LrC & Topaz Sharpen AI

[MGBJAY]

04 JAN 2023 @ 0644 HOURS

At what point in the development process of either a RAW image, or even a JPEG is it beneficial to send said image to Topaz Sharpen AI?

Also, it would be very useful to understand WHY you believe your suggestion to be productive for you.

Thanks. 

[Keith Reeder]

Send it if you think it's too noisy for Lr's NR. 

When doesn't matter.

[AxelMatt]

Normally the sharpening of an image will be done after all editings are done.

Because many editings can have a negative effect on sharpness.

[Keith Reeder]

But Lr's processing pipeline will apply adjustments in the order it is designed to, so when you apply - say - sharpening, doesn't matter to Lr.

With this being the case, we're back to "when you think..." - edit the file until it looks right to you, and then Lr will do its thing, in the order it's configured to.

[MGBJAY]

Thanks for the info Keith.

Perhaps you might then be able to inform me exactly what the actual predefined "order it is designed to" apply its adjustments in is. I've not heard of this before, and it may be really helpful with the practice of editing overall. 

I presume that what you mean here is that LrC (and maybe any other Lr versions) has a preset manner of doing what it does irrespective of the way that "I" think that I am doing edits? That'd be helpful with regard to the use of other external editors as well. I have all of the TOPAZ software and always have wondered the order in which to use them, either before or after applying changes in LrC.

Thanks again.