Topaz Photo v1.6.0 for Mac
Topaz Photo by Topaz Labs is an AI-powered photo enhancement app for Mac and Windows: denoise, sharpen, deblur, upscale, recover faces, and adjust lighting—standalone or in your editing workflow.
Version 1.6.0 adds Recover Faces 3, Sharpen — Noise-Aware, faster NeuroServer models, and several stability fixes.
What’s new in v1.6.0
New models:
- Recover Faces 3 — portrait-quality face recovery without the 512×512 cap; fewer dot artifacts; any face size; per-face processing on NeuroServer (local on Apple Silicon with macOS 14+, cloud up to 100 MP)
- Sharpen — Noise-Aware — sharpens detail while keeping natural noise and grain (wildlife, sports, low light)
Performance & updates:
- NeuroServer models over 300% faster (Wonder 3, Super Focus v3, Denoise Max, Recover Faces 3)
- Updated Upscale — High Fidelity v3
- Recover Faces 1 retired
Fixes: face-parse crash in image analysis; Remove v2 errors on some devices; grey output on Windows with certain locales
Known issue: intermittent GPU OOM with Recover Faces 3 on 8 GB VRAM (fix planned)
Key features
- Autopilot and manual enhancement: denoise, sharpen, focus, lighting, color, upscale
- Batch processing; plugin support for compatible editors
- Cloud render for models when local hardware is unsupported
Requirements & licensing
- Version: 1.6.0
- Platform: macOS (native Apple Silicon and Intel installers)
- macOS: 14 Sonoma or later recommended for NeuroServer / Recover Faces 3 on Apple Silicon
- Hardware: Apple Silicon or supported GPU; adequate VRAM for large images and AI models

