Topaz just released the brand new Photo Ai 3.0 (Click here). I use this software a lot and I think it does an impressive job. The updates are really big too!
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Photo AI’s creative potential has been unlocked in this version, allowing the creation of your own workflows for the first time with presets, flexible ordering of enhancements, panel docking & collapsing, enabling RAW color and lighting adjustments, and a standardized Topaz UI across all of our applications.
Presets
Save your commonly used filter combinations into a single stack, including the filter settings and selections. Presets will then appear in the enhancement menu so that you can reuse your favorite settings and selections across any of your photos with a single click. This will speed up the process of editing large batches of hundreds or thousands of photos at a time. You can also delete old presets by hovering over them in the enhancement menu.
Docking & Collapsing
You can now dock the floating control panel on the right side of the viewport for easy access, or undock it and move it to where you need on top of your working preview area.
The right panel is also now collapsible, making more space for viewing your image while editing. For maximum space, try undocking the control panel while in collapsible mode.
Reordering
You can now re-order and combine your enhancements in any order on the right panel, allowing you to more dynamically chain effects together. For example, you can now sharpen the entire image first before denoising the background and then sharpening again with just the subject. Changing the order of the filters will affect the way the output is processed, and this freedom will allow you to achieve results that otherwise were not possible within Photo AI.
RAW Balance Color & Adjust Lighting
On top of RAW Denoise, you are now able to adjust the color balance and lighting for RAW files inside Topaz Photo AI using our AI-based filters. This allows you to get the best quality possible out of your image straight from the camera and inside the application without having to make these adjustments in an external application even for RAW files.
Other Updates
On top of these exciting updates, both Face Recovery and Preserve Text can now be applied to the image multiple times, allowing you to control the strength of the effect on different subjects and areas of the image independently. We have also added other performance improvements and fixes under the hood. Take a look at the full changelog for more.
UI Refresh
Topaz Photo AI has been updated with a standardized Topaz UI framework, with new colors and icons coming to Topaz Labs apps for a unified, streamlined look.
Changelog
Refreshed user interface with Topaz UI style
Implemented drag and reorder enhancements
Implemented basic preset functionality
Implemented docking and undocking feature
Enabled Text Recovery to be added multiple times
Enabled Face Recovery to be added multiple times
Enabled Adjust lighting for RAW images
Enabled Balance color for RAW images
Fixed Adjust lighting crash on M3 with macOS 14.4 and above
Fixed switching models on Denoise not updating the preview
Fixed export output suffix not matching enhancements order
This morning Olympus Japan issued the following note:
Currently, we are using our software OM Workspace to update the firmware of our digital cameras, but due to security enhancements associated with macOS updates, there is a possibility that camera firmware updates may no longer be possible. Therefore, if you have cameras or lenses that have not yet had their firmware updated, we ask that you update them as soon as possible. Please note that Windows update services will continue to be available. We hope that you will continue to use our products.
The new cards will be displayed at the NAB show and be soon available for reorder on their official storefront at Amazon and BHphoto.
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Lexar’s new Rugged Series includes the ARMOR GOLD SD UHS-II V60 Card. This card offers a max read speed of 280MB/s and a max write speed of 210MB/s,1 features an IP68 rating, and supports seamless 6K video capture. The ARMOR SILVER PRO SD UHS-II V60 Card also clocks in at a max read speed of 280MB/s and delivers a write speed of 160MB/s.1 It is also rated IP68 and supports 6K video as well. In the SSD category, the ARMOR 700 Portable SSD leverages USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 to provide max read/write speeds of 2000MB/s1 and an IP66 rating lets users know that its design protects against both water and dust2 and is built to withstand up to 3-meter drops and falls.2
Reminder: The Silver Lexar cards are on discount at Amazon and BHphoto:
