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Topaz Mask AI Changelog

What's new in Topaz Mask AI 1.3.8

Jan 20, 2021
  • New Features:
  • New Trimap Save dialog, permitting saving trimap in plugin mode
  • Ability to open more image formats, including raw formats like CR3
  • Automatically switch preview pane when changing background modes, to let you see what you are changing
  • Fixes:
  • Crash in auto-subject and auto-sky functions pre-calibration
  • Support for non-Latin characters in file paths
  • Auto-Subject and Auto-Sky buttons stay enabled even after computing a mask
  • Misc stability fixes

New in Topaz Mask AI 1.3.7 (Dec 15, 2020)

  • New features:
  • Sticky save settings for PNG, JPEG, and TIF
  • Better retaining of input image format on save
  • New and cleaner help tooltips
  • Fixes:
  • Fix crash when cancelling out of Photoshop plugin mode
  • Revert brush size changes from Mask 1.3.5 (to scale brush size better on Windows)
  • Installer stability fixes, and better open program detection

New in Topaz Mask AI 1.3.6 (Dec 15, 2020)

  • Major features:
  • Configurable toolbar positions (in preferences)
  • New look to the application, more consistent with other apps
  • Improved tutorial indicators
  • Improvements:
  • Save dialog defaults to maximum quality for JPG and PNG
  • Save setting for color profile is now “sticky” between saves
  • more zoom shortcuts
  • Masking brush easier to see while drawing
  • better anti-aliasing on in-app images and icons
  • Fixes:
  • User auth stuck in “Unable to Verify Ownership” when an incorrect password is entered.
  • mis-matched color depth for background colors, caused discrepancy between selection and preview image
  • File saving folder path persists across multiple saves

New in Topaz Mask AI 1.3.5 (Oct 14, 2020)

  • Features:
  • Edge Shift slider to use pixels instead of percentages
  • Improved caching of models
  • Fixes:
  • Fix Fill Tool not triggering Auto-Update Mask
  • Reduce artifacts when Foreground Recovery and Edge Shift are used
  • Fix various crashes
  • Fix UI alignment issues

New in Topaz Mask AI 1.3.4 (Sep 24, 2020)

  • Features:
  • “P” shortcut to toggle Trimap
  • settings sliders can be changed with mouse wheels or arrow keys
  • add the ability to defer license upgrade and program upgrade dialogs
  • Fixes:
  • Improved app behavior for slow/partial internet connections
  • Avoid permission issue for apps launched from installer
  • Photoshop plugins on Mac automatically re-linked in the installer
  • Shortcut documentation for auto-detect subject and sky
  • Also:
  • In-app surveys removed

New in Topaz Mask AI 1.3.3 (Sep 4, 2020)

  • Fixes:
  • Fix crash when loading Mask AI from an external editor like Studio 2
  • Fix installer requiring internet connection on Windows

New in Topaz Mask AI 1.3.2 (Sep 4, 2020)

  • Features:
  • Enable showing Trimap brush strokes on all view panes
  • Persist edge refinement sliders (can disable in Preferences)
  • Improved algorithm for hardness slider
  • Fixes:
  • Fix issue with foreground recovery and a blur strength of zero
  • Fix update API schema issue
  • Cleaner error message for images with “Apple Wide Color Sharing Profile” color profile

New in Topaz Mask AI 1.3.1 (Aug 27, 2020)

  • Crash reports added
  • Fixed a bug for macOS 10.13
  • Enabling faster GPU mode on Windows
  • New UX flows for product ownership

New in Topaz Mask AI 1.3.0 (Aug 26, 2020)

  • Major features:
  • Translucent Mode - Special AI for fabrics and semi-transparent (non-reflective) materials
  • Trimap Toolbar - improved discovery and switching to trimap brushes and tools
  • Intro Tutorial - a simple introduction to the trimap
  • Improvements:
  • Close button on tutorials
  • Increased range for the Color Range tool
  • New Help -> “Re-Install Photoshop Plugins” to install photoshop plugins after the mask itself has been installed
  • Improved tooltip hints
  • Revamped in-app icons
  • Adding link to Topaz Facebook group
  • Fixes:
  • Fix a crash on Windows when using some GPUs
  • Fix shortcut keys on the keyboard which require a modifier be pressed (e.g. German keyboards)
  • Fix issue where zooming from multiple views would cause the zoomed image to “jump” in location

New in Topaz Mask AI 1.2.5 (Aug 20, 2020)

  • Fixed bug where save button was blocked by previous save
  • Added in-app NPS survey to help improve product

New in Topaz Mask AI 1.2.4 (Jul 9, 2020)

  • Fixed a bug where Save As was accessible in plugin mode.
  • Fixed a bug where brush sizes approaching 1 would crash the program.
  • Fixed a bug where file extensions could be removed from saving paths.

New in Topaz Mask AI 1.2.3 (May 7, 2020)

  • Fixed bug where auto-detect would not work on MacOS 10.12 or 10.13
  • Fixed bug where trimap drawing would not be processed if auto-update is unchecked

New in Topaz Mask AI 1.2.2 (Apr 28, 2020)

  • Fixed OpenVINO startup issue on Windows

New in Topaz Mask AI 1.2.1 (Apr 28, 2020)

  • Fixed issue where program was unable to open for MacOS 10.12 and 10.13 users

New in Topaz Mask AI 1.2.0 (Apr 23, 2020)

  • Major Features:
  • The installer now runs on our new framework
  • Improved AI models
  • Improved and expanded tutorial experience
  • New tutorial for “Refinement”
  • Improved file menus
  • Icons are now optimized for system visual scaling factor
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed a bug where trimaps were not saving properly before the first computation
  • Fixed a bug where the system open dialog would pop up after closing an image

New in Topaz Mask AI 1.1.0 (Apr 23, 2020)

  • Fix:
  • Fixed various visual bugs.
  • Fixed bug where image drag would not prompt to save
  • New:
  • Use the Color Range Tool to selectively apply green or red based on a sampled color + a range controlled by slider. Perfect for complicated shapes and structures that contrast with the background behind them. This tool applies only to blue areas in the trimap.
  • Use the "Auto Detect Sky" mode for a quick trimap that cuts out skies in images.
  • Significant UI changes to improve organization and clarity
  • Revamped tutorial experience.
  • Trimap can now be saved at any point

New in Topaz Mask AI 1.0.7 (Jan 31, 2020)

  • Fix:
  • Bug in adjustment reset
  • Various shortcut issues
  • Crash when Save is used in plugin mode
  • Foreground recovery bend issue
  • Imported background rendered incorrectly
  • Change:
  • Window states now persist across view changes
  • New:
  • Plugin mode can now apply composite
  • "t" to toggle views within the image work space
  • The number keys can now be used to easily access view options
  • Log folder can now be accessed from help menu
  • New shortcuts guide in help menu