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TSB15: Eric Yang Topaz Lab interview and Aaron Hockley on Social Photography

bbusschots — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:45:23 +0000

Today we talk to Eric Yang form Topaz Labs about the plugins and we also talk social phography with Aaron Hockley of Social Photo Talk.

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Show Notes:

Social Photo Talk

Topaz Labs

My latest picture post processed in part with Topaz plugins

More Fun with Topaz

bbusschots — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 04:49:54 +0000

Here is some more Topaz Photoshop Bundle examples that i worked on tonight. Keep in mind these are basically presets with very little tweaking. Really a fun set of plugins to play with

The Magic of Topaz Photoshop Bundle

bbusschots — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 01:30:24 +0000

I have been using a review copy of the Topaz Photoshop Bundle in preperation for an interview I’m doing with Eric Yang their marketing manager. To say that I’m impressed with this $179 bundle of photographic joy would be an understatement.

You will here more during the interview but here is one simple example that literally took 10 minutes from start to finish to do. The picture on the left was shot at the Petersen Automotive Museum the very first time I used my Canon Power shot G11 point and shoot. The picture on top was shot as a JPG not RAW picture. The picture on the bottom was put through just two of the Topaz Photoshop Bundle (Topaz Adjust and Topaz DeNoise).

As you can see the Topaz FX is dramatic and very inspiring to me. Not only did the Topaz DeNoise remove the noise, but using Topaz Adjust with an out of the box smooth preset, I was able to a silky smooth look that goes well with the subject. Look for more in the month of February and the interview with Topaz. Bottom line I highly recommend these products after using them in the last few weeks.

Exposure information of original shot

The Original picture

This is the same picture with the Topaz Adjust and DeNoise filter