Question Regarding Sharpening

I'm getting ready to edit photos from my recent trip to Costa Rica. Some of the images could use some sharpening. I use LR Classic and I also have Topaz. My question is:

Should I sharpen my image first in Topaz and then edit in LR? Or the other way around?

Also---My images are in RAW so maybe I can only edit those first in LR?

Thanks.

Start editing raw files in a raw editor, like LR.

Sharpening normally comes last, but if you stay in LR, it actually makes no difference. Lightroom doesn't apply the your edits in the order in which you make them.

Sharpening multiple times will likely end up with some ugly artifacts like halo-ing, or sparkles around edges of objects with less than stellar definition.

Just do sharpening once if you can, and pick the best place it makes sense for you in your workflow. Personally, I run 2 completely different Unsharp Mask runs, one enhances micro contrast to improve some of the detail through contrast changes, then a normal run that brings up the detail across the frame.

If you have a lot of photos you want to use the Topaz batch processing works pretty well, then import that into lightroom.

If there's only a few photos you want to use (or need sharpening/denoising) then going to lightroom first might be easier, just have to make sure you don't apply lightroom adjustments to the image until after you topaz it, like TeamSpeed said, extra processing like that can cause artifacts, etc.

I do all of my color corrections in LR and spot sharpen in PS.

I use high-pass sharpening for all my photos. Add a black mask. And then use a white brush to reveal sharpening in the areas I need to look sharp. I don't use a mask if I want the entire image sharpened.

I'd do as much editing as I could in LR first and then use Topaz.