Topaz and Elements 10 (Page 2): Are you referring to photoFXlab? Free?

RVDigitalBoy Loc: Clermont, Florida

MtnMan wrote:

The standalone is free.

Are you referring to photoFXlab? Free?

bigwolf40 Loc: Effort, Pa.

MtnMan wrote:

The standalone is free.

I think you are wrong. They only work through a host product which has to be purchased. Their host one is FxLab which has to be purchased. You can also use other host products such as PSE and a few others. In PSE it shows up in the filters section....Rich

Yooper 2 Loc: Ironwood, MI

If you can afford it I recommend the Topaz suite. It's magic.

Indi Loc: L. I., NY, Palm Beach Cty when it's cold.

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Topaz Clean lets you smooth edges and surfaces in your photos. It's great for subjects like cars and portraits, and you can also use it to create some interesting effects as well. Clean has three main controls:

* Smoothness: smoothes the surfaces of your photo. Useful for removing blemishes from skin, removing dust + noise, creating a "flatter" texture, and more.

* Edges: smoothly enhances edges with a unique process that looks "vectorized". This creates smooth and well-defined lines in your photo that work great on image features like hair and eyelashes.

* Texture: recovers and refines original detail in your image to keep it looking natural. For example, re-introduce original skin texture in your portraits to prevent your post-processing from looking too overdone or "plastic".

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

Frankly, I am a mundane photographer and my equipment is medium cost 24/7 (P&S) but with topaz denoise, I can shoot Hi ISO and take the noise out, Jackup the detail and then do color mods that run from a little spice all the way to LSD. Topaz won 3 place in the year long competition using my name on my shots!! The word most often used in this thread is MAGIC.. and it is .

Let us not forget Topaz B&W2, not just take the color out... it gives all the classic photography sepia, etc.

Never have I paid for an upgrade thus-far my adjust has gone from 3 to 5 with no charge. Their webinars are excellent and pleasant.

pooralice Loc: merced, ca

I have ph 12, but now I wonder why I need it. Why not just buy Topez Stuff and forget all about Photoshop. Topez seems so much easier to use, but do you need another program to go along with it or is Topez a stand along program. so confused, too many programs and not enough time.

bigwolf40 Loc: Effort, Pa.

pooralice wrote:

I have ph 12, but now I wonder why I need it. Why not just buy Topez Stuff and forget all about Photoshop. Topez seems so much easier to use, but do you need another program to go along with it or is Topez a stand along program. so confused, too many programs and not enough time.

It's good to have both but if you have Topaz FxLab it is their host for all the topaz products. I have both PSE 11 and FxLab with all the Topaz products and they work great together....Rich

Ziza Loc: USA

BarbK wrote:

I have used the search engine here and can't find the answer to this question so I am going to the source. I have Photoshop Elements 10 and the NIK suite. I am thinking of getting Topaz. Will Topaz work with elements 10? I am not ready to move up to PE12 since I haven't even mastered PE10. Thanks in advance for your help.

Topaz plug-ins are compatible with Elements 6 through 12.

Ziza Loc: USA

MtnMan wrote:

Yes, the Topaz modules work standalone and they also work with a free thing called Fusion Express (I think) that kinda packages them and makes a good interface to Photoshop, Lightroom, and, I think, Elements.

The Topaz products are plug-ins. This means that they require a host application.

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The plugins require a compatible host program (e.g. Photoshop, Lightroom, etc.) in order to be accessed and cannot be opened as a free standing application.

http://support.topazlabs.com/hc/en-us/articles/200255213-Download-and-Installation-Instructions

You may be thinking of photoFXlab, which is a standalone program (and which can also be installed as a plug-in). You can access all the Topaz plug-ins you have installed from this "Control Center".

http://www.topazlabs.com/photofxlab

If you want to use the Topaz plug-ins in Lightroom, Aperture, and iPhoto, you will need Fusion Express. You don't need Fusion Express to access the Topaz plug-ins in either Elements or Photoshop. Once installed in the Plug-Ins folder, they are accessed through the Filter menu (Filter > Topaz Labs > . . .)

http://www.topazlabs.com/fusion/

Indi Loc: L. I., NY, Palm Beach Cty when it's cold.

Ziza wrote:

http://support.topazlabs.com/hc/en-us/articles/200... (show quote)

Question?

How do you access Topaz Filters in LR 5.4? I can only get to them by right-click on the image in the edit window and selecting "Edit In..."
I don't see any menu item for Filters.

At that time a FusionExpress2 window opens up and I can then apply the Topaz filters.

On my desktop, PhotoFXLab installed an icon which is the stand-alone editor.

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

pooralice wrote:

IN PART: Why not just buy Topez Stuff and forget all about Photoshop. .... Topez a stand along program. so confused, too many programs and not enough time.

Some confusion, Topaz Fusion is free and used to work with Lightroom? or one of the other PShop. Topaz PhotoFXlab is the $80 program that all of the "plugins" can be hung onto... you can jump back and forth among the Topaz plugins with it.

But why do we need a standard type program? First of all if you have PSP X-6 it is 64 bit and the Topaz 64 bit plugins will work with it. PSP gives you "near" PS, not PSE, power .... 64 bit is in theory twice as fast as 32 bit processing. OK, that is one reason. I was happy with PSP X3, but 32 vs 64 and the wonderfully low price of PSP tipped me over to 6.

I also use some trickery that is not available in Topaz. Example tweaking photosize (aspect ratio un checked) to fit my print needs. Another is Canvas size and flips. Of course the standard tools like fill, crop, brush, and working with layers to name a few.

Remember Topaz is not some simple one tune dance, while you can dance immediately with the presets and sliders, the programs especially the highly rated by reviewers, Remask can work wonders but highly complicated things like masking lace (wow) takes some education... to the rescue are the Webinars and archived Webinars.

Good luck to you... but fun and creative outlets of the mind are your real goal.

Ziza Loc: USA

dpullum wrote:

Some confusion, Topaz Fusion is free and used to work with Lightroom? or one of the other PShop.

And even more confusion. Topaz Fusion Express in NOT to be used with Photoshop or Elements. It is to be used with Lightroom, Aperture, and iPhoto. If your host application is Elements or Photoshop, you DON'T need Fusion Express. The installer will just place the plug-in files in the Plug-Ins folder in Photoshop or in Elements. To access these plug-ins in either one of these programs, you just go to the Filter menu (Topaz Labs > . . .).

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Fusion Express is a convenient solution that access your installed Topaz Photoshop plug-ins and allows you to use them outside of Photoshop. Fusion Express integrates perfectly into your Aperture, iPhoto and Lightroom workflows.

http://www.topazlabs.com/fusion/#3

Ziza Loc: USA

Indi wrote:

Question?

How do you access Topaz Filters in LR 5.4? I can only get to them by right-click on the image in the edit window and selecting "Edit In..."
I don't see any menu item for Filters.

At that time a FusionExpress2 window opens up and I can then apply the Topaz filters.

On my desktop, PhotoFXLab installed an icon which is the stand-alone editor.

The filter menu I was talking about in a previous post was the Filter menu in either Photoshop or Elements. In these two programs the Topaz plug-ins are accessed through Filter > Topaz Labs > . . .

http://support.topazlabs.com/hc/en-us/articles/200851376-How-do-I-access-Topaz-in-Photoshop-and-Photoshop-Elements-

If you are accessing the Topaz plug-ins in Lightroom, then, this is the way to go.

http://support.topazlabs.com/hc/en-us/articles/200091347-Lightroom