement options available, JPEG to Raw AI improves highlight and shadow detail, removes JPEG artifacts, and enhances dynamic range along the way.

#Topaz jpeg to raw ai review how to

If you believe that then all I’ll say is that ‘a fool and their money are easily parted’………Ĭlick the image above and it will open in a new window. TOPAZ TEXTURE EFFECTS REVIEW HOW TO TOPAZ TEXTURE EFFECTS REVIEW SKIN The four Topaz AI programs have a nearly identical look. And if you opt for 16 bit TIFF then you end up with and 8 bit jpeg sitting inside a 16 bit TIFF container.įor the love of God, how the hell does the marketing department at Topaz think they can get away with this total bullshit – Ai learning my arse………….!Īre they trying to make the inexperienced and unknowledgeable actually believe that this expensive bit of garbage can re-engineer 32,000+ bits per channel from a poxy 8 bits per channel? Should you opt for DNG then the DNG is NOT a raw file, it’s just a DNG with 8 bits per channel worth of information rattling around inside it. Well, my response after downloading the free trial and messing about with it is this – it’s CRAP!Īll it does is create a DNG file or 16 bit TIFF (you pick) from an 8 bit jpeg. Frank asked me last week about the Topaz JPEG to RAW AI plugin and if it was any good.