Add glow effects to your pics If you do not have the patience to watch the tutorial, you can just explore the templates and presets included within Topaz Glow, while tinkering with the default. Glow: 2.0.1: Download: Download: Studio 2. Studio 2: Topaz Studio.Fusion Express 2 was replaced by PhotoFXlab which was in turn replaced by Classic Studio. In this tutorial, we’ll walk through the process of creating a nice, soft pastel effect in Topaz Studio 2 using Basic Adjustment, Bloom, and Precision Contrast. Step 1: Basic Adjustment. We’ll start off by opening our image in Topaz Studio. Right from the start, you’ll notice that while the colors in our image lend themselves to that soft.
Topaz just announced a new product called “Glow”. I never was a big fan of the overuse of the oil-paint-filter in Photoshop and so I was quite happy when Photoshop CC2014 removed it altogether. My first thought was “Strike, now we just have to deal with HDR. The overuse of the oil-paint-filter is eventually over”.
Topaz Star Effects. This plug-in creates various lighting effects for candle lights, city lights, sparkling jewelery, distant glow, sun flares, lamp posts and water highlights. Not necessarily a plug-in I would use often but if you like to add some glow to your lights and don’t feel like doing the manual work, maybe that plug-in is for you.
I might was wrong. With this new plug in from Topaz, “Glow”, this fed could take on a new form…
We saw a somewhat similar effect a while ago, called the “Fractalius Filter” by Redfieldplugins. So far, I think this is quite a nice filter for everyone who’s in the fantasy-business, doing dreamy composites or “awesomify” sleeping cat pictures to get fierce tigers.
You can buy this Photoshop filter until December 31st for 49.99$ by using the code “INTERGLOW”.
I think I can safely say that our Facebook timelines will get quite colorful very soon.
[Topaz Glow | $49.99 @ Topaz Labs]
P.S. We were not sure how to tag this one, for some it may be a piece of news about an amazing plug in, for others it’s an early warning…
Youtube Topaz Tutorials
Next Tuesday (8/16/16) Topaz will be releasing Topaz Glow 2, an updated version of their electric lighting and glow effect software, complete with new features. As always, the update is free to anyone who already owns Glow. And for those who don’t own it, Glow 2 will be on sale (30% off!) from August 16th – September 2nd. Click HERE to go to the website, then use the code GLOW2 to get the discount! Reg. $69.99, sale price $48.99.
New features in Glow 2 Include:
– Over 30 New Presets – That brings the total to over 100 included effects to amplify your images or give you a boost creating a personal look you love.
– New Masking Module -You no longer need a host editor like Photoshop to create masks on your images! Now, you can open Glow 2 and mask areas of your image directly from the application using luminosity, color selection, a spot mask, or a traditional brush mask, and yes it’s color aware 🙂
– Unlimited Undo/Redo – That’s right! As long as you don’t close the program you can now undo or redo to your hearts content (as far as your system memory will allow.)
– Topaz Community Integration – Topaz Glow 2 is the 3rd of our products to include the Topaz Community, an easy way for users to search save and share custom made presets with other Glow 2 users around the world. Surf an ocean of hand crafted presets, then download and apply with a click. Or share your custom presets for other users to try.
– Automatic Preset Backup – as long as you’re signed into your account when you save a preset, that preset will be privately uploaded to the community then synced on any other machine you sign into.
Here are some images I created with the new software:
AND…As I’ve demonstrated in my Topaz Webinars, you can take a texture and modify it with Topaz products as well:
ORIGINAL:
With Topaz Glow > Afterglow > Darkening
Topaz Glow Key
With Topaz Glow > Afterglow > Wanderlust
Topaz Software Tutorials
You can continue to expand your library of textures by modifying with Glow, Impression, Texture Effects, Simplify and more!
Topaz Glow 2 Tutorial Keyboard
IMPORTANT NOTE: NEW SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
There have been some compatibility changes to the program as well. Glow 2 requires Windows 7+, Mac OSX 10.9+, and a GPU with OpenGL 3.3 or higher (this replaces the older requirement for OpenGL 2.1). Be sure that your computer is able to handle these requirements so that the program will work!