Fellow Topaz webinar presenter, John Barclay, was a speaker at this year’s event along with seven other talented photographers. This conference focuses on all things creative – both in-camera and post-processing. We will begin moving the conference to other areas of the country next year. My husband and I also run our own Creative Photography Conference, and we held our 3 rd event in May here in New England. At the end of July, I will be heading to the Southwestern Michigan Council of Camera Clubs conference in October to Mike Moats’ Macro Conference in Cleveland and next March to the PSA Southern California Chapter event. It’s been a busy spring and will continue into the fall! I recently did a seminar for the Photographic Society of Chattanooga called “Alternative Visual Artistry with Topaz & Textures”, and then a half-day hands-on workshop on Topaz products for the group. Topaz Texture Effects is on sale through November 20th. I’m still very involved with camera organizations at the local, state, regional and national levels. In the meantime, here are a few key stats to peak your interest.
That’s when I joined a local camera club and really began learning “the rules” and then how to break them. We did that for about 13 years pretty regularly, but after ten years of photographing mostly cars, I felt the need to get back to some other kinds of photography too. We both liked the modified-style cars and when we met someone at a racing show that was starting a new monthly regional newspaper, we offered to contribute articles and photos. We had both grown up going to races – me at Riverside Park (MA) and Danbury (CT) with my parents, and Dave in Western NY. My husband, Dave, and I began covering auto racing around 1991. Primarily I was still taking snapshots, but I was learning more as time went on. I purchased my first SLR in 1979 – a Minolta XG1 – which I loved.
I also have a graphic design/typesetting background (pre-desktop publishing!). In Photoshop Go to Filter, Topaz Labs, Topaz B&W Effects In Topaz B&W Effects Go to menu, Enter Key, Register with the serial provided within the download, leave name blank Go to menu, untick Enable Auto-Updates Enjoy the full version plugin, you may need to block the program with firewall Video Tutorial See Topaz Homepage Topaz Denoise 5 Free. You can also learn more, download a free trial or purchase Topaz Texture Effects here on the Topaz Labs website.I have always had an interest in art, crafts, and photography – taking snapshots of family and on vacations back in the day.
Topaz Texture Effects works as a plugin for Photoshop CS4+, Photoshop CC, Photoshop Elements 6+, Paintshop Pro X, Serif PhotoPlus X5+, Lightroom and also as a standalone app.Ĭheck out the overview videos for Topaz Texture Effects below.
So, being able to pull up a variety of presets as a starting point in a pretty straightforward interface definitely piques my interest. I love seeing textures applied in final images but I have never taken the time to learn how to use them the right way in Photoshop. The problem I have with textures is that I’m not very confident in my own ability to select the right one for the photo.
I do absolutely zero processing with textures now. I’m not quite an expert in it yet, but it’s very easy to use and something I can see myself actually using for textures. I spent a few minutes trying out a pre-release version last night and I really like how easy it is to apply textures. Topaz Texture Effects Before & After Sample