Topaz Studio / Photo - anyone tried it?

[LocalHero1953]

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I downloaded the new Topaz Photo this morning, and uninstalled the old Photo AI. I have no immediate need to use it.
Has anyone tried it? Any significant differences?

Edited yesterday at 12:26 PM by LocalHero1953

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[jaapv]

I tried it - to me it was not worth the money. 

[LocalHero1953]

I have a subscription to Photo AI and they just substituted Photo - no change in sub.

[jaapv]

I don't have a subscription - outright buy.

[M11 for me]

What's then the alternative? Do you use Lightroom Classic exclusively?

I must say that I used Topaz products a while ago but not anymore since Adobe added great AI functions.

[LocalHero1953]

I use Topaz only for sharpening, which it does better than Adobe, but only for difficult images, not all of them. I guess Adobe will eventually up its sharpening game to match its Denoise AI, and then I'd drop Topaz. At the moment I can't do without it for recovering images where I've screwed up the focus (typically theatre shots where I've focused correctly, but the depth of field is too shallow to get every face sharp that should be sharp)

Edited 11 hours ago by LocalHero1953

[M11 for me]

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vor 15 Minuten schrieb LocalHero1953:

I use Topaz only for sharpening, which it does better than Adobe, but only for difficult images, not all of them. I guess Adobe will eventually up its sharpening game to match its Denoise AI, and then I'd drop Topaz. At the moment I can't do without it for recovering images where I've screwed up the focus (typically theatre shots where I've focused correctly, but the depth of field is too shallow to get every face sharp that should be sharp)

I understand. Just visited your formidable website and see what you mean.

[LocalHero1953]

A bit more reading around. It seems there is little or no difference between the two versions, but the new version will become the subscription version, while the old one will remain as a perpetual licence with no updates. My recollection was wrong: I don't have a subscription, but bought my perpetual version last October. I have until October to decide if I want to revert to the old version - which I will do: it's good enough for my needs, and I'm sure Adobe will improve its sharpening.