Streamline your workflow by saving specific edit combinations as presets and applying them quickly to new images. Presets not only save the enhancements but also the auto-selected settings. 

 button in the sidebar, which will open the preset creation menu. Name your preset, review the edits and auto-selections, and click 

 menu and select your preset from the list. The edits and selections are added to the stack. 

Previous edits are retained and not replaced. If you want to use the preset on its own, delete any unwanted edits.

 menu and right-click on a preset to manage it, including renaming or deleting it.

We encourage sharing presets with other users. To view your preset files, go to the Help > Open Presets Folder. These files can be shared with other users who can place it in their own Preset folders.

C:\ProgramData\Topaz Labs LLC\Topaz Photo AI\Presets (Windows)

Library/Application Support/Presets (Mac)

Presets

Use Photo AI as a standalone application to control the file name, export location, and file format.

These save options are unavailable when using Topaz Photo AI as a plugin for another application, such as Photoshop or Lightroom Classic. 

The queue displays pending files for saving. Preview the file name, image dimensions, file size, and format.

Use the export settings to customize the file name, file format, and export location of the final output based on your preferences or intended use of the images.

The Prefix and Suffix fields add text to the exported file name to make locating them easier. Toggle the "Add applied filters to filename" to indicate the AI filters used to process the image.

 This is added to the beginning of the original filename. Use it to include information such as project names, dates, or any other relevant details.

 This is added to the end of the original file name. Use it to include information such as version numbers, annotations, or edit history.

 toggle will appear when the Prefix and Suffix are blank and "Add applied filters to filename" is toggled off. Toggle it on to irreversibly replace the original image with the exported image.

Use this setting to select the export location. Save to the original folder or select a new location from the dropdown menu.

Use this setting to control the file format of the output image. Choose between the options below.

Output images will export as the same type as the original.

RAW is exported as DNG (an open-source RAW file type).

The default JPEG quality is 95%. That is the most space-efficient without sacrificing quality.

Lower quality decreases image size dramatically and creates compression artifacts.

Use the Compress slider to decrease image size without decreasing quality.

Use Bit depth to alter the range of colors or shades of gray available to represent each pixel.

Use ZIP compression for higher compression levels; use LZW for faster processing.

Use the DNG format for RAW input images. Any non-RAW files will be saved as TIFF instead.

The program uses lossless compression to decrease the output file size without losing image data.

: Increasing compression will increase export time.

Click the folder icon to open the folder that contains your processed image.

Export

Select multiple images and import to the application, or drag and drop entire folders. 

Batch process your images to quickly improve them in a group instead of working one at a time. You can let Autopilot decide on filters for you or set the filters yourself.

Below are a few options to quickly batch process your image, including:

Some Photo AI plugins allow importing multiple images in one session for batch processing.

Import your images to Topaz Photo AI. By default, all images will have a green dot on the bottom left which indicates Autopilot is on. 

Batch processing with Autopilot works best if you have personalized Autopilot to your liking through the Preferences menu. 

 button and start the batch. Autopilot will select the best filters when it begins to process each image in the queue.

To disable Autopilot in the application, go to Preferences > Autopilot menu and disable Automatically apply filters. This will require you to add manual edits to any image that is imported to the application.

To disable Autopilot for individual images, make any manual edit to the image. our settings are used for any images you changed. Autopilot will run on images with no changes.

The following manual changes turn off Autopilot for the selected image so you control the processing results: 

After you make manual adjustments to your image, you can select the images you want to process and click 

This is best for batches of images that are shot in similar conditions or created the same way.

Make your manual adjustments on one image.

Ctrl + A to select all images in the batch, or Shift + click to select some images from the batch.

Right click the images in the filmstrip or use the three dots to open the context menu.

Select Apply > Current Settings to Selected Images.

This copies the settings from the current image to the selected images.

 button and start the batch. Every image in the selection will use the same adjustments.

