Since creating this video Luminar Neo has been updated and improved. You can get the newest version on sale here: bit.ly/NeoSale and maybe save more with coupon: ATNEO10 (sometimes Skylum de-activate the code if there's already a promotion running but worth giving a go!)
I really appreciate the mini tutorial on Topaz Photo AI, a tool that I bought some time back, but have only used few times. I didn't realize it had a crop feature! I'm going to be using it more.
Great video again, Anthony. I do use both Luminar Neo and Topaz Photo AI as my "go to" when it comes to photo editing and I have to admit, I learned new things, at least regarding Topaz Photo AI's masking and cropping which I usually do with Luminar and talking about masking, if anyone at Skylum is watching, you guys MUST improve your masking AI, it is horrendous. Also, it would be nice to have software integration like Adobe has with Lightroom so you don't have to get in and out of software, but rather use it as extension. Also, lens profile option would be a plus.
I agree--Mask AI is their least effective "AI" tool. They should just give us what Lightroom has: subject, background, sky masking. LR nails it every time. With Neo, it's a frustrating exercise to get it to select your subject. I usually give up and manually brush it in.
I'm so glad to have found this video, Anthony. It's so appropriate for me: I shoot Micro Four Thirds, and I use Neo and Topaz AI. I also do the bulk of my edits in Neo now and I agree that their extensions, while useful, are nowhere near as good as the world class ones from Topaz. I was a little skeptical when Topaz first released Photo AI, but since they gave it to me for free (as I already owned Denoise AI, Sharpen AI, and Gigapixel AI), I gave it a shot. And WOW, what a tool it is! I'm constantly saying "Wow!" with everything I throw at it. I sure hope Luminar will support plugins eventually. That's one ability that's sorely missing now.
Hi Anthony, thank you for the work done. It is quite informative. From my point of view I don't see any improvement of the pictures in niether program. It was badly lighten and noisy in the beginging and became poorly lighten and plasticy in the end. The example does not show how improvement can happen and which program is better. I bought the luminar recently to get my pictures to the next level and I'm extremly disapointed in it. DxO 1 makes much better improvements in sharpness and noise reduction. Topaz is amazing in this regard. DxO4 as good as Topaz. But to see the difference one should start with a really good picture: good lighten with moderatly good details and a bit sketchy iso (I"m using MFT so I speak about iso 1600-3200). Than one see the difference the programs can make and also the difference btw. Topaz and Luminar. As for me even if I got Luminar I still using DxO 1 from 3 years ago for noice reduction :)
Thanks Anthony. I sent that photo of a sacred kingfisher because it was an extreme example. I tried the Luminar extensions and the trial version of Photo Ai without great success. So, it was great to see your workflow using both. Clearly there is a necessity for understanding the tool's limitations and strengths. It doesn't just happen. With the Olympus, shooting small birds I often have high iso because I use high shutter speeds in the bush. Shooting at 20fps I only got 3 frames of that bird the other two were as it left the perch. After sitting for several hours stalking that perch, it wasn't even the bird I was after. I was looking for an azure kingfisher! Thanks again. I will be thinking hard about whether as an amateur the cost of Photo AI is worth it given that I have DXO pure raw as well.
I have both Topaz Photo AI and PureRAW (not the latest version though), and I'd choose Photo AI any day as it can do so much more (though the optical correction in PureRAW might be better). And though PureRAW is expensive, PhotoAI is even more expensive, but it does include all three of their class-leading tool, which work phenomenally well.
Great video in demonstrating comparison results of Luminar Extension and Topaz Photo AI. Thanks Anthony. Luminar had probably hired someone from Topaz and sell their features by collecting ext fees. At about the same period of time, TOPAZ had moved a step ahead in consolidated its Giga Pixel, Sharpen & Denoise into Photo AI and keep improving. Luminar hadn't improved its core engines of Mask AI. Hope they can improve.
