Okay soo….all of a sudden the new Topaz Impression 2 runs on my computer. I’m not sure what changed but it’s a relief that it’s working. Yay! I don’t think I’m going to have much more life in this 4-year old computer though. The plug-ins and new photoshop rely more and more on graphics and my laptop integrates graphics processes on the CPU. It may be time to upgrade in the near future to one that has a dedicated graphics card.
Anyway…for today I’m posting an image I created using the new Impression. I really adore that they have masking in there now. Yay! I hardly ever apply a filter to the entire image so it’s nice that we can mask right there AND they’ve included a lot more blending modes plus a few new presets. The other cool thing is that it does “real time” painting. So when you brush over an area in a mask for instance, you see it as you paint. It’s very neat!
I hope you all have a fantastic Sunday! We are having beautiful weather here the day before our July 4th holiday. I need to take some pics of flags tomorrow and I hope to take some fireworks. I’m glad I’m in the east bay because we’ll be able to see our fireworks in the sky. San Francisco will be fogged in once again on the 4th. 😦
Coastal in California – Muir Beach
July 3, 2016 at 9:06 am
That is often how I see the world around me, but it greatly depends upon the day. 🙂
For me, colors tell a story. I’ve been to Muir beach. The California coast is gorgeous.
July 3, 2016 at 9:09 am
Me too…I know what you mean about the time of day. I like color too….black and white depresses me sometimes. Glad you can relate the image to having been at this location too. I do love our coast! Thanks for your comment. 🙂
July 3, 2016 at 9:07 am
Beautiful job on the image, Laura!
July 3, 2016 at 9:10 am
Thank you so much!! I had fun with it.
July 3, 2016 at 9:27 am
Beautifully done, Laura! Like a impressionism painting, indeed.
I heard about Topaz from my photo instructor last month, I haven’t download it, yet.
July 3, 2016 at 10:36 am
Thanks Amy. 🙂 I really love this program for painterly images. I hope you get a chance to try it out sometime.
July 3, 2016 at 9:30 am
oops, downloaded…
July 3, 2016 at 10:38 am
ha! I read typonese 😉
July 3, 2016 at 9:32 am
lovely scenery…vw
July 3, 2016 at 10:38 am
Thank you! It really is beautiful there.
July 3, 2016 at 12:33 pm
I see that. thanks for sharing…
July 3, 2016 at 10:24 am
Like your image and happy 4th –
July 3, 2016 at 10:40 am
Thank you! 🙂
July 3, 2016 at 11:46 am
😉
July 3, 2016 at 11:12 am
Beautiful, Laura!
July 3, 2016 at 1:02 pm
Thanks Pam! I’m behind on checking blogs. I will be doing that shortly!
July 3, 2016 at 11:24 am
This is beautiful. I hated Topaz when I first bought it and now I love it. I put most of my images through it now. But I’ ve been thinking about a new pc, too. Haven’t even updated ps or lightroom and I’m having problems with plug ins not opening when exporting from lightroom to edit.
July 3, 2016 at 1:04 pm
Thanks Emilio. I’m having some issues too as my Macbook doesn’t have a dedicated graphics card. It’s ok right now but I can tell it’s slower when using these plug-ins. The new Impression is so awesome with the mask feature!!
July 3, 2016 at 12:08 pm
Very beautiful!
Liebe Gruesse Monika
July 3, 2016 at 1:05 pm
Thank you!
July 3, 2016 at 12:51 pm
splendid… I was at Muir Woods and Beach last month… 🙂
July 3, 2016 at 1:05 pm
Oh! Maybe we were there at the same time!
July 3, 2016 at 1:20 pm
Interesting effects – do you use a photograph as a starting point?
July 3, 2016 at 1:39 pm
Yes always.
July 3, 2016 at 5:46 pm
What a lovely effect Laura!
July 3, 2016 at 7:27 pm
Thank you. :). I have fun doing this once in awhile. I think I’m in the mood lately!
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July 3, 2016 at 7:27 pm
Thank you as always!!
July 3, 2016 at 8:12 pm
This is gorgeous. Perhaps I should stop painting; can’t compete 🙂 Wishing you a happy July 4th for tomorrow…A
July 4, 2016 at 11:41 am
Thank you Andrew. And god no….don’t stop painting. They can’t compare. Happy 4th to you too!
July 4, 2016 at 12:16 pm
Thanks Laura. OK then, back to the studio 😊
July 4, 2016 at 3:10 am
That looks awesome. Never tried it. But here is a 30 days trial version which I can look at. Thanks for the inspiration and for sharing this beautiful, artistic image. Smiles. Reinhold
July 4, 2016 at 9:53 am
So lovely Laura! I love the impressionistic feel to this image-the light and colors are just beautiful-
July 4, 2016 at 11:48 am
I’m so glad you like it! I normally do more intense color but I rather enjoyed trying something else. This more matches the mood I felt at the time. Thanks for the nice comment. 🙂
July 4, 2016 at 7:41 pm
Nice editing. I like what you are doing lately
July 5, 2016 at 7:58 am
Thank you! I really appreciate that. I’ve been working on improving my skills so yay!
July 5, 2016 at 7:13 pm
You are welcome. I can see the difference in your style
July 5, 2016 at 8:13 pm
Thanks for noticing!
December 3, 2016 at 9:04 am
I have ordered Topaz on my new Mac and will give it a try. 🙂
Thanks for introducing this program, Laura!
December 3, 2016 at 2:40 pm
Oh that’s great!! Did you order the suite or just Impression? I hope you let me know when you post something where you used it. I miss a lot in my reader. :-(. I think you’ll have fun with it!