![]() As Topaz says “It gives it the dynamic local contrast without the dirty grungy look.” I love it! Also all the sliders use IntelliColor technology which gives a more natural effect – for example, the Contrast slider does not increase Saturation like it does in Photoshop or Lightroom. The Dynamics Slider – might be worth buying this plug-in just because this is a great slider to have in your bag of tricks, and they have got the halo issue under control.That is all that was done on this really basic attempt to try out the new product. ![]() In this case the layer was changed to Linear Light at 82% opacity, just as if you were in Photoshop’s Layers Panel. (Remember – White reveals and black conceals.) At this point you could go the Adjustments tab which is very similar to the Basic tab in Camera Raw and correct the sky, or just adjust the opacity of the layer or change the blend mode for a different look. The sky was selected very easily and inverted so only the sky was revealed. The sky’s reds and yellows were too harsh, so the next step was to go to the Masks tab at the top right and create a sky mask using the Mask Brush set to 125 (set to 0, it will be a totally black brush) to soften the color by 50%, and the Edge Aware slider was set to 100 to follow the skyline closely. I did not use one of the canned effects in the Effects tab, to me that is not where the strength of this program lies. 25, Regions 5, and Tone Setting Strength set to 0.74. Next the Plugins tab on the top left was accessed, Topaz Adjust 5 was opened, and the Sun-Dynamic preset was applied with Adaptive Exposure set to. To create it, the original image layer was duplicated by clicking Duplicate at bottom right of the interface or CTRL+J can be used just like in Photoshop (the plug-in now has layer capability). This lovely bovine image from the Big Island in Hawaii is my first attempt at using photoFXlab and overall it went pretty smoothly. Topaz had a difficult time getting Version 1.0 to work smoothly so Version 1.1 was released and now it is a much more solid program. (To access the Topaz Website, see sidebar of my Tidbits Blog.) Definitely worth downloading the trial and trying it out, especially if you have some of the other Topaz plug-ins. ![]() Also the Mask and Brush tabs with the already familiar Edge Aware technology is top-notch. These are rather unique features and I commend Topaz for coming up with them. For those looking for a quick answer, I am recommending photoFXlab for two very good reasons – InstaTone and the Dynamics slider. It combines all their individual plug-ins into one spot to be accessed together, instead of individually (which you can still do if you want). Wow! What to say! What to say! This is a totally new direction for Topaz – technically this is a stand-alone interface that can also hook into Photoshop as a plug-in. Digital Lady Syd’s Review of Topaz photoFXlab v1.1 ![]()
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