Seeking plug-in advice
Dec 31, 2016 05:46:15 #
sueyeisert
Loc: New Jersey
Don't buy Topaz for full price. I pid 1/2 price. Sign up for their newsletter and take online seminars and you'll get discounts. Maybe they'll be a new years sale.
dennisallard wrote:
Yesterday, I went on line and checked out some sof... (show quote)
Dec 31, 2016 06:30:07 #
dennisallard wrote:
My primary processing software is Elements 13. Dennis
Why people go for full PS I don't fully know... with Topaz Suite you can do many things in moments that wold take time and learning in PS ...PS13 is enough for a sound base for the tools.
Also check out Jixipix.com
Dec 31, 2016 06:50:18 #
Topaz is excellent and has regular sales right now 35% off storewide with code Thank35 http://www.topazlabs.com/850-15.html
Dec 31, 2016 08:15:08 #
I bought Toon It plug in for Aperture (Mac) and appreciate the watercolor setting which changes a photo to the most elemental shading that can now be copied on a page with watercolors. Great for the aspiring watercolor artist. It has a great range of other settings like comic, drawing, etching. Anyone else use it?
Dec 31, 2016 09:08:07 #
Dennis, Nik has everything you need to edit photographs. As a bonus, it is free.
Why spend money on other softwares? Phtoshop Elements and Nik is more than enough for anyone except professionals.
Why spend money on other softwares? Phtoshop Elements and Nik is more than enough for anyone except professionals.
Dec 31, 2016 09:56:59 #
I have NIK, Topaz (full collection) and ON1 plug-ins.
I have tried them all, and I find that my "go-to" plug-ins are 90% of the time the Topaz. I like Adjust, Clearity, Simplify, ReMask, Impressions, and Glow.
And with Photoshop switching from Refine Edge to Select and Mask, I find that Topaz's ReMask is so much easier to use, and much more accurate. Topaz is worth if just for ReMask, and the rest will just amaze you.
I have tried them all, and I find that my "go-to" plug-ins are 90% of the time the Topaz. I like Adjust, Clearity, Simplify, ReMask, Impressions, and Glow.
And with Photoshop switching from Refine Edge to Select and Mask, I find that Topaz's ReMask is so much easier to use, and much more accurate. Topaz is worth if just for ReMask, and the rest will just amaze you.
Dec 31, 2016 11:09:36 #
You wont enjoy it as much as using NIK because NIK is free. I'll tell you this, just because NIK is free, doesn't mean that it's cheap or that it's not good. It works great. I hope that someone will take over the NIK license and keep improving it and keep it alive.
dennisallard wrote:
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Dec 31, 2016 13:33:27 #
I'm also using Element 13 with Perfectly Clear as a plug in. So far so good.
Perfectly Clear support is fantastic. It's so easy to use!
Perfectly Clear support is fantastic. It's so easy to use!
Dec 31, 2016 16:59:03 #
dennisallard wrote:
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Some of the Topaz line is worthwhile, much of it is just weird style changes. Their DeNoise is pretty good. Also ReMask. However, I am now on my third week of waiting for a response from their support people. Not a happy camper.
Dec 31, 2016 18:03:30 #
Adobe is a very smart company and they have watched the development of the plug-in market. If a plug-in offered something that users could not find in Photoshop, the Photoshop developers added it to Photoshop.
So, I suggest that you switch from Elements to the latest version of Photoshop. No need for plug-ins! Photoshop CC 2017 has shifted many powerful editing tools to Adobe Camera Raw (ACR). Literally any photo editing task that can be done in Photoshop or, a plug-in, can be done in ACR. I used Nik for several years (along with a handful of other plug-ins) and it is my opinion that any editing task that can be done with a plug-in can be done in ACR.
So, I suggest that you switch from Elements to the latest version of Photoshop. No need for plug-ins! Photoshop CC 2017 has shifted many powerful editing tools to Adobe Camera Raw (ACR). Literally any photo editing task that can be done in Photoshop or, a plug-in, can be done in ACR. I used Nik for several years (along with a handful of other plug-ins) and it is my opinion that any editing task that can be done with a plug-in can be done in ACR.
Dec 31, 2016 20:12:14 #
On NIK software...
Originally this was made for Nikon and sold to others as a plug-in sort of an afterthought.
Seeing the the plug-in market was good, Nik went alone and cancelled Nikon licensing. This was a big mistake.
The company went down in a couple of years and Google purchased it in order to add to other projects they had. Google being google after a time lost interest and just dropped NIK making it free a year later.
Now what is the future of NIK? It is anyone's guess.
As to the use of plugins??? YUCK!!!
That is my opinion on any and all plugins. Learn your post-processing software and you will be amazed how powerful it is and how you can grow by doing instead of copying set solutions...
Originally this was made for Nikon and sold to others as a plug-in sort of an afterthought.
Seeing the the plug-in market was good, Nik went alone and cancelled Nikon licensing. This was a big mistake.
The company went down in a couple of years and Google purchased it in order to add to other projects they had. Google being google after a time lost interest and just dropped NIK making it free a year later.
Now what is the future of NIK? It is anyone's guess.
As to the use of plugins??? YUCK!!!
That is my opinion on any and all plugins. Learn your post-processing software and you will be amazed how powerful it is and how you can grow by doing instead of copying set solutions...
Dec 31, 2016 20:59:47 #
Rongnongno wrote:
On NIK software... br br Originally this was made... (show quote)
LOL! when are YOU going to learn it? LOL!
Dec 31, 2016 23:21:08 #
Post above from the guy who said I am the proof that god does not exist because I do...
Yeah, you are a hoot.
Yeah, you are a hoot.
Dec 31, 2016 23:55:44 #
Rongnongno wrote:
Post above from the guy who said I am the proof that god does not exist because I do...
Yeah, you are a hoot.
Yeah, you are a hoot.
LOL! Learn to take a shot without blown highlights first. Worry less about what format other people shoot in. It is none of your business.
Jan 1, 2017 00:35:22 #
I am shaking in my boot.
Here, have a mirror, better yet, take a selfy of your own whatever you use to 'speak' with. Either way, it is a stink hole.
Here, have a mirror, better yet, take a selfy of your own whatever you use to 'speak' with. Either way, it is a stink hole.
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