{"id":1912,"date":"2011-11-24T23:02:01","date_gmt":"2011-11-25T06:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/?p=1912"},"modified":"2016-02-02T17:33:49","modified_gmt":"2016-02-03T00:33:49","slug":"mini-review-of-topaz-adjust-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/mini-review-of-topaz-adjust-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Mini-Review of Topaz Adjust 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently picked up a copy of Topaz Adjust 5 (released November 15th 2011), and fell in love with it! Here is a simple mini-review and some first impressions of Adjust 5.<\/p>\n

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Topaz Adjust<\/a> is a photo-editing plug-in developed by Topaz Labs that integrates into editors (such as Photoshop) by adding auto exposure, contrast, and color-correcting tools, along with many tonemapping presets for easy one-click image enhancement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Topaz Adjust’s biggest strength is definitely its powerful preset selection for image enhancement. Adjust 5 includes hundreds<\/em> of HDR and tonemapping effect presets that are easily applied to an image. This makes brining out detail, adding texture, correcting color and exposure, creating unique HDR effects to an image very simple (and fun!) to do.\u00a0I’m a\u00a0huge fan\u00a0<\/a>of tonemapping and image enhancement algorithms, so it makes sense why I really like Adjust’s nice collection of easy effects.<\/p>\n

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The digital darkroom environment provided by Adjust 5 (pictured above) arranges all the\u00a0presets on the left<\/em> side pane, a live effect preview in the center<\/em> (with optional original\/current split), and some fine-tuning slider-bars on the right<\/em> side pane. With its intuitive interface, I could spend hours simply clicking on presets and seeing the instant preview – it’s easy and quite fun. Plus, the ability to fine-tune and “stack” the presets is great as well.<\/p>\n

Pro tip: Use the “Transparency” slider in “Finishing Touches” section on the right side to simulate layers and stack effects. Also note, Topaz Adjust is essentially just all the sliders on the right, and the presets are just that: pre-configured slider bar settings… but super useful and fun!<\/p>\n

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For even more information on Adjust 5, Everyday HDR<\/em> has an excellent review of Topaz Adjust 5 [here]<\/a>, as well as a great introductory video tutorial [here]<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now, for some first impressions:<\/em><\/p>\n

Pros:<\/p>\n