In the Edge tab you have a Type menu which gives you the chx oice of edge thickness and color or black & white. This is where you have all sorts of control turning you photographs into line drawing. Other tabs include Adjust which includes: brightness, contrast and saturation. Other sliders will bring back some of the details like details strength, boost and size. I do recommend working on a duplicate layer so you could bring back details you may want later. The next tab is Topaz Simplify which it main slider you will use the most Simplify Size. Your first tab choice is the presets which include: cartoon, image crisp edge, colorful and hard color painting, painting oil, painting watercolor, sketch color, sketch hard pencil and sketch light pencil. Next, you have the choice of your output preview mode: Combined Image View, which shows both the image and an edge detection view, next is Base Image View which just shows the details which have been removed and the third choice, Edge View which just shows the edge detection for line drawings.Īgain, like most of the Topaz Lab software, you work from left to right. You can view the images at 100-percent or the photo can be blown up if you need a close-up view for close detail work. The plug-in interface looks similar to the other Topaz Labs. Topaz Simplify creates artistic simplification and edge effects on regular photos in a unique way.? Blur the distinction between photographic realism and art to give your viewers something truly unique to look at.? ?The software turns any regular photo into a masterpiece of art with the sophisticated Topaz Simplify plug-in tool for Photoshop. They even use different side dots to illustrates how it all works and how all the small elements are affected by the software. If my explanation makes you more confused you can go to their website where they have a great video tutorial which explains how it all works. Victor Cajiao of Typical Mac User & Typical Shutterbug Podcasts.Įxamples of Topaz Simplify painting effects. Simplify should come with a warning: ?Don?t download unless you don?t want to spend a lot of time trying out the cool effects.? It?s amazing to watch the process and how easy it is. I need simple and fun, Topaz Labs? plug-in Topaz Simplify hits the mark simple and fun mark. Maybe if I went through one of those giant photoshop books, I could figure this stuff out on my own, but I don?t see that happening. Topaz Simplify is very easy to use and it works great. I know, Photoshop and Elements have these features, but the Topaz Simplify plug-in makes it so simple with very fine controls. The main effects produced by this software is converting your photos into color or black-and-white line-drawings or making your photographs look like paintings. This software almost sounds counterproductive, but this isn?t the case. Especially when you buy expensive cameras to give you more pixels, more information and more details. I mean it specializes in removing really small details, although this software lets you adjust how small. Simplify is a plug-in for Photoshop and Photoshop Elements which basically removes small stuff from your photographs. This week I am going to review Topaz Simplify from Topaz Labs software.
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