At the beginning of this month Topaz Labs released an upgrade of their popular Adjust plug-in for Photoshop. The latest version features a redesigned interface, new presets and upgraded image processing algorithms.
Today I decided to run a couple of images through the new Adjust 4 and here are some preset examples.
Sunset at the Lake:
Original RAW image
Photo Pop Preset
Color Stretch Preset
Enhance Contrast Preset
Feeling Lucky Option
Somewhere in Lamington National Park:
Original RAW image
Color Blast Preset
Painting Venice Preset
Charcoal Preset and a Photoshop Curves boost
As you can see from the few examples above there are lots of different options with the presets included with Adjust 4 but to me one of the real strengths of this powerful plug-in is the ability to season to your images to taste by using the various sliders available within the new interface to really fine tune your image.
Often I will choose one of the presets as a starting point and then work my way through the various sliders and make further adjustments as requried or depending on my mood and where I want to go with the image.
Once you become more familiar with the various sliders you can also go straight to the sliders and make your adjustments from scratch.
So really this plug-in is equally suitable for people who are new to post-processing their images as well as people who are more experienced in post-processing their images.
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Thu, Mar 4, 2010
Software