Topaz Photo AI is causing Lightroom to crash.

[Northroad]

Having trouble with Topaz Photo AI plugin. When I try the "edit in Topaz Photo AI" plug in option it goes nowhere and causes Lightroom to shut down. Is anyone else having this problem? I'm waiting for a reply from Topaz, but am about fed up with them. It seems like every time I want to edit a photo it wants me to get another update.

 

[ShipleyNW]

Are you using Lightroom Classic (LRC)? I'm not sure I've had problems with Topaz specifically (maybe), but I have had problems with plugins generally after updates. Going to the Plugin Manager in LRC (in the File menu in Windows), then reloading the plugin usually fixes the problem.

 

[Nature's Spectrum]

Yes which version of Lightroom are you running? Classic? Up to date? I ask because I have topaz and haven't experienced issues with Lrc

 

[Northroad]

Yes which version of Lightroom are you running? Classic? Up to date? I ask because I have topaz and haven't experienced issues with Lrc

Thanks for your input. It's Lightroom Classic 14.1.1 on a 2020 iMac, gets automatic updates, last one was this morning. Topaz replied with a bunch of instructions and hoops to jump through for a new clean install but it's still crashing. I'm all done. I've had it for a little over a year and it has always needed an update every time I've tried to use it so I wind up wasting 5 or 10 minutes just trying to process a photo that I can denoise in less than a minute in Lightroom. I emailed them back and told them right where they could stick it. I'm just a dumb retired truck driver and don't understand what they want me to do.

 

[West Coast Birder]

I am at a point where the built-in Denoise AI in Lr Classic does everything I need. It knocks down the noise to barely detectable levels without any discernible loss of sharpness or detail. I don’t know if it is better than the other options but I do know that im not going to bother with them given its performance.

 

[Nature's Spectrum]

I am at a point where the built-in Denoise AI in Lr Classic does everything I need. It knocks down the noise to barely detectable levels without any discernible loss of sharpness or detail. I don’t know if it is better than the other options but I do know that im not going to bother with them given its performance.

I tend to agree. I have Topaz AI, but I didn't keep it for the denoising, although it does a great job. I like its upscale quite a bit. Lightroom has one as well but I like the control Tooaz gives you.

That being said, I use it rarely.

 

[KD_Reno]

The LR denoising is better than Topaz at higher ISOs. But Topaz is often faster and fits into my workflow better. So I use both depending on the image.

I like the separate Denoise AI and Sharpen AI apps better than Photo AI. Topaz no longer sells or updates them, but they still work. I prefer the interfaces and I use them in separate layers in Photoshop. I find it much easier to make selective adjustments in PS. I might be able to do most of that in PAI, but I'm old and set in my ways.