Hello ... I'm glad to see this video. I use Topaz Photo Ai and Lumiar Neo as well. As you show in this video I am very happy with the results I managed to get. Merci
This was amazing sir, superb work here. Really enjoyed this one, having been recently given a naff jpeg that looks like it has about 8 pixels to its make up. Needless to say, while LN made a reasonable job of at least making it possible to see WHO was in the picture, I think your PhotoAI recommendation might just make a better result. Cheers chap. Appreciated.
new subscriber here! not polishing apples, you're an incredibly talented educator. bar none. no doubt i speak for hundreds of thousands of aspiring content creators when i say, "who's the anthony turnham of davinci resolve?" get your ass over to the video side my friend!!!!! 🤟🏼
Great video, it was good to see wildlife editing, no one is doing this, there's loads of us shooting bird pictures, yet everyone is focusing on landscape editing, occasionally they will mention photoshop, but never explain, and photoshop can be a generic name like hoover but using a Dyson. More bird editing with Neo please.
Hi Ron. Yes, I enjoyed doing this one. It's different from my normal genres so it was a nice change. I don't photograph birds so if you have some images (raw preferably) you'd like me to consider editing for a video tutorial you can send them through to anthonyeditsyourphotos@gmail.com. A brief description of what you want to achieve or are struggling with is always helpful.
Great video as always, so much information carefully presented. I have a query. I normally upscale before I edit perhaps because the upscale program is in the catalog section of the program. I then Denise and sharpen etc. You do it the other way around, does the order matter? Keep up the great work.
Perfect timing. Recently purchased TPAI. Excellent presentation - thank you Anthony and much appreciated. Using TPAI or any of the Topaz products as stand-alones rather than a plug-in is awkward, somewhat clumsey. I'd love to see a tutorial on the file management end of using the two softwares parallel where you start editing your raw file with TPAI - and then going to Luminar Neo for final edits - I don't like having to put my TPAI processed image into Neo's "Add Image" section. I'm winding up with tons of images in that section. I'm not sure I even know how to explain what I want to do - just when using Neo I've only ever added a folder that Neo points to on my HD. Thanks ever so much - looking forward to more tutorials on the Topaz products.
You convinced me! I just bought Topaz Photo AI using your link. Question: Should I use Photo AI on the RAW photo BEFORE using Luminar Neo on the exported TIFF? If I do that, I no longer have access to Develop RAW in Luminar Neo, right? In a previous video of the Milky Way above a canyon, you did the Luminar Neo edit first (including Develop RAW) before exporting and running it through Topaz DeNoise . The Topaz website recommends using it on the RAW photo, as you did in this video. What do you generally recommend?
Firstly thanks for using the link. It helps me out with the channel. 🙏 So it actually depends on the image. Personally I like to get the most out of my raw file using developRaw first. - for most cases. I would actually recommend doing a simple side by side workflow comparison. It'll reveal the benefis of each method and help you understand what's going on with each step. Then you'll be able to choose the approach based on your knowledge and experience.
@@AnthonyTurnham Thanks! I'll do that. I'm a relative newbie at photo editing (never used Photoshop or Lightroom---started with Luminar 4, then AI, and now Neo as a hobbyist), and I have REALLY learned a lot with your videos. Thank you for what you do. Cheers!
Very interesting tutorial as always. Thank you so much for helping us improve and better understand our edits. Regarding workflow, In the "old days", using Luminar 4, Topaz Denoise and Sharpen could be used as a plugin on Luminar. Doesn't seem to be a possibility with Neo. I would think it would make things easier to do the raw edits on Neo, send it to Topaz through plugin and finish off the edits on Neo ... not forgetting to add "mystical" at the end for good measure :) Any thoughts?
