Topaz dissapointment
1 week ago

Just this week I switched from being a longtime Windows PC user to MacBook Pro. I tried but was unable to install Topaz Adjust, Denoise AI, Mask and Gigapixel AI on the new MacBook. And when I emailed Topaz support, here's what they said:

1. Adjust AI and Mask AI were both discontinued a couple of years ago and have not received further updates. So basically they're no longer available.

2. The other programs I can use ONLY IF I run PS in Rosetta - something I'm not willing to do because of having to go back and forth between it and native iOS PS and the actions/filters I want to use with it.

Bottom line: to me (perhaps not others) it seems Topaz is falling behind other software companies and doesn't seem interested in keeping pace with latest/best equipment, instead relying on its former glory which seems to be fading fast.

All that said, can anyone recommend a good easy to use masking program (and maybe I don't even need it given PS new generative AI abilities)?

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