In my blog Making An Ordinary Image Your Own, the first image was done using both Adjust and then Simplify to get a very subtle soft artsy effect. Using Simplify with other plug-ins can give a really nice color effect to your images. My blog link above will tell you the settings and show you the before image. This is one of my favorite images from Hawaii but I would overlooked it if the Simplify plug-in was not available. (See my Tidbits Blog Topaz Adjust Using Painting Venice Preset-Beautiful Effect!)Ī while back I did a blog on how this image was created (see my Tidbits Blog Topaz Simplify and Lens Effects Saves an Image! where both Simplify and Lens Effects were used to create a very painterly effect. You can get a very similar result to the above by using Topaz Adjust 5’s Painting Venice using no adjustments. By reducing the Simplify Size, you can avoid the webbing effect often associated with simplify plug-ins. The Topaz Simplify BuzSim preset was used with these settings: reduced the Simplify Size to 0.10 and increased the Saturation Boost to 1.56. This plug-in works very well with images that were shot just a little soft. I used my tips from my Smoothing Those Waterfalls blog for the waterfall. This image was taken at the Hilton Waikoloa Village on the Big Island in Hawaii. The swimming pool is at the Hilton Hawaiian Resort in Oahu on Waikiki Beach. Here is another beautiful example of how this plug-in looks – used the same preset settings as the first image although it does not quite have that magical look (settings are listed at the end of blog). I rarely use this plug-in alone, but in this case I did and was surprised at how nice it looks without applying anything but a final Curves Adjustment Layer for contrast. The flowers above are of my front yard after a late afternoon storm – I wanted to give it a bit of a “fairy tale” look and Simplify really created that bright colored magical feel. I realized I had not written specifically about the nice Simplify plug-in that Topaz (see Tidbits Blog sidebar for website link) has had out for a while and gives a very pleasant result.
Using Topaz Simplify for That Artistic Feel!
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