Quick first with Impressions

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Wow, just a quick try and I’m really impressed by the program :slight_smile: I was a painter and it’s far better at impressionistic styles than I ever was.

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Welcome to the forum and nice work on both images.

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thanks :slight_smile:

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great images Lynn … love the action in the first

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You’re off to a great start …welcome to the forum.

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Welcome to the forum!

Great results, I really like both images! Very nice technique.

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Very nice work. Welcome.

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Welcome to the forum. Nicely done!

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Thank you everyone. There’s a lot of nice work on this forum, I’ve been checking out once in a while when I have time.

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Welcome to the forum… great painterly results on both images. You’re going to find a lot of enjoyment with using the Topaz products and interacting with the forum members.

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Thank you, I’ve actually had a set for many years. I just recently got Impressions, Textures and Glow. Yes, I’ve had a lot of fun and now playing with the new three is a blast.

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I’m finding Glow to be a bit unpredictable though. Hard to understand where it’s going to go.

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some more great images … absolutely love the textured rodeo shot

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You can always mask out any area where you don’t want the effect. All three images are good but the first is amazing.

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Thank you Shazzy. That shot I may delete as a friend may be using it. I forgot to watermark it.

I was pretty amazed by what the shot told me when I looked at it that night- the guy there has no fear. He was ready to jump on the fence but wasn’t at all hurried about it.

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Thanks Kathy. I meant hard to understand what it wants to do. It seems to have a mind of it’s own. I’d like more control over… hmmm… something. Not sure what. Guess I’ll have to work with it more. I feel like the deer was a happy accident. The photo happened to like the filter.

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Glow is tricky to learn but it can be extremely powerful. You can use it at less than 10% blend for a very subtle effect, or use it at full strength for a totally non-subtle effect :smile:

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Ken, Yes. I’m thinking I like it when the subject is isolated with a blurry high contrast background I tried it on some other images and couldn’t get anything workable. Just turned into a mess really quickly.

I’m not sure I like the sharpening effect it has at a very low level.

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Maybe this will help.

http://blog.topazlabs.com/tutorials/topaz-glow-beginners-guide/