I have been busy with life stuff, but on the photo side I just acquired the Topaz AI2 software
I'm using forum tips I have read and felt like I kind of knew the program from the start. I turned off the "auto" as I prefer to have control. Here is one of my first efforts on a very average quality photo of a northern parula. I shoot all RAW image files and when I want "straight out of camera" I export from NX Studio to jpg with no adjustments
Straight out of camera
This is processed using Affinity Photo2 and adjusted after processing using Topaz AI2 - I'm pretty impressed, I have lots to learn but believe this will be a worthwhile tool
I'm thinking I still over sharpened a bit - comments welcomed