![]() Although the images in this example are from the same original, an Open icon in the tray also allows you to open different images in order to blend them, similar to using the multiple exposure option in Topaz Texture Effects. ![]() Any image can be duplicated or duplicated as a new image with all the current active edits applied (using icons in the tray not shown). If an adjustment layer is neither free nor purchased, it shows up with the effect, but without the sliders that allow for more customization of the settings. To the right are the editable layers that constitute the selected effect. This feature should be familiar to anyone who has Impressions, Glow, or Texture Effects. To the left is the thumbnail view for presets in the selected category. And if you do own their filters, you can use the Plug-Ins menu at the top to take a copy of your image directly into a filter to gain access to the full power of any of the plug-ins, while still using the simplified workflow approach in Topaz Studio. If you don’t own some of their filters (or any of them), you still will be able to use many of the more popular features contained in them through these adjustment layers. At the same time, it speeds up the process by creating workflows that combine many of the features that are currently found in their separate plug-ins, such as adding a Radiance adjustment created from their Glow filter, with a Texture adjustment from Texture Effects, and a Precision Contrast adjustment from Clarity, perhaps. I think its fairly clear from looking at the main features in Topaz Studio that its design is intended to leverage the power of the presets they’ve already been offering us through their filters. Shown above is the workflow if you click on the Quick preset. From R to L: Workflow, Adjustment, and Effects menus (not all fully shown) Icons for basic editing tools, the Workflow and Adjustments menus, as well as quick access to the most common adjustments and basic editing workflows are always available. Most of the other tools are shortcuts to basic adjustments, as well as to quick editing workflows for the first basic edits you usually perform. The Effects menu works just like it does in Impression and Texture Effects, providing a list of categories to search for effects, previewing them in the sidebar thumbnails, and providing the customary edit button to enter the editing workspace with the chosen effect. The Workflow menu covers the more common editing methods, such as “Detailed Architecture” or “Perfect Portrait.” The “More” adjustments section contains a separate menu for each adjustment to be added in any order, or to use in addition to a workflow. The features in Topaz Studio emphasize workflow and effects presets constructed from multiple individual adjustments, much like the presets you find in Texture Effects. You can run it as a Smart Filter in Photoshop, or choose Edit In Topaz Studio with Lightroom. It will open your raw files, as well as JPEG, PNG, or TIFF in its standalone version, and acts like a regular plug-in if you invoke it through Adobe Photoshop or Lightroom. It does, however, offer a complete workflow for editing your images and adding a variety of effects, along with masks, blend modes and layers to keep the non-destructive workflow edits fully customizable. It offers neither a browser nor a catalog solution it’s up to you to know where your files are and to manage them. Unlike some popular editing software, Topaz Studio makes no attempt to manage your files. But does it do enough to make me willing to pay for another Topaz venture? Topaz Studio is quite different from the plug-ins-a bit more like the next generation of photoFXlab. ![]() ![]() As someone who owns the full collection of Topaz plug-ins, I’ve been paying attention mostly to what the Studio does for me that the plug-ins don’t. Like probably most of you, I’ve recently been playing with the Topaz Studio public beta. What the open beta says about the next Topaz product ![]()
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