
TOPAZ SIMPLIFY SAVE AS FREE
Did some clean up and added the free Nik Viveza 2 to enhance the focal point. In the Texture section, masked the texture off the focal point with the Brush tab set to a Strength of 0.66.

This plug-in can be very handy! On a stamped layer (CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+E) Topaz Texture Effects 2 was used – used Fall Foliage Foggy Morning (downloaded from the Topaz Community) with a few adjustments to the Basic Adjustments section. Used the Corel ParticleShop plug-in to remove the background area using Blend brush and the Blender Tool. Painted on the flower stems and stalks to further remove bad areas and add a little texture to them. Used Topaz (see sidebar for website link) Clarity to sharpen overall, and Topaz Simplify with the Simplify Size slider set to 0.17 which removed some of the bad spots on the leaves. This beautiful white flowers in a Bird of Paradise in my front yard was fun to post-process. I really think he looks so much more interesting now!….Digital Lady Syd On a New Layer set to Overlay, a couple large round soft strokes were made to act as a spotlight on his face and part of his shell. For this texture the Blend If This Layer white tab slider was split and set to 90/128 to give the pattern effect just on the outside of the image. 2 Lil Owls (see sidebar for website link) Mosaic Set Benoit textures was added and set to Multiply blend mode, and her Mosaic Set darcy grunge texture was set to Screen blend mode.

TOPAZ SIMPLIFY SAVE AS HOW TO
Just my basic workflow using Topaz Clarity to sharpen him up a bit, Topaz (see sidebar for website link) Simplify using a preset created from Serge Ramelli’s video called How To Turn a Photo into a Cartoon with Topaz Simplify 4.0, a Selective Color Adjustment Layer to turn the blue tones in his shell to green, Nik Viveza 2 to even out the edges, a Lighten and Darken Curves Adjustment Layer to slightly dodge and burn the image. I just could not pass up the chance to try it out, so here my Army Tortoise – I think he really has a bit of a military expression on his face.

They always look the same and are not particularly colorful, but for some reason this image caught my attention as it looks like he is wearing an Army camouflage helmet on his back. Augustine Alligator Farm many times over the past few years and for some reason, these huge Galapagos Tortoises always catch my eye.
