#Topaz detail presets full

Topaz gives a free 30 day full evaluation by applying for a license directly on the site. The Detail and DeNoise plugins seem to be an enhanced version of those already built into Adjust. I am finding that Adjust plugin is great all round and gives good detail, noise and exposure/shadow/highlight adjustments. Hard to explain what I mean but hopefully that makes sense. I know it does not quite work this way, but its as if actual sharpness and three-dimensionality are added to detail rather than the perception of that. Playing with the Detail plugin and the detail part of Adjust, I feel like the details have depth added, rather than just halos. I am not highly experienced at PS nor at Topaz, but it seems like I can get much better detail, sharpening and noise reduction with Topaz than with photoshop alone. I'm not a fan of the hugely processed images and while the Topaz plugins can do that, you don't have to let them. Once one learns how the sliders affect the image, the level of affect on the image is controllable from subtle to comic-bookish.

I must say they seem very powerful and very nice. I've been playing around with the Topaz plugins lately also. Interesting filter, havnt heard of it before.įWIW my preference is for the first. Tough call, but I think I like the second just a touch more. Yes, the filter brought out some of the shadows. The tweaked image is brighter than the original: is that a result of the filter? OK -I changed the preset and tweaked it a little. I think I could tone the effect down some and still use it as a sharpening tool. The shadows are too muted in the second image -but I think I can compensate for that in the Kenny: I'm using the plugin in GillR: Agreed -the original shot looks more 'natural' -if I can even use that word to describe a scene that people can't naturally see. Topaz Detail Brian: I just used one of the presets with no tweaking.Tons of detail in the original, but it still looks 'organic' whereas, to me, the second looks like a laboratory shot, somehow more clinical. The second image almost looks a bit HDR-ish to me. Too bad that plugin doesn't work with Elements. Wow! The difference is, to say the least, striking. Interesting filter comparison - certainly seems to bring out the textures more but is also affecting the lighting/contrast ?

Same file processed with Topaz Detail (Edit:changed the preset and tweaked it):

Topaz detail presets