Topaz remask dupe7/29/2023 ![]() ![]() Yet it’s supposedly a completely different product. The free upgrade from InFocus to Sharpen Ai was way more of an upgrade than Remask 5 to Mask Ai. As for Mask Ai it is not different in capabilities than any rewrite of an existing product and typically less sophisticated. I found I was actually using Studio fairly often until Studio 2 and now I rarely ever use it even though every few weeks I open it and consider using it practically every case I just close it and use the classic plugins directly. It seems odd to me that with both Remask and Studio, the new and improved products that have to be purchased, albeit with upgrade pricing for previous owners and are no longer part of the upgrades for life product line, the new versions are both retrogrades in terms of capabilities and workflow finesse. I just hope Mask Ai doesn’t “fall by the wayside” as time marches forward. Heck, Mask Ai cannot even be used in Studio 2, as of today. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve been a Topaz user for many, many users and really appreciate these free updates, but not at the expense of further development and refinement of existing products. ![]() Personally, I’ve never understood their “free upgrades for life” strategy because giving stuff away doesn’t make you money. What concerns me at this point is that in recent years Topaz’s development methodology seems to be: 1) release a product before it’s really ready, 2) release a flurry of initial updates while initial sales are running hot, then 3) forget about this product because we need to move on to the new thing that’s going to make us money. I’m still “on the fence” about asking for a refund. When little bits-n-pieces remain, I’m finding the current automated brushes generally do too much. I’d like to have a simple cut/keep brush that would enable me to manually manipulate the mask, as necessary, to perfect it. What Mask Ai desperately needs is some cleanup tools. In my limited testing of Mask Ai I have, so far, found the initial computed mask to be better (more complete?) than Remask 5 at least, for the images I’ve tossed at it. ![]()
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