Hi Anthony! I've yet to get Topaz AI's combined package, so I have the old stye 3 apps version. I did mail you some photos from Shetland that I could not do anything with😾. Did you get them? I would be nice to know whether you could edit them with Luminar Neo, they are all RAW files. Please get back to me if you have not received them as a download. Thanks! Regards from Felix the Cat. 🐱
Hi. Yes I downloaded them the other day. I had a play around with them but as you mentioned due to the fog/mist the visibility was pretty poor and therefore there's not as much detail captured on the sensor to do that much with. Did you have an idea of what it was you were hoping to achieve with the edits? Regardless, I bet you had a nice time! I'd love to visit at some point.
@@AnthonyTurnham Yes Anthony, I hoped you could clean up the image and give it more definition. Btw, yesterday I bought Topaz's Photo AI and it's great! Do you think you could use it to improve the definition of those photos? Regards from Felix the Cat! 😺
If you have a current subscription for the three apps, I believe Topaz gives you Photo AI for free (that's how I got mine). But if you let your subscription lapse, then it's not free.
BIG NEWS! Skylum has just launched a summer sale where you can save a massive 81% off Luminar Neo here bit.ly/NeoSale But the cool thing is in addition to that they've given me a coupon code to share with you so you get to save ANOTHER 20% (use code AFF-T5C1C0 ) I really hope that helps you out! It should work for both the perpetual licence and the subscription too. Enjoy😄 Best wishes, Anthony
Since creating this video Luminar Neo has been updated and improved. You can get the newest version on sale here: bit.ly/NeoSale and maybe save more with coupon: ATNEO10 (sometimes Skylum de-activate the code if there's already a promotion running but worth giving a go!)
Thanks Anthony. I have loads of over-cropped birdy pics to sort out. Now I know how.
Thanks for the great comparison. It confirmed my own findings about the superiority of the Topaz tools vs. the Luminar extensions.
I really appreciate the mini tutorial on Topaz Photo AI, a tool that I bought some time back, but have only used few times. I didn't realize it had a crop feature! I'm going to be using it more.
Great video again, Anthony. I do use both Luminar Neo and Topaz Photo AI as my "go to" when it comes to photo editing and I have to admit, I learned new things, at least regarding Topaz Photo AI's masking and cropping which I usually do with Luminar and talking about masking, if anyone at Skylum is watching, you guys MUST improve your masking AI, it is horrendous. Also, it would be nice to have software integration like Adobe has with Lightroom so you don't have to get in and out of software, but rather use it as extension. Also, lens profile option would be a plus.
Yes, integration and cataloging is the place where there is room to improve.
I agree--Mask AI is their least effective "AI" tool. They should just give us what Lightroom has: subject, background, sky masking. LR nails it every time. With Neo, it's a frustrating exercise to get it to select your subject. I usually give up and manually brush it in.
I'm so glad to have found this video, Anthony. It's so appropriate for me: I shoot Micro Four Thirds, and I use Neo and Topaz AI. I also do the bulk of my edits in Neo now and I agree that their extensions, while useful, are nowhere near as good as the world class ones from Topaz. I was a little skeptical when Topaz first released Photo AI, but since they gave it to me for free (as I already owned Denoise AI, Sharpen AI, and Gigapixel AI), I gave it a shot. And WOW, what a tool it is! I'm constantly saying "Wow!" with everything I throw at it. I sure hope Luminar will support plugins eventually. That's one ability that's sorely missing now.
