Fantasy Processing

pniev

Student for life
I was experimenting with Topaz Adjust. It's funny what can be achieved by combining VSCO and Topaz presets as well as Silver Efex and Topaz presets. You may find the results extremely ugly, pleasing or something in between. You decide.
PS: Couldn't find a similar thread so I thought to start one. If there is a similar thread, perhaps one of the moderators can merge this post into that thread?

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I like the first one best - purely personal, of course! I got Topaz Restyle at the end of the sale in August and Adjust at the end of the sale in September, and so far I've taken two images from Adjust into Restyle, so I'm not crossing companies but I think I see what you're getting at.

I'm finding that images will look "smoother" or won't look "overprocessed" when I'm done in Adjust, even with the loupe view, but when they get saved back into Adobe Elements, they look noticeably different. Is that because Elements is low-end?
 
O.K. this is TOPAZ extreme... But when carefully added, TOPAZ is perfect..

I totally agree. It's a nice tool. Usually I don't pay attention to the wild/extreme presets. I was wondering who ever came up with the solarized preset.

I like the first one best - purely personal, of course! I got Topaz Restyle at the end of the sale in August and Adjust at the end of the sale in September, and so far I've taken two images from Adjust into Restyle, so I'm not crossing companies but I think I see what you're getting at.

I'm finding that images will look "smoother" or won't look "overprocessed" when I'm done in Adjust, even with the loupe view, but when they get saved back into Adobe Elements, they look noticeably different. Is that because Elements is low-end?

Thank you!
Sorry, I can't help you with the AE-Topaz compatibility. I use Lightroom, with VSCO or my own presets. I use Silver Efex for B/W and Topaz for adding some drama, if needed. I noticed that Topaz increased noise, so I have to work on that.
Perhaps check the Topaz support site for clues? I can do some guessing but that wont' be very helpful.
 
You have great eyes indeed. Fortunately the sensor is 100% clean. There turned out to be dust on the lens. So that was easy to remove. Thanks for letting me know!

In the last two images you can make out a spot in between the towers of the bridge, and if you look to the same physical location on the other images you can also see it.
 
I am terrible at that. :dash2: I usually use standard presets and don't inspect the photo for flecks. A bit lazy so I need to be more careful. What doesn't help either is that my eyes are not what they used to be.

You probably know this, but process first and touch up last when you have flecks. Topaz magnifies even my best touch ups!
 
I am terrible at that. :dash2: I usually use standard presets and don't inspect the photo for flecks. A bit lazy so I need to be more careful. What doesn't help either is that my eyes are not what they used to be.

I just got my first TRIfocals. I'm not sure I HAVE eyes today!

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oh man, i was blissfully in my purple world till you pointed out the dust speck n threw me into pixelpeeper land! lol :D
 
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