Also, it does come as part of the Photoshop Topaz Bundle, which includes all eight of the Topaz plug-ins at a substantial discount. However, I can imagine that it could be very useful for some purposes. I personally won’t be spending any more time using this plug-in, as far as I know at this point. So pretty!Īnyway, I hope that my rather brief introductory review of Topaz Simplify has been helpful. You can click on the image to view it full-size if you want: Topaz Simplify Result. Here is the image after being processed in the plug-in. On the right hand side are sliders that allow you to tweak various aspects of the image, for custom results.įor the purpose of this review I chose the BuzSim 5 preset, as it created an attractive result with this particular image, and then made some minor adjustments to a few sliders. There is a collection of presets on the left of the screen, and it is easy to view each preset as a quick preview, so there is no need to waste time processing the image in order to see the results. Like the two other Topaz plug-ins I have tried so far, the user interface is very clean, and closely resembles Lightroom. Here is the original photo, prior to being processed in Topaz Simplify: Topaz Simplify Starting Photo With preset collections ranging from Classic, Film, HDR, Stylized, Toned and Vibrant (each with several sub-category fully-adjustable presets), you’ll be sure to find exactly the right effect or effects for your image. I tried a handful of images in the software, and was truly only happy with the results from one of the images that I experimented with in Topaz Simplify. If you were only going to choose a single Topaz plug-in, Adjust would definitely be the right one. This might not be true for you however, so I would still recommend downloading the trial version of Topaz Simplify. While it can be fun to turn a photo into a “painting” I personally wouldn’t have any use for this plug-in beyond the playing factor. While I do stand to make a commission if you purchase a Topaz product through my blog, I have sworn honesty in my reviews, and must admit that I am overall pretty disappointed with the Simplify plug-in. I would definitely recommend trying it out.Īfter being introduced to both Topaz Adjust and Topaz DeNoise Photoshop plug-ins, I decided to download the trial version of Topaz Simplify and write a review. Category: Featured, Photography Software Reviews Tags: topaz simplifyĮdit: The newest version of Topaz Simplify, which has come out since I wrote this review, is much much better! There are a lot more presets to work with and more overall control.
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