Topaz Adjust May Editing Side Challenge

04/20/2009 10:10:53 AM · #1

Link to the Images Thread

Edit to add: Any topaz software is fine: Adjust, Simplify, or Vivacity. Here is a link to the software page and I think there are free 30 day trial downloads: Topaz Labs

This is open for the month of May, try and post at least 15 photos, and photos can be new or old. Just use Adjust to see what you can do with them.

To see what those outside of DPC have done with the software, you can see this Flickr group.

The Topaz Players

Kelli

Brat

Melethia

Balko

Yo_Spiff

sfmorris

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

cosprenks

karenk

MAK

bspurgeon

Doyle

Simms

Strikeslip

keriboi

nshapiro

SaraR

turnofthesue

boyd2000

sfalice

BAMartin

fldave

JuliBoc

ErikV

Penny_weaver

Message edited by author 2009-04-30 22:44:30.

Kelli

Canon EOS-D60

04/20/2009 10:26:02 AM · #2

Me! Me! Me!

04/20/2009 10:29:55 AM · #3

LOL... I may be the most unrepentant Topaz user here right now, so I guess I ought to play, and probably will, especially since you welcome old images...

R.

BarbB

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

04/20/2009 10:45:22 AM · #4

Great idea! But I don't have Topaz Adjust. Would you consider not restricting it to Topaz Adjust users, and just making it processed images, using whatever programs people have.

Melethia

Canon EOS-80D

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

04/20/2009 10:49:32 AM · #5

I'll play. The fix they came out with finally keeps it from crashing Photoshop. And I'm somewhat addicted to a couple of the presets. I could learn to use it a bit better. :-)

Kelli

Canon EOS-D60

04/20/2009 10:52:06 AM · #6

Originally posted by Brat:

Great idea! But I don't have Topaz Adjust. Would you consider not restricting it to Topaz Adjust users, and just making it processed images, using whatever programs people have.

They have a 30 day free trial, if you download on May 1st you'd be good for the month. LOL!

04/20/2009 10:53:06 AM · #7

Originally posted by Brat:

Great idea! But I don't have Topaz Adjust. Would you consider not restricting it to Topaz Adjust users, and just making it processed images, using whatever programs people have.

So what do you use? I want to keep the focus on one type of processing or else we'll have stuff all over the place lol. Do you use Lucis Art or some other HDR software? I think I'd like to keep it to that type of stuff so we can see some funky photos :)

04/20/2009 10:53:36 AM · #8

Good group so far - this will be fun!

BarbB

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

04/20/2009 10:57:58 AM · #9

Originally posted by colorcarnival:

Originally posted by Brat:
Great idea! But I don't have Topaz Adjust. Would you consider not restricting it to Topaz Adjust users, and just making it processed images, using whatever programs people have.

So what do you use? I want to keep the focus on one type of processing or else we'll have stuff all over the place lol. Do you use Lucis Art or some other HDR software? I think I'd like to keep it to that type of stuff so we can see some funky photos :)

....just Photoshop, and the HDR in that is pretty crap, from the few times I've experimented with it. I don't actually have any other programs.

Balko

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

04/20/2009 11:06:04 AM · #10

I'll Play!
Yippeee!
Can I include Topaz Vivacity? I use that a lot :)

Message edited by author 2009-04-20 11:06:35.

Yo_Spiff

Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III

Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO

04/20/2009 11:07:39 AM · #11

I use clarify a lot, which is very similar, but without as much control. I had trouble getting the beta of Topaz to activate, I'll try it again with the release. Maybe while I have the 30 day trial they will make me a nice offer for a discounted purchase.

Sign me up.

04/20/2009 11:08:07 AM · #12

Originally posted by Kelli:

What she said. IMO everyone ought to use Topaz for the month, since the free trial is full-featured. See what it does for you!

R.

Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS

04/20/2009 11:11:23 AM · #13

Originally posted by Balko:

I'll Play!
Yippeee!
Can I include Topaz Vivacity? I use that a lot :)

Sure why not? I'd love to see how that works. I updated the original post to include all those.

sfmorris

Canon EOS-40D

04/20/2009 11:12:06 AM · #14

I want to play I have Topaz Adjust and Simplfy.

04/20/2009 11:12:22 AM · #15

Trying to figure out a way to include

Brat... so we have one suggestion of the free download, anything else?

Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G

Nikon D7200

04/20/2009 11:22:45 AM · #16

Count me in. I don't know how many I'll be able to get but I'll do my best.

04/20/2009 11:23:01 AM · #17

I really do love this software. For anyone who isn't sure about it, here is an example of what it can do for your pictures:

Before:

After (really enhances the details of the splash):

04/20/2009 11:24:07 AM · #18

Originally posted by colorcarnival:

Trying to figure out a way to include Brat... so we have one suggestion of the free download, anything else?

It's just my opinion, but I really feel this is most useful and interesting if it's purely Topaz. Hopefully, Brat can use the free trial...

R.

Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G

Nikon D7200

04/20/2009 11:27:10 AM · #19

Count me in. I don't know how many I'll be able to get, but I'll do my best.

Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G

Nikon D7200

04/20/2009 11:28:03 AM · #20

Originally posted by bmartuch:

Count me in. I don't know how many I'll be able to get, but I'll do my best.

I don't know how this got in here twice.

BarbB

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III

04/20/2009 11:31:18 AM · #21

Originally posted by colorcarnival:

Trying to figure out a way to include Brat... so we have one suggestion of the free download, anything else?

I've just recently got a new computer, and I am having a few problems with it crashing, so I am still trying to sort out some of those issues. Seems to be a bit of internal conflict between a couple of programs, so I'm a bit reluctant to download anything at the moment. LOL! But if I can get it sorted soon, I'll probably go with the free trial version. Thanks guys!

Yo_Spiff

Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO

04/20/2009 11:42:15 AM · #22

Not Topaz, but a very similar look given by the clarify adjustment in PaintShop Pro:

This one actually was done with Topaz:

poser

Canon EOS-60D

04/20/2009 11:42:18 AM · #23

I would like to play also please add me :)