Me too generally. Since I always start with RAW-files and Deep Prime XD. From what I have seen Topaz Denoise sometimes gives strange artifact patterns that I hardly ever see with Deep Prime XD.
… but compared to Photolab i think Topaz Sharpen often is better. Especially some of my old pictures have been taken with lenses unsupported with profiles and then you are there stuck with old and poor “Unsharp mask”.
Deep Prime XD doesn´t work with JPEG-oroginals either and in cases like that Topaz is a far better choice i think
I´m not either i big fan of working with poorly integrated external software (that needs TIF or DNG) whether it is DXO NIC Collection or something else but one thing surprised me and that is how well Topaz integrates with Photolab as a plug in. Since I didn´t first understand how to do that I asked Microsoft Bing Coopilot how to.
In fact it is just to “Export to Application” and add the search path to Topaz AI 3 (the one one chooses will be remembered until next time). That exports a TIFF or DNG to the same folder as the RAW and then open it in Topaz. After some editing there the TIFF will be visible again with the updates made in Topaz. It is pretty easy and streamlines after all.
- Install Topaz Photo AI Plugins:
- Topaz Photo AI integrates with various image editing software. Some plugins install automatically, while others require manual installation.
- The following plugins install automatically:
- Lightroom Classic
- Photoshop & Photoshop Elements
- Capture One
- Apple Photos
- These plugins require manual installation:
- Affinity Photo
- Other Applications
- Command Line Interface
- Troubleshooting information is also available1.
- Workflow with DxO PhotoLab and Topaz Plugins:
- Develop your raw files in DxO PhotoLab.
- Export a 16-bit .tif file using the “Export to Application” option.
- Open the exported .tif file in Topaz AI (e.g., Topaz Sharpen AI) for further enhancements.
- After editing in Topaz, save the result and continue working in DxO PhotoLab2.