Topaz Labs Adjust Version 5 Review
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Topaz Labs Adjust version 5 recently came out and I finally got around to upgrading. I am so glad I did as it is completely amazing and blows version 4 (which was already great) out of the water! After having a great time post processing a few of my HDR images from a recent photo adventure. I decided to write this review of the software. Here is one of my images, taken at Mare Island, post-processed in Topaz Adjust 5 after initial processing in Photomatix:
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Topaz Labs Adjust Version 5 Review
Version 5 has a ton more presets than version 4. Here are screen-shots of both version 4 and version 5. You can see that the presets on the left are now organized into categories, and each category has many presets to choose from.
Since I wanted to show the full capabilities of Topaz Adjust 5, I went on a hunt for the “perfect” images to use in my review. In actuality, just about any image can be improved and/or changed in interesting ways in this plugin, but it seemed like a good idea to showcase a variety.
I found the first image on iStockphoto. Here is the original:
Here is the original ship image processed in Topaz Adjust 5 using various presets:
After finishing up processing all of the ship images, I went in search of a few more images to process in Topaz Adjust 5. Here is an image I found on Flickr. I couldn’t decide which processed result I preferred, so I chose to include them both:
The next image of the Indian bride was also found on Flickr. I used a preset called “Smooth and Flat” which made her skin nearly flawless but kept all of the important detail in the rest of the photo:
This next photo, also found on Flickr, was processed using a preset called “Sketch Dark Charcoal”. I also went a step further and tweaked some of the sliders on the right to bring out some extra detail in her face.
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