TOPAZ DENOISE AI and SHARPEN AI: My NEW LIGHTROOM WORKFLOW

Added benefit is not having an additional file created in Lr (or 2 if using 2 plugins). I have to go back and see about the linear profiles. Thank you

Hi Dave love your new work flow.
Quick question when going in to Luminaire AI through the Filter menu in Photoshop you do not get the Composition Option that you get by Right Clicking in Lightroom, can you cover this at some stage please. Ray

Excellent presentation!

Great video as always, Dave. I'm using a PC and whenever I return from ACR to PS (within a smart object that has either or both Topaz DeNoise AI or Sharpen AI filters applied), the Topaz filters are indeed re-launched but ask my permission to apply them. I noticed in your video that on your Mac these filters just run again without any interruption. I wonder Is it because of a specific setting you made or just due to the different machines? Thanks.

This is awesome. Never knew it would work this way. Thank you very much!

Dave, excellent video! ... Question: If you wanted to sharpen ONLY the bee, is there a way to apply a black mask to the Sharpen AI ? OR would you create a new stamped layer, apply Sharpen AI and put a black mask on that layer..and then paint in white where you want the sharpen, in this case the bee?

I'm not sure Topaz supports Smart Filters properly. Try this: Edit an image as you describe with the Standard DeNoise AI model, save and close. Then edit a different image with the Low Light model, save and close. If you now re-open the first image and double-click the DeNoise AI Smart Filter to change the settings, you will find that the model is now set to Low Light i.e. the same as the second image - but it shouldn't be of course!

Hey Dave, great video. This has been my workflow for a while, then using the TK panel as well. Are you aware of a way to launch DeNoise AI and/or Sharpen AI using a TK user action without having it process the image. I’d love to see how to launch the applications using the TK user actions, but still be in the Topaz products for me to work them. It sounds minor vs the filter menu, but it would save a bit of time and a lot of noise travel.

I'm learning a new workflow as well since I started using linear profiles (Canon 6D Mk II). The workflow you show here is similar to the one I started using, but I didn't send my image to PS; I was doing my initial edits in Lr, like you, I'd then send my image to DeNoise AI (I watched a tutorial on DeNoise by Anthony Morganti and he recommended that you don't crop your images before sending it to DeNoise AI, I was wondering what your thoughts on this might be? Anthony seems to think that DeNoise does a much better job when it has the full size image.). After Denoise finished denoising I'd do a few finishing edits, crop if needed, and then send the image to Sharpen AI. A new step I'll be incorportating if I think it's necessary is luminance masking using Tony Kuyper's "TK Basic V6" panel in Photoshop. What are your thoughts on luminance masking and would you recommend not cropping before sending an image to DeNoise AI or Sharpen AI?

Brilliant change to your workflow. Smart objects are fantastic for allowing nondestructive editing. I hope the Topaz tools support smart objects 100% correctly. Thank you for another wonderful tutorial. I appreciate all your tutorials. FYI, I recently emailed Tony Kieper, Mr TK, and said that your tutorials inspired me to purchase the TK panels.

Dave...outstanding....love it...a real time-saver...thanks, Frank.

Dave, thanks for the excellent video. What kind of Mac do you use? Mine is 2-3 yrs old and the Topaz filters take several minutes to complete. In your video they seem really fast ( but I don’t know if they are done in real time)

Even you re-crop, it will go back through DenoiseAI and SharpenAI...I really like this...as I said, time saving...Thanks, Frank

Awesome tip...many thanks from Nova Scotia...

Dave, excellent video! I love this new workflow. Thank you.

Hi, this is a great workflow if you may need to make future changes. The one thing you don't say is how large is that saved smart file and what MP camera is that done with? I am just wondering how much hard drive space is used for this method as I am sure the photoshop file would be huge since it includes the RAW and some layers...

Hi Dave. Im a long time fan and have learnt quite a bit from you, thank you. Unrelated to this topic but more to do with TK7 masks. Im in the process of blending bracketed exposures using masks to paint in the part of the layer I want to include. Ive been trying to use TK7 masks in this process but haven't worked out exactly how to do it, and whether this process of combining TK7 masks with blending in multiple layers together is actually a technique to try. I was wondering if this would be a worthwhile tutorial for you show. Thanks again for your work.

In answer to one question, you can create separate masks for each smart filter. It is a bit tricky, but here is how you would do it. Follow Dave's steps in creating the first smart filter using Topaz Denoise AI. Then;
1. Select the image layer and from the Layer menu choose - Smart Objects - Convert To Smart Object (You are basically nesting one smart object inside another)
2. Create your Topaz Sharpen AI Layer (It has its own mask)
3. If you want to edit the mask that you made for the Denoise layer, just double click on your top layer. IMPORTANT - A new file opens up in Photoshop just showing the Denoise smart filter. Work on that mask and then save and close that image. It will make all of the updates to your image.
A bit of a pain to do this, but if you really need to have separate masks for each filter, you can do it this way.

Noticed you are using only one layer for both Denoies and Sharpen.Better this way or to use a separate layer for each?

I just got an email for release 3.2 with a new feature for raw format files by camera model.

Dave, love your videos!! I enjoy editing cuz I don't have time in my life to go out and get new images but I still love to edit my old photos...makes me happy. Your channel has just really good content. thank you!!

I had no idea I could work this way. This is amazing, thank you!

Fantastic video! Once I get to my happy place in PS and my Topaz DeNoise and Sharpen are completed, I want to crop the image and then save it once and for all. Can you explain that process? Do I just crop in PS and then flatten the image and save it as a .tiff to submit to a photo contest or Nat Geo??