Hi Anthony, thank you for the work done. It is quite informative. From my point of view I don't see any improvement of the pictures in niether program. It was badly lighten and noisy in the beginging and became poorly lighten and plasticy in the end. The example does not show how improvement can happen and which program is better. I bought the luminar recently to get my pictures to the next level and I'm extremly disapointed in it. DxO 1 makes much better improvements in sharpness and noise reduction. Topaz is amazing in this regard. DxO4 as good as Topaz. But to see the difference one should start with a really good picture: good lighten with moderatly good details and a bit sketchy iso (I"m using MFT so I speak about iso 1600-3200). Than one see the difference the programs can make and also the difference btw. Topaz and Luminar. As for me even if I got Luminar I still using DxO 1 from 3 years ago for noice reduction :)
Thanks Anthony. I sent that photo of a sacred kingfisher because it was an extreme example. I tried the Luminar extensions and the trial version of Photo Ai without great success. So, it was great to see your workflow using both. Clearly there is a necessity for understanding the tool's limitations and strengths. It doesn't just happen. With the Olympus, shooting small birds I often have high iso because I use high shutter speeds in the bush. Shooting at 20fps I only got 3 frames of that bird the other two were as it left the perch. After sitting for several hours stalking that perch, it wasn't even the bird I was after. I was looking for an azure kingfisher! Thanks again. I will be thinking hard about whether as an amateur the cost of Photo AI is worth it given that I have DXO pure raw as well.
Thanks Kim. I really love the photo you sent in. Glad you like the result. 😀
I have both Topaz Photo AI and PureRAW (not the latest version though), and I'd choose Photo AI any day as it can do so much more (though the optical correction in PureRAW might be better). And though PureRAW is expensive, PhotoAI is even more expensive, but it does include all three of their class-leading tool, which work phenomenally well.
Great video in demonstrating comparison results of Luminar Extension and Topaz Photo AI. Thanks Anthony. Luminar had probably hired someone from Topaz and sell their features by collecting ext fees. At about the same period of time, TOPAZ had moved a step ahead in consolidated its Giga Pixel, Sharpen & Denoise into Photo AI and keep improving. Luminar hadn't improved its core engines of Mask AI. Hope they can improve.
Hello ... I'm glad to see this video. I use Topaz Photo Ai and Lumiar Neo as well.
As you show in this video I am very happy with the results I managed to get.
Merci
De rien! Yeah topaz is sooooo good at sorting out noise, blur and low res photos. It's pretty insane what it can do!
This was amazing sir, superb work here. Really enjoyed this one, having been recently given a naff jpeg that looks like it has about 8 pixels to its make up. Needless to say, while LN made a reasonable job of at least making it possible to see WHO was in the picture, I think your PhotoAI recommendation might just make a better result. Cheers chap. Appreciated.
You're welcome Geoff!
new subscriber here!
not polishing apples, you're an incredibly talented educator. bar none.
no doubt i speak for hundreds of thousands of aspiring content creators when i say, "who's the anthony turnham of davinci resolve?"
get your ass over to the video side my friend!!!!! 🤟🏼
Aw thanks man. Very kind of you to say. 😀
Great video, it was good to see wildlife editing, no one is doing this, there's loads of us shooting bird pictures, yet everyone is focusing on landscape editing, occasionally they will mention photoshop, but never explain, and photoshop can be a generic name like hoover but using a Dyson. More bird editing with Neo please.
Hi Ron. Yes, I enjoyed doing this one. It's different from my normal genres so it was a nice change. I don't photograph birds so if you have some images (raw preferably) you'd like me to consider editing for a video tutorial you can send them through to anthonyeditsyourphotos@gmail.com. A brief description of what you want to achieve or are struggling with is always helpful.
Thanks Anthony, an image is on its way, difficult to pick an example that may be worth keeping, but I would be interested in any advice.
Great video as always, so much information carefully presented. I have a query. I normally upscale before I edit perhaps because the upscale program is in the catalog section of the program. I then Denise and sharpen etc. You do it the other way around, does the order matter? Keep up the great work.
Perfect timing. Recently purchased TPAI. Excellent presentation - thank you Anthony and much appreciated. Using TPAI or any of the Topaz products as stand-alones rather than a plug-in is awkward, somewhat clumsey. I'd love to see a tutorial on the file management end of using the two softwares parallel where you start editing your raw file with TPAI - and then going to Luminar Neo for final edits - I don't like having to put my TPAI processed image into Neo's "Add Image" section. I'm winding up with tons of images in that section. I'm not sure I even know how to explain what I want to do - just when using Neo I've only ever added a folder that Neo points to on my HD. Thanks ever so much - looking forward to more tutorials on the Topaz products.
