Topaz Photo AI gets intelligent text detection, side face recovery, crop tool improvements, more changes in v3.4.1
Topaz Photo AI, one of my favorite tools for the desktop for enhancing sub-par photographs, has picked up some important updates this week in versions 3.4.0 and 3.4.1.
The former, which released on Wednesday, included a bevy of new features and important changes which are highlighted in a blog post shared on Topaz Labs’ website. From what we can gather, the updates introduces the following changes:
- Added Intelligent Text Detection for Preserve Text
- Added Major Improvement to the Crop Tool
- Added Face Recovery for Side Faces + macOS 12
- Added Regeneration for Super Focus
- Added Camera profiles for Olympus and Panasonic RAW
- Added In-App Support Outreach
- Added Welcome Screen with Tutorial Videos
- Added Tutorials inside Suggestions
- Added Sample Images
- Added -crop suffix to file exports with crop
- Updated model selector for Upscale
- Multiple fixes for product metrics
- Fix applying presets sometimes moving some filters below upscale
- Fix crash on startup when offline
- Fix crash when adding multiple sharpen enhancements
- Fix subject masks always saying “auto”
- Fix reactivation window not appearing on windows
- Fix OpenSSL issue with plugin flow
- Automatic Lensfun Update
- Exiftool update
The smaller v3.4.1 update brings some additional bug fixes that were necessary after the v3.4.0 release and is recommended for all users. This update introduces the following changes:
- Fixed grid artifacts with the High Fidelity v2 upscaling model
- Fixed issue with crashes during import on some images
- Fixed some incorrect spacing and colors in Light Mode
- Updated app icon
From what we can gather, Topaz Photo AI is getting a lot better at detecting text inside of images and attempting to preserve that text. This is important, as AI-based photo improvement software tends to deal significant damage to text inside of images. By preserving that text, important details in images are improved, while text remains the same as when it was captured. This all happens automatically now, instead of requiring you to manually mask out text yourself.
Another major feature is regeneration for super focus, which can be extremely helpful if you aren’t happy with the results of the Super Focus tool. When this happens, you can forcefully re-generate a Super Focus result, hopefully getting better results the next time. Topaz Labs calls this seed regeneration, and by getting multiple output versions, you can select whichever one looks best to you afterward.
The Crop Tool, which lets users remove unwanted portions of an image from a photograph, now supports both size mode and aspect ratio mode, giving users more options with respect to image output. This can help make the resulting image outputs more uniform when working with a portfolio of several images.
Face Recovery, an AI-based feature that helps fix faces that don’t come out nicely in photographs, is getting a boost in this update as well. Now, faces captured from the side will be fixed better than ever before, and it now works on macOS 12 for the first time. Topaz Labs says that the updated model is more conscious of skin tones, jewelry, and other factors that older models may have struggled with.
While this update is a free upgrade for existing users, anyone who isn’t already taking advantage of Topaz Photo AI can purchase a copy for themselves from Topaz Labs’ website for $199. The software can be used on macOS as well as Windows.
Are you impressed by the latest updates? Let us know in the comments section down below.
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