Once you have created a preset, you can quickly apply it to a batch of images.

Select Apply > Preset > pick the preset you want to use.

This copies the settings from the preset to all your selected images.

 button and start the batch. Every image in the batch will use the same Preset.

Batch Processing

Click the Crop button on the top right under the preview to enter the crop menu and change the input image size.

By default, the aspect ratio is locked to the dimensions of the original image. Click the dropdown to select commonly used aspect ratios. 

Click the Lock or Custom to unlock the aspect ratio and manually change the crop rectangle size.

Move the crop handles to change the crop area.

Click Reset to return the original image size. Click the Apply button to save the selection.

Crop & Straighten

Autopilot automatically runs on each image upon import. It analyzes your image for:

Metadata - such as ISO, camera information, and lens information

Manually enable Autopilot by choosing it in the 

After the analysis, Autopilot selects the enhancements and settings needed to optimize the image based on the Preferences > Autopilot menu. Green lights appear next to the Autopilot selected AI filters and settings.

Personalize Autopilot from the Preferences menu.

Windows

 button after your changes to apply the current settings to all images in the current session and future sessions.

This controls Autopilot Upscale & Resize settings for:

minor denoise and minor deblur strength based on detected noise and blur

Set the height, width, long edge, short edge, or scale factor (2x, 4x, 6x) for all images on Autopilot. Images are upscaled to reach the selected dimension. Images larger than the selected output size are not upscaled.

Scale can be used to downscale images to 0.2x the starting size. No other option downscales images automatically.

When using height, width, long edge, or short edge, the dimensions can be changed from pixels to inches or centimeters. This will let you control the print resolution when paired with Output Resolution.

Set to Preserve Original Resolution by default. Set Default Resolution to select a resolution for all processed files.

The default setting, automatically upscales small images to 12 megapixels or a maximum of 6x the original size.

Images larger than 12 megapixels are not upscaled.

Pick a specific AI model for upscaling all your images. 

Modifies the Autopilot recommended noise removal strength lower or higher when resizing any image.

Modifies the Autopilot recommended sharpen strength lower or higher when resizing any image.

This controls Autopilot Remove Noise settings for:

default Remove Noise strength based on detected blur

Non-Raw and Raw files are treated differently because they use different Remove Noise models. Remove Noise - Raw has a separate section under the non-Raw controls.

When detected noise is at or above a set amount, Remove Noise is automatically turned on.

When detected noise is below the selected level, Remove Noise is not turned on.

Set to Autopilot Off if you do not want Autopilot to turn on Remove Noise automatically.

Pick a specific AI model for denoising all your images. 

Modifies the Autopilot recommended denoise strength lower or higher when the AI filter is turned on.

This controls Autopilot Sharpen settings for:

default Sharpen strength based on detected blur

When detected blur is at or above a set amount, Sharpen is automatically turned on.

When detected blur is below the selected level, Sharpen is not turned on.

Set to Autopilot Off if you do not want Autopilot to turn on Sharpen automatically.

Pick a specific AI model for sharpening all your images. 

Modifies the Autopilot recommended sharpen strength lower or higher when the AI filter is turned on.

Face Detection controls which faces are automatically selected to recover and the default Face Recovery strength. Click the dropdown menu for face selection settings:

: low quality faces are selected improved

: faces in the subject mask are selected and improved

: face detection is turned off and no faces are improved

All faces processed will use the selected Face Recovery Strength.

Parts to Enhance controls areas near the face which are improved.

Deselect Hair and Neck to improve only the face.

Selecting None disables face detection and will reduce processing time if your images have no faces to recover.

This controls the default strength for the exposure and contrast correction when it is turned on.

This controls the default temperature and strength of the color correction on the image.

Autopilot & Configuration

Plugins

Enhancements

Learn about all the functions of Photo AI. These are different from the enhancements and AI models. 

Functions

Presets

Export

Batch Processing

Crop & Straighten

Autopilot & Configuration