Lightroom Classic

Adobe Lightroom Classic [LrC] is the desktop application of Adobe Lightroom.

Please reach out to our Support team for questions related to Lightroom Creative Cloud [CC] via email at support@topazlabs.com.

There are two Topaz Photo AI plugins for Lightroom Classic that are automatically installed:

a RAW plugin, accessed through File > Plug-in Extras > Process with Topaz Photo AI
an external editor plugin, accessed through Photo > Edit in > Topaz Photo AI

The maximum image size when using the plugins is 512 megapixels (512,000,000 pixels total).

RAW Plugin

The RAW plugin provides the best image quality results for your RAW photos. Sending a RAW image to Topaz Photo AI enables the RAW denoise enhancement, which improves detail and decreases noise.

We recommend using unedited RAW files with this plugin because Topaz Photo AI does not read RAW edits. If you change the crop size of an image, it is not reflected in the application preview. All edits except for crop are copied.

Processing a RAW or DNG file with Adjust Lighting or Balance Color outputs a TIFF file.

For some file types, Lightroom Classic prompts you to Overwrite your selected image or to Edit a Copy, which creates a copy of your original image in Lightroom.

This menu does not appear when working with "proprietary" RAW formats as they cannot be overwritten. A DNG copy is always created. This is for any RAW Files that are not supported. The supported cameras are documented here (https://docs.topazlabs.com/photo-ai/supported-cameras).

Images are only exported as a TIFF if the Adjust Lighting and/or Color Balance Enhancements are used. Otherwise, images are exported to a DNG.

Exporting with the plugin for the first time asks if you want to save images to collections.

External Editor

The external editor plugin appears under the Edit In option within Lightroom Classic:

PSD files are not compatible with the Photo AI Lightroom Classic plugin.

The following Lightroom Classic menu appears after invoking the plugin:

For RAW files, you must Edit a Copy with Lightroom Adjustments.
For non-RAW files, you can Edit a Copy without your Lightroom adjustments or Edit Original to overwrite your selected file.

Batch Editing

The RAW plugin and the external editor both support batch processing.

Select multiple images in the Library Grid or in the Filmstrip and:

For the RAW plugin, click File > Plug-in Extras > Process with Topaz Photo AI
For the external editor, right-click your images and click Edit In > Topaz Photo AI

Do not use Photo > Edit in > Topaz Photo AI from in the Develop tab. This only sends the currently viewed image to Topaz Photo AI.

Functions

Photoshop & Photoshop Elements