and the renewal for topaz is $99 and for On1 it will be about $40 .. plus topaz is really pushing topaz 1 which has all 3 of the apps and Not cheap

I second this. On1 has a very good Denoise AI app which does a better job than Topaz DeNoise in my opinion. You can just buy it as a plugin if you are use Photoshop, Lightroom Classic, or any app that supports Photoshop plugins.

Also it is a perpetual license that is fairly priced unlike what Topaz has been doing lately.

if you go that route and still want to use apple photos as your Data Asset Management you can get it as plugins and use it right from Photos. Also there is a raw developer app made by the guys that created aperture (damn you Apple, laughs ) which should give you more features than the basic Photos raw (I am assuming you are shooting raw) processor. I think this is it https://www.gentlemencoders.com/raw-power-for-macos/

I’d looked at Impresso before and while it is not terribly expensive at $50 if I want all the features of Topaz Studio 2 I would need to buy their pro pac at $160.. not sure it is worth it.

Thanks I’ll look at it

If you do make a shortcut to do that routine I’d love a copy.

Laughs. I shouldn’t post when I just woke up. 13.2 Ventura.

16.3 is one of the more buggy release from Apple. I will add your issues to the others I’m working through.

I use both studio and studio 2 on my m1 Mac running latest version of Ventura. Both run fine though 2 is slower than 1. If you purchased 2 you should be able to download a copy of it on their website after logging in.



However I expect at sometime a update to either my macOS or post processing software will break it.

It is unfortunate Topaz killed it. The Topaz Facebook group has most of its posts being images developed with Studio. Since I have other apps that do what their current apps as well or better I made a decision to not renew my Sharpen AI, DeNoise AI, or Gigapixel AI apps. I am looking for a Mac solution to replace Studio.

Anytime you open a raw image it opens up in Camera Raw which has masking. When you use Lightroom it is has a Data Asset Management catalog (database) but when you open a raw image it uses Camera Raw as well but buried inside the Lightroom UI. Bridge is a browser. It does not process so images

Look at KEH for buying used equipment. I’ve found B&H gives the best prices for selling something

80% of the reply to a sincere request for an answer to what do people use to mint a NFT were trolls. I thought UHHers were better than this. If I sell a limited number of prints that increases the value of the image assuming I really limit the prints to that limit. A NFT is a way to sell something that supposedly a one of one.

You might want to read the previous post on this by me. Lots of info about alternative sites and pricing. Biggest issue is Costco had free shipping. Shutterfly shipping requirements of $49 order is a killer for me. Other pro sites offer free shipping at $15 or $16 or a flat fee of $10 for an order regardless of the quantity of prints.

And Nvidia has said it’s at fault and put out a fix. This is a hardware issue.

ok more. I got my Costco email today to transfer my account to Shutterfly with the 51% discount and free shipping after $49 order. I am looking at putting an order to Costco before they shut down on the 28th as their prices are still cheaper.

Doing more research I have found the best values I see seem to be Photo Canvasland, Millers and White House. I have never used these houses so I am going to have to do some test prints (ugh). The big factor is shipping. Canvasland ships for a flat $10 for any order, plus all of their prints have backings. Both Millers and White House have free shipping after a small order of $15 or $16 not $49 like Shutterfly.

But this is where it becomes interesting - I like having a backing like Styrene.

If you look at a 16x20 print with Styrene here are the 3 prices including shipping

Canvasland $31
Millers $25.99
White House $32.85

Returns

I can’t find White House or Millers information so I have question into their support.

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