Fabulous1too

Is there anyone out there having a problem installing Topaz Studio. It worked for a few days and just quit. I looked at my task manager and saw "not responding". I wrote them and they offered a few solutions but to no avail. Thanks hogs.

CindyHouk Loc: Nw MT

I had to uninstall it on my Lenovo Laptop with Windows 10 and 8 gb of ram...installed fine but when I tried to use it...just crashes and freezes.

rgrenaderphoto Loc: Hollywood, CA

It this the latest and greatest version of Studio? I won't use it myself, but Topaz has excellent community forums where you probably could get your answers.

Eliz

Good Morning..
I had been having trouble with Studio, Impression and Texture Effects. Freezing, not loading, etc. Tried updating the graphic driver many times, to no avail.
Anyway, after much frustration, I read how uninstalling the graphics driver, restarting the computer(important step!), then RE-installing the graphics driver might solve my problems.
And it did for me..they all work perfectly now.
YMMV.
(Lenovo Win10 64bit, Intel 4000 graphic thingy)

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

No problem with Studio except that this ol' dog prefers to do my old tricks. Studio works fine on my Kick-Fanny self-constructed desk top. Computers are often neglected vs another lens.

Laptop... great for email and some other things...hummm.... graphics card on board mobo, and memory minimal. Ouch, when I googled your "Lenovo Win10 64bit, Intel 4000 graphic" lots of driver problems and complaints... so, the finger should be pointed at your laptop, not studio.

malaneystuff Loc: SE Wisconsin

I could use it but it would hang when saving. Per support, my video card is not supported.
Their hardware requirements...
https://help.topazlabs.com/hc/en-us/articles/115004759908

Eliz

Oh golly...forgive me if I implicated Topaz. THEY were not the problem. My graphics driver was. Working perfectly now. Yes... I know I have a poor system, haha. We soldier on ;)

gdamant

Unable to use Topaz Studio at all as a stand alone program, but seem to work well as a plug in. Not sure why.

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

How about a laptop with the following specs:

15.6" IPS display
i7 7000K (for overclocking)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 GPU with 6GB GDDR5 Video Memory
4 drive bays/slots - two m.2 and two SATA III
4 memory slots for up to 64 GB ram.

Mind you, this is not an Alienware laptop. But there are two classes of laptops that are similar - mobile engineering workstation and gaming.

https://www.sagernotebook.com/customize.php?productid=1316

There is no question that this kick fanny system could easily show yours a thing or two. Similar systems are available from HP, Lenovo, ASUS and others, but they will cost.

I think you may want to get out of the 90s and understand what's available before you make absurd sweeping generalizations about laptops.

I am sure things work for you very well, but you are a bit of an "odd-duck." What works for you may not work for many others. Making the assumption that our needs are no different than yours will throw your credibility into the trash can. But don't let me stop you, after all, it's just my opinion, right?

BTW, you are on the right track with graphics card drivers, shared memory and other configurational matters. Open GL support and insufficient memory plagues many computers.

https://help.topazlabs.com/hc/en-us/articles/115004603267-Topaz-Studio-is-Crashing

larrylee Loc: East Tennessee Mtns.

I am using a big gaming PC upstairs, with every thing over sized, for my post processing, and I am having the same problems you mentioned. I have been using most of the other Topaz bundle of programs for years, with no problems. The only exception is Impressions, as mentioned by another responder. I used to contact Darcy at topaz for advice, but now I guess they have gotten so big, that personal care is hurting. I have never been able get studio to work, even after sending all PC specks to Joe F. at Topaz. It took forver for him to respond, and was still no help. I recently got an email from him asking to resend specks again. I will say that Studio installed on my PC that I use in the winter, downstairs. It is working fine. Upstairs PC still goes to " Not responding " page.