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No, that's just trying to bring up severely underexposed shadows. If you look at the image in my original post at the top of the page, you will see a faint square pattern throughout the entire background, and a very noticeable set of square around the flowers. FYI, I am not trying to fix a...

This begs the question of the reason behind this. Yes, you will gain the 1.5 crop factor, effectively turning your 500mm lens into a 750mm. However, since you are not using a large portion of your sensor, your resolution will suffer commensurately. You can accomplish the same thing by shooting...

The Pup has had the same issue using Photo AI on her PC. Same brand, not sure if the graphics processor is the same. They were purchased a year and a half apart. I also had the issue with my old computer, different brand.

The original file is approx 25 MB. I don't think I can send that size file via e-mail. I tried doing that once before and the system wouldn't let me. I just tried it, and it balked. I sent the unedited original converted to JPG. I ran it through Photo AI and saw the artifact in the preview...

I haven't forgotten to report back. I still haven't gotten an answer from Topaz. They emailed me very quickly after my initial contact and requested the original file, a screen shot of the settings in Photo AI during the processing, and the processed photo file. I sent the files back to them...

Welcome. Check page 74 in the online manual. It looks like you can either manually select, or put it in auto, and it will automatically go into the correct mode depending on the lens that is attached. D810 online manual

I just wish they would let me get close enough to fill the frame. The least little movement or noise and they are squawking and flying. I would like to get something like this, only with a male wood duck in breeding plumage. I took this one last year at another swamp. Wasn't really happy about...

Decided on another trip to Cypress Gardens today. Wow, lots more wood ducks. They were everywhere. They were skiddish! Still. I did get a chance to snap a few. None were very close, and I had to crop them fairly heavily. I guess this is why they call them "wood ducks". I got pretty...

Have you tried removing the card from the camera and using a card reader to transfer files to your PC?

White egrets can be difficult to get detail in with either harsh light, or backlight. Got this guy early in the morning with a backlit scene.

The dove and the mocking bird. OK, it looks like a mocking bird in B&W.

Well, I sent them a description of the issue, and the sample photo. I'll report back with what they say. I hope I can fix this. I really like Topaz, but find the artifacts rather annoying.

Thanks, Fred. I read the first article that popped up. It was from Apr of last year. The representative from Topaz said they were working on it and hoped to have a fix by the end of the quarter. :rolleyes: The work around they suggested did not work for me. This was to convert it to another...

It's an HP with an I7 processor and 16 gigs of RAM. I've been updating it regularly, so I'm sure it's the latest version. I was loading the latest update tonight, and had some issues, so I uninstalled it and am reloading it right now. What's the issue with the known problem. Is that a bug they...

Since I started using Topaz AI, as opposed to using the separate programs, I've occasionally noticed these weird artifacts in the backgrounds. They are most notable in dark backgrounds that are then lightened in LR. The artifacts are visible in the output file from Topaz. Here is a recent...

Well, I made a spur of the moment trip back over the Cypress today to see if the bugs were starting to get active. They weren't. I went ahead and switched to the long tele and walked the perimeter of the swamp. Some of the birds and a turtle were cooperative(ish). These guys weren't as...

Well, that was the pick of the litter from about 6 trips down to the beach, and that particular trip, the gnats were absolutely vicious. We only stayed about 45 minutes then turned tail and ran. That tree from that angle was the one that keep me going back again and again. Don't think it has...

No, I don't mind at all. One of the major draws to the forum is learning. We may have different visions of what the final product should be, but by looking at something from a different perspective, it often helps to clarify what we are after. Often it leads down a path one, or both of us hadn't...

Just for context, this is what we normally get at this location when we have access to getting onto the beach itself. Taken last year in close to the same spot, this is a different tree in the surf, although from close up, rather than several hundred yards away, across the marsh. The landscape...

I don't think I can remove both and still have either enough resolution left, or fit everything in while excluding both of those things. I already had to crop down the original image, somewhat, to level up the horizon. Here is a fairly radical crop, putting the horizon on the bottom third...