I think I get where you're coming from with the adding of photos vs having a file structure. I'll see what I can do....
You convinced me! I just bought Topaz Photo AI using your link. Question: Should I use Photo AI on the RAW photo BEFORE using Luminar Neo on the exported TIFF? If I do that, I no longer have access to Develop RAW in Luminar Neo, right? In a previous video of the Milky Way above a canyon, you did the Luminar Neo edit first (including Develop RAW) before exporting and running it through Topaz DeNoise . The Topaz website recommends using it on the RAW photo, as you did in this video. What do you generally recommend?
Firstly thanks for using the link. It helps me out with the channel. 🙏 So it actually depends on the image. Personally I like to get the most out of my raw file using developRaw first. - for most cases. I would actually recommend doing a simple side by side workflow comparison. It'll reveal the benefis of each method and help you understand what's going on with each step. Then you'll be able to choose the approach based on your knowledge and experience.
@@AnthonyTurnham Thanks! I'll do that. I'm a relative newbie at photo editing (never used Photoshop or Lightroom---started with Luminar 4, then AI, and now Neo as a hobbyist), and I have REALLY learned a lot with your videos. Thank you for what you do. Cheers!
Really useful, thanks for that.
You're welcome!
Another great video. Thanks.
Thanks for watching!
Very interesting tutorial as always. Thank you so much for helping us improve and better understand our edits. Regarding workflow, In the "old days", using Luminar 4, Topaz Denoise and Sharpen could be used as a plugin on Luminar. Doesn't seem to be a possibility with Neo. I would think it would make things easier to do the raw edits on Neo, send it to Topaz through plugin and finish off the edits on Neo ... not forgetting to add "mystical" at the end for good measure :) Any thoughts?
Yeah, that's a solid workflow idea. Nice. And yeah, don't forget mystical 😜
The current best deal for Luminar Neo can be found here bit.ly/Luminar-NEO. You can try code ATNEO10 for an additional discount.
Great video showing excellent results but sadly the software is way out of my limited budget.
Hi Anthony! I've yet to get Topaz AI's combined package, so I have the old stye 3 apps version. I did mail you some photos from Shetland that I could not do anything with😾. Did you get them? I would be nice to know whether you could edit them with Luminar Neo, they are all RAW files. Please get back to me if you have not received them as a download. Thanks! Regards from Felix the Cat. 🐱
Hi. Yes I downloaded them the other day. I had a play around with them but as you mentioned due to the fog/mist the visibility was pretty poor and therefore there's not as much detail captured on the sensor to do that much with. Did you have an idea of what it was you were hoping to achieve with the edits? Regardless, I bet you had a nice time! I'd love to visit at some point.
@@AnthonyTurnham Yes Anthony, I hoped you could clean up the image and give it more definition. Btw, yesterday I bought Topaz's Photo AI and it's great! Do you think you could use it to improve the definition of those photos? Regards from Felix the Cat! 😺
If you have a current subscription for the three apps, I believe Topaz gives you Photo AI for free (that's how I got mine). But if you let your subscription lapse, then it's not free.
Anthony Turnham on this video you demo you use the Luminar Neo or Luminar Neo AI thanks
Hi. This is Luminar Neo. The predecessor was just called Luminar AI.
Iuse all the Topz apps.
BIG NEWS! Skylum has just launched a summer sale where you can save a massive 81% off Luminar Neo here bit.ly/NeoSale But the cool thing is in addition to that they've given me a coupon code to share with you so you get to save ANOTHER 20% (use code AFF-T5C1C0 ) I really hope that helps you out! It should work for both the perpetual licence and the subscription too. Enjoy😄 Best wishes, Anthony
Great really appreciated this. Any chance of doing a more detailed look at photo AI?
I'll see what I can do. I'm really enjoying using it so it certainly something I'll consider featuring more in future.
Mystical 😂