DSLR Photography Forum

A view on Blow me Down Mountains, Lark Harbour, Newfoundland, August 2012 DSC5031 by Pavel M, on Flickr

Thanks again Julian. This is really fun. A think to play with when you are brain-dead, should be sleeping and can not. I never thought I will become such a skilled and talented painter

I assume you do not mind a little plug for your site.

One of the thing I noticed about Topaz that I rarely see in Adobe or NIK products. In these other products if I do not know what a particular lever does, I push it all the way to the right and watch what happens - no need for a manual. With Topaz, sometimes when I push the lever to the extreme right or left, nothing noticeable happens. It must have something to do with the particular image or the combination of selected commands, but unless I Google it or something, I will not know. Not always quite so intuitive.

Pavel, that's a really nice shot and use of what seems to be Topaz Simplify. Try adding another layer and use Topaz Clean, then blend the two.