ReStyle Photoshop Plugin from TopazLabs – A First Look
Topaz Labs recently announced a new photo processing plugin called ReStyle that allows you to easily and quickly apply new looks and styles to your photos. But with all the photo processing plugins on the market and on my computer,…
Using the Black Rose Filter in Topaz Adjust to Give your Photos a Dark, Gloomy Effect
When I’m trying to give a gloomy or dreary appearance to a photo, I like to use the Black Rose filter in Topaz Adjust 5. The Black Rose Filter is located in the Toned Collection category in Topaz Adjust. Topaz…
6 Artistic Views of El Capitan, Yosemite National Park
Photoshop filters and photo painting plugins can provide a lot of creativity to apply artistic effects to your photographs. Many customers of photography prints prefer an artistic or painted look to the art they hang on their walls. The problem is…
Use Google Image Search to Find Out Who is Using Your Photos Online
Many people use Google Image Search to find photos on the Internet by typing text into the search box. Google Image Search also has an easy to use Search By Image feature that can help you find people who are…
Using AKVIS ArtWork to create Gouache Paintings from your Photos
The Gouache (pronounced “Gwash”) is a heavy, opaque watercolor painting technique. The result is a less wet looking and more colorful painting than an ordinary watercolor painting. The AKVIS ArtWork Photoshop plugin can turn your photos into paintings using a…
3 Techniques to turn your Photos to Paintings
Turning your photos in to paintings give your pictures an interesting, painterly look. Prints of these photos may also sell better as people are looking for paintings to hang on their walls. In this blog post, I’ll cover 3 techniques…
Why is the Filter Gallery Greyed Out in Photoshop and How to Fix it
The Photoshop Filter Gallery provides access to numerous artistic filters to give your photos a creative and artistic look. It can be a lot of fun to create works of art from your images using the Filter Gallery. But, sometimes…
How I use Attributes in Lightroom to Find my Photos
Adobe’s Lightroom has powerful tools to help you tag and find your photos besides just looking for photos in a traditional file structure. However, it can be quite confusing to figure out a system for how to use Lightroom’s attributes…
Painting Flowers using the Oil Style in AKVIS ArtWork
In this blog post, I will give step by step instructions on how to make an Oil Painting from a photograph of flowers using AKVIS Artwork 7.0. I will also provide the final settings that I used to create the…
Bring your Photos Back to Life Using the Oil Painting Technique in AKVIS ArtWork
I took this sunrise photo in Cuyahoga Valley National Park and I just didn’t like it. I must have processed it for 2 hours. It just sat on my hard drive. I didn’t upload it to my website or post…
