Now I love Lightroom and the majority of my work’s carried out in Lightroom. However, Lightroom does have its limitations and one of those limitations is that you can’t work with layers or add textures to your images. So Photoshop is my number photo editing software that I turn to when adding textures. But what I …
One of the places we love to visit is Eltham Palace Gardens in London.. which is owned and maintained by the English Heritage… The Palace is surrounded by a moat, with two of moat being water and the other two sides being formal gardens… To gain access to the Palace you have to cross a …
I have to say I am really enjoying myself with Topaz Impresssion and it is a wonderful plugin to add to my Topaz Collection. Again I feel very humbled that Jodi Robbins of Topaz Labs asked me to do another tutorial for their blog… which you can read here and it is based on using …
I was very proud to be asked again to write another article for Topaz Labs… And for this article I thought about using multiple Topaz Labs Plugins to create an image. And for my tutorial I used this Photograph. You can read the full article at Topaz Labs.
For me Lightroom is my first port of call when processing an image. I like its simplicity, its versatility and for me the easiest post processing software to use. My main aim of using Photoshop is to remove elements that you can’t remove in Lightroom. The above photograph was created by using Lightroom’s HDR feature. …
When you think of a panoramic photograph you think of a landscape orientated photograph looking from left to right.. but sometimes you need to go the other way… and Lightroom will easily merge a panoramic going from top to bottom. The above photograph was taken at Great Comp Gardens near Sevenoaks in Kent and …
It was cold, it was murky and the sky was absolutely dreadful.. it was dismal and there wasn’t any clouds that gave drama to the sky… but even with the sky as dismal as it was.. I still liked the photo… so what do I do with it? Of course, at a texture and …
Then no worries.. just use a texture Do you have a photograph, with excellent fall colours, or stunning architecture but the sky lets you down? Well no fear.. by using Topaz Texture Effects 2 you can give your sky the boost it needs… to take it from a bland boring sky.. to a sky with …
Just over a week ago, I received an email from Jodi Robbins of Topaz Labs, who had seen my Duck Pond photograph; and she asked if I would be prepared to write an article for the Topaz Labs.. First of all I was gobsmacked… I couldn’t believe that I was being contacted by a renowned company …
For day 7 of my ‘test before you buy’ of Topaz Texture Effects 2 I thought I would take an image of Leeds Castle, with Lightroom Basic Edits and distractions (people) removed in Photoshop and apply 5 preinstalled Presets of Topaz Texture Effects 2. No further edits were carried out and none of the presets …
Well today is day 6 of my Topaz Texture Effects ‘trial before buy’ challenge. So for this challenge I thought I would do a complete comparison of using Lightroom and Topaz Effects and just using Topaz Effects. This is the image I started out with… which was taken at Inveruglas on the edge of Loch …
Well I am on day four of Topaz Texture Effects 2 and I thought I would create an old-looking sepia-toned photograph.. in my test drive of Topaz Texture Effects 2. This time I started out using one of their pre-installed presets and then made my changes from there. My workflow this time was slightly different as I …
I am on day 3 of my trial of Topaz Texture Effects 2 and I have to say I am getting more impressed as the day’s go on… Below is the before and after, the before photo is SOOC with just cropping applied. And I have to say, one of the features that I do …
I really can’t believe how much I am liking this Topaz Texture Effects. The above photograph heading its way to the trash bin; I didn’t like it at all. I didn’t like the sky. I didn’t like the texture of the photograph, so for experimentation purposes, I wanted to see if this photograph which was heading towards that recycle bin could be transformed using …
Well you know me with my textures, I go through phases where I have to texture everything and normally I use Photoshop and Luminosity Masks to create the effect I want. So I thought I would give Topaz Texture Effects 2 a try. Yes you can use it directly from Lightroom and by all accounts from Photoshop. …
Why is it hard to make up my mind? I have Lightroom 5.5 and Photoshop…. so I can quite merrily do most things I want to do with a photograph. But here is the problem… Adobe are not releasing stand alone versions of Photoshop any more. Everything, except Lightroom is CC (Creative Cloud). Adobe just …