{"id":4271,"date":"2023-09-22T15:51:29","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T22:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/?p=4271"},"modified":"2023-09-23T09:51:14","modified_gmt":"2023-09-23T16:51:14","slug":"last-day-save-40-off-topaz-photo-ai-new-purchases-save-on-renewals-as-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/last-day-save-40-off-topaz-photo-ai-new-purchases-save-on-renewals-as-well\/","title":{"rendered":"LAST DAY! Save $40 off Topaz Photo AI (new purchases, save on renewals as well)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Topaz Photo AI<\/a><\/strong> just received its weekly update to version 2.0.2 (see details below for the latest changes). Today is the LAST day for the current $40-off sale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As regular readers are aware, I like to push this software hard by throwing old lo-res digital and even film scans at it to revel in the major improvement that can be had.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are some new examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This first batch is from 20+ year-old 1-megapixel Kodak DC265 images<\/strong>, which in their raw state are good for nothing but tiny prints or web use. Now I can pull smooth detail out of them! (Open any image in a new window or tab to view at 100%).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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This next batch jumps forward in time to Canon Rebel T3<\/strong> CR2 images:<\/p>\n\n\n

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Scans of late-1980s and early-1990s 35mm negatives definitely need help:<\/p>\n\n\n

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Even brand new lo-res stable diffusion AI renders benefit from the enhancement and enlagrement capability of Photo AI<\/a><\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Changes since 2.0.1:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adobe DNG SDK related changes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RAW previews and export will now use Adobe DNG SDK
Added option in preferences to use old export flow (General > Use Adobe DNG SDK for export)
Added ability to save compressed DNG files
This only shows up if you select DNG file type on export. Preserve will use last set value.
Fixed DNG files not having full sized previews
This should resolve issues where Windows explorer thinks DNG files are 256×256
Fixed previews and export for RAW files being different
Fixed some monochrome DNG outputs crashing Mac preview
Fixed some monochrome DNG outputs not opening in other editors
Fixed DNG output not opening in Darktable
Disabled Adjust Lighting and Balance Color for RAW files<\/p>\n\n\n\n

General changes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Optimized thumbnail display in large batches
Improved performance when switching view modes
Added preferences for default Adjust Lighting and Balance Color sliders
Added ability to navigate combo-boxes with arrow keys
Changed default RAW Remove Noise preference to Low and above
Changed default RAW Remove Noise models to use v2
Fixed Nikon Z8 and Z9 having color cast on export
Fixed Nikon Z8 and Z9 sometimes loading colors incorrectly
Fixed color cast in Adjust Lighting filter when run on an Intel iGPU
Fixed resolution unit change not carrying over in Photoshop plugin
Fixed brush size shortcuts
Fixed focus issues with filter toggles
Fixed Apply Current Settings to All not applying resolution and resolution units
Fixed Apply Current Settings to All not applying Adjust Lighting and Balance Color
Fixed Apply Current Settings to All applying Face Recovery when there are no faces
Minor UI changes
Updated lensfun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Topaz Photo AI just received its weekly update to version 2.0.2 (see details below for the latest changes). Today is the LAST day for the current $40-off sale. As regular readers are aware, I like to push this software hard by throwing old lo-res digital and even film scans at it to revel in the Read more about LAST DAY! Save $40 off Topaz Photo AI (new purchases, save on renewals as well)<\/span>[…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4280,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,3,25,31,7,1],"tags":[1261,1262,281,779,1258,1255,223,240,168,243,1073,1257,1256,66,1259,134,1263,1264,1130,8,38,386,1242,153,173,1260],"class_list":["post-4271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-discounts","category-general","category-photography","category-post-processing","category-software","category-uncategorized","tag-adobe-dng","tag-adobe-sdk","tag-ai","tag-beach","tag-beethoven","tag-classic-architecture","tag-coupon","tag-coupon-code","tag-discount","tag-discounts","tag-film-scan","tag-foliage","tag-guitars","tag-image-enhancement","tag-lowell","tag-mike-mccartney","tag-nikon-z8","tag-nikon-z9","tag-photo-ai","tag-photoshop","tag-post-processing","tag-raw","tag-stable-diffusion","tag-topaz","tag-topaz-labs","tag-winter-scene"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4271"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4310,"href":"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4271\/revisions\/4310"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}