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L I N K S: Popular Special Effects Explained


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You'll find explanations and helpful links here, including links to the original request threads. Please go through these images first and see if that's what you want and if the links address your need.

If more help is necessary, go for it; start your own. We also invite you to post your work if you created one of these effects. Share your pride!!

I apologize for any redundancy to the links provided. Nature of the beast, and I guess more is better in this case.

If anyone has additional effects they would like added, please PM me with the post url. The requests seem to go in cycles, fads I suppose. So if you remember one from some time ago that you like and think should be in here, PM me please with the thread url and I'll add it.

Following is a list of contents which will be updated as new topics are added. If you don't recognize the effect by name, scroll down to the images in each post and see if this answers your question. If not, post your effects question in a new thread.

Thank you for visiting here first!

Post 2: Smooth and glossy effects, might include Topaz Clean plug-in
Post 3: Popular Sports Image effects, smoothed, glossy, enhanced contrast; cartoon-like
Post 4: Dragan Effect: high-contrast, glossy, a bit of sepia toning
Post 5: Dave Hill Effect: similar to some of above in use of contrast and gloss. Also uses distortions.
Post 6: Popular Sports Image effect similar to that in Post 3. Discussion of using Topaz Adjust
Post 7: "Washed Out Look," "White Out Effect," "Porcelain Effect", and "Soft Lighting Effects".
Post 8: Another cartoon effect using Photoshop or Topaz plug-in Selection
Post 9: I am currently researching this one as the image and discussion link to do not match. Apologies . . .
Post 10: Sepia Toning
 
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https://www.photoshopgurus.com/foru...plz-tell-me-whats-name-effect-used-photo.html

This was not a "one button" fix. Lots of PP techniques were used, and I'm not sure which one caught your eye. For example, I see some burning and dodging, skin smoothing, colorization, painting-like efx, etc.

If, by some chance, the curly hair is your major interest, it could have been drawn in or enhanced using the pen tool, or the artist could have used a plugin such as:

http://www.redfieldplugins.com/filterFractalius.htm

or

Topaz Clean
http://www.topazlabs.com/clean/#1
http://www.topazlabs.com/_img/examples/clean/blonde.jpg

which will also accomplish many of the efx listed above.

HTH,

Tom M


The "Name" no such beast, just a lot of work from the original image You can do this in PS alone, but more work, than with Topaz


Topaz.....Start with Clean, then when smooth enough, go to Detail and finish up with a contrast tweak

Here is an here is an original to play with.......

http://www.cinemaphotos.net/gallery...e_photos/ajit_soolam_exclusive_photos_003.jpg


Ps cs6 standard filter oil painting will achieve similar if you know pretty much how to do the topaz style manually, mainly low contrast and sharpen sharpen a but more smudge tool topped with high pass.
 
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link to original discussion thread

a) What software (and what version) do you intend to use to obtain this effect on your own photos?

b) In case you are wondering about Sam's comment, he is talking about many similar questions we have had over the past 6 months (or so). In most of those cases, the Topaz Adjust plugin is probably the easiest way to get the effect, e.g.:
http://www.photoshopgurus.com/forum/photoshop-newbies/43915-any-help-effect.html#post1533629512
http://www.photoshopgurus.com/forum...tool-technique-i-need-use.html#post1533648884
http://www.photoshopgurus.com/forum...-know-how-generate-effect.html#post1533643749
http://www.photoshopgurus.com/forum...os/46104-cartoon-effect-aka-topaz-effect.html

c) As Dalkarls suggested, there are ways to get a similar look without using any of the Topaz plugins, and in fact, the last link above shows another non-Topaz approach. I would add that using USM at medium radii will also help.

HTH,

Tom


Video from Hoogle

 
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