lev29
Loc: Born and living in MA.
Thank you for posting. I just bookmarked your link. I take it you have used it yourself?
Ditto, Topaz had tons of stuff to offer in their software. Don't rule out Topaz Glow either, makes some very pleasing special effects for wall decoration (photos modified).
rgrenaderphoto wrote:
Topaz Impressions is, IMHO, the best.
Agree. The "Impressions" is my favorite.Topaz "Glow" is also nice, but it's not painterly. As with most Topaz apps, it's easy to overdo images. More effect is not necessarily better.
Topaz Impressions. Its pretty damn cool.
you can adjust the light, the paint stroke, the amount of ink, the brushes etc.
This is for an advertisment that I was working on and I wanted to give a softer more summery look to the pic.
if this lets you zoom in, check it out up close.
Now with this, I couldve done a lot less ink, more ink, thinner or thicker strokes, etc.
You can also adjust all the individual colors - so more yellow, blue, green, etc. Including light & darkness values for each - for this I added more yellow & lightened it for summer look.
I didnt take the original pic, and its fairly low quality & not very suitable for advertising, which is another bonus, you can paint anything. Including solid backgrounds.
I don't post much, (This may be my first to any forum like this) so hopefully this helps.
Good luck.
it wouldnt let you zoom in, so here is a closer look.
I do have to say that the painter program above looks pretty cool as well, but its also 229$.
Impression is 99$ but you can usually get it part of bundle and pay less.
Im not a huge fan of Topaz products, but this one was pretty cool. I too have used On1, DXO, NIK, etc, none of them have this type of quality or effect as you can see from above posts. The trick is always to play with settings and dial way back the preset settings, they all tend to overdo it.
Also topaz stuff, really all of them tend to have a "swirly" look, whereas the more expensive program linked above, looks more like dabbling... this may also be due to the effect I used. You can shorten strokes as well, maybe that would fix that.
Alright Im done rambling.
Good luck.
Hello;
Please don't ask me "How" or "When?" But I got a Topaz Studio download for FREE at some point, and feel that this is one of the bet NON PURCHASES I ever made for my art... (If you magnify the samples that I sent, some even have a "canvas" texture..)
I didn't even do any "tweaks" on them, (which you can in the software..)
Have fun with whatever you go with...
Ednsb wrote:
There seems to be a ton of apps of iOS which will take an image and apply a filter against it to make it look like a painting. But most have zero options for controlling the effect. I have lots of macOS processing software but none of them seem to do this including: On1 Raw , Luminar, LightRoom , pixelmator, PSE, etc.
Any suggestions? and hopefully free or pretty low price.
WOW... Me "likee" this JixPix..
A couple I use on occasion that should work for you include Portrait Painter and PhotoArtista.
Are these in Jixipix or separate stand alone softwares
Stevewayne23 wrote:
A couple I use on occasion that should work for you include Portrait Painter and PhotoArtista.
JixiPix and Topaz Impressions.
Linda From Maine wrote:
Topaz Simplify $40
https://topazlabs.com/simplify/which you add to Topaz Studio (free):
https://topazlabs.com/introducing-topaz-studio/PS Elements does have some effects. Which version do you own?
Here is one I just did quickly with PSE 2018. Guided edit mode - watercolor, then click over to expert mode and changed one of the layers to a different blend mode.
Beyond that, look at top of screen under FILTER. There are artistic, brush strokes, sketch and texture. Adjustment sliders available, but best to work with layers for most control, especially when you want to combine effects.
Topaz Simplify $40 br
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Too funny Linda as I am working on shots I took in Maine two weeks ago.. Bar Harbor down to Boston. I have PSE 14...
photogeneralist wrote:
If you are a Mac person, take a look at FX Photo Studio. I rarely use it but if you are into filters and screens, it might satisfy your needs. It is available on the Apple App Store for 4.99 Basic version or 17.99 Pro version.
The old MacPhun stuff? I have all of it but really haven't looked at it since I moved to Luminar as my 3rd choice PP software
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