What could Topaz Detail do for me here? Well, I used the "Smooth and Bold" preset to soften the image, but it came out just a touch too soft in the eye and pectoral fin. This shot of a batfish has a lot going on: the face is sharp, the scales are defined, and the light and focus fade away toward the fish's tail. Next, I tried a photo with a little more variety of texture to it. I dialed down the exposure just a touch to make the background more uniformly black. It also did nice things to define the whip coral's polyps. The "Sunset" filter brings out quite a bit more detail in this little guy's body, especially the textures of his pectoral fin and his see-through skin. These fish are much smaller than the photo suggests (1.5 inches, maybe) and very, very skittish, so you really don't even get to see the detail on the fish until you're looking at the photo later. This is great because I could flip through all those painful Unlucky Button results without ever having to wait. Topaz is sufficiently snappy that there's really no time to even tab out of the window. Have I mentioned, though, that Topaz Detail is fast? I've jettisoned plugins in the past because the processing times, even to render previews, were unbearably slow. Until then, it's more of an "Unlucky Button": you're much better off flipping through the included presets and tweaking them to suit your photo and your preferences. I was once taught that "just because the dial goes to 10 doesn't mean you should turn the dial all the way to 10." I think the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button could stand a taste of that medicine. Maybe it just wasn't my lucky day, but even after some twenty rolls of the dice, I couldn't get a result that looked better than this: The one "feature" of Topaz Detail that I really can't recommend is the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button.
Also, I had never noticed all the parasites in this guy's mouth before just now!
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Maybe I'll go back for another pass and mask in just the eel? What do you think?Īnd how about this scorpionfish? Using just the "Overall Detail Medium" filter preset once again really brought out the texture in its skin and eyes. I applied "Overall Detail Medium," which I thought defined the wrinkling in the eel's skin nicely, but I'm not sure about the increased definition in the background.
So, moving on to some of those "subtle but powerful" adjustments I was talking about earlier, here's a shot of a ribbon eel that could stand to be a little more crisp. The reds came out a little over saturated for my taste, but overall, I dig the effect-it's so much punchier. I had been satisfied with the sharpness and detail in this image, but applying the "Spring" preset really brought out the, well, detail in the Christmas tree worm's "branches" (which are actually its gills/mouth). So the first photo I loaded up was this macro image of a Christmas tree worm. Shown below are the "Before" pics mouse over each to see the processing I applied using Topaz Detail. The program includes a number of presets, which I found to be a great starting point, and at times were all I needed. Somewhat miraculously, Topaz Detail manages to increase sharpness without creating edge artifacts, halos, or significant noise. With increased microcontrast comes increased perception of sharpness in an image. To get into detail (ha ha) for a minute, Detail works by tweaking microcontrast, which is the contrast between adjacent pixels (as opposed to the global contrast of the entire image). Photoshop CS, Photoshop CC, Photoshop Elements.
Though I used it with Photoshop, the list of supported programs is pretty diverse: So Topaz Detail, like the other Topaz plugins, is not a standalone product, but rather interfaces with quite a few common photo-processing programs. It's fun to periodically go back and re-process old photos. I was pleasantly surprised! Detail made subtle, but often powerful adjustments to my photos that definitely increased their impact. Curious to find what it could do for my stuff, I dug up a handful of photos I had previously deemed "finished" and ran them through Detail. There are lots of Topaz Detail reviews floating around, but none (so far as I could find, anyway) specifically catering to underwater photos.
I also have a confession to make: I did this once before with Topaz Detail. Yesterday, I gave it another chance.
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I have a tendency to download photo processing plugin trials, try them once, and then forget all about them until long after the trial expires. Topaz Detail for Underwater Photos: A Review
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