You know Im a big lover of Topaz Adjust – but Topaz may well have a rival for my love with their new filter Black and White Effects
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Ive had some time experimenting with the effects this plugin can achieve and I can highly recommend it .
Its a very easy to use plugin – perhaps even easier than Adjust, because it comes with well over 100 presets to get you started,
Here are a few very quick images that Ive had fun playing with.
The photo below isnt that inspiring ( taken from below so you couldnt see all the of the cathedral but i liked the spires and I especially love how the spires are really bought out with the effects achieved in Topaz B&W
You can even get a nice slightly desaturated painterly effect
I know over the coming days I will be experimenting a great deal more and hope to have some tutorials written very soon.
This looks wonderful !! Thank-you Lauren..off to check it out !! (Topaz even works with Corel Photo-Paint !!! )
ReplyDeleteLauren, dumb question but how do these filters compare to the OnOne plug-ins? Are they completely different animals?
ReplyDeleteI own OnOne's Suite and especially use PhotoTools a lot. Would have to upgrade with CS5, though, and it isn't gonna happen! (I'm keeping CS4 on my laptop so I won't lose the plug-ins.)
~omio
Would Topaz products be helpful to someone who is a little more...mmmmmm..."challenged" than you are with PS? ;-) I've been doing a lot of work with old (50-100 years) photos if that makes a difference.
BTW, I really love those new QC layers you're creating!! Have to be in a meeting at my own house tonight, though, so will miss chat. ;-(
Uh...meant to add that "omio" at the end.
ReplyDeleteJudy I dont have the on one suite so can't compare but topaz filters are very easy to use and are FUN!!!
ReplyDeleteYou can download a 30 day trial free anyway and experiment for yourself!! I'm picking you'll be hooked!!!
I'm a topaz groupie !!
Will definitely download the trial. I know you've liked this publisher for quite a while
ReplyDeleteSo...if I get Topaz, will my work look just like yours? ;-))))
Even better I'm sure!!
ReplyDeleteI WISH!!!
ReplyDelete;-)))))