User manual TOPAZ LABS ADJUST V4

[. . . ] User Manual Contents 3 3 3 4 5 6 7 7 8 9 13 15 15 15 16 17 17 17 18 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 I. Company Info 20 21 21 21 21 21 21 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 23 23 23 23 23 23 24 28 33 35 37 38 39 Topaz Adjust 2 IV. Exposure 20 User Manual Installation Entering Your Key Entering your trial key allows you to save your projects and print them during your evaluation period. Entering your license key allows you do the same, except without any time limitations. [. . . ] A setting of 0 disables adaptive saturation balancing while a setting of 1 applies full adaptive saturation balancing. Regions The number of regions to divide the image into for Adaptive Exposure processing. The larger this number is, the more local contrast in saturation you'll get. The best way to get great-looking images is to experiment with the filter until you're satisfied. Despite the number of sliders and settings, getting a great result is easier than you might think! User Manual Settings & Parameters Suppression The suppression tab modifies the automatic noise map and controls the amount of noise removed. A value of 1 removes what Topaz Adjust calculates to be the correct amount of noise in an image. A higher value removes more noise (relative to the noise map) and a lower value removes less. This filter is generally good at detecting, so it is best to start off with a setting of 1 and gradually work from there. Amount The degree of noise suppression applied to the image. A setting of 0 turns noise reduction off and 1 turns it on fully. This is similar to the "Opacity" setting in Photoshop for the noise map. Topaz Adjust Saturation Standard parameter to increase or decrease the overall saturation of the image. Saturation Boost Increase or decrease the saturation of less saturated colors. Hue A convenient hue correction control. Noise The Topaz Adjust noise algorithms are intelligent and can detect the amount and type of noise in an image in most cases. This tab is designed with speed and usability in mind, and is extremely fast and snappy. However, you also have the option of using a slower but higherquality noise reduction algorithm by checking the checkbox "use Topaz DeNoise". (This is a basic noise reduction tool without the extra options. For higherquality noise reduction tools try Topaz DeNoise 3. ) 23 Additional Noise reduction notes: 6. Preview zoom MUST be 50% or more or the Deblur feature will not be accessible and you will see the message below: Use Topaz DeNoise You will notice a check box option in the Noise tab that will allow you to process your noise reduction options using Topaz DeNoise. Disabling this feature will make your noise reduction process fast but simple, and will suppress more detail. If you enable this feature then it will use an advanced algorithm, similar to the one in the DeNoise 3 program, to remove image noise. This feature is slower but it will preserve more detail in your image. User Manual Workflow We will be using this under exposed scenic image for our example. The goal for this image is to correct the image exposure while brighten it up and recovering some of the color and details. In the following steps, we will show you how to achieve optimal results with your own photos, following this model. [. . . ] This will allow you to access your Topaz programs. Please make sure that your image preview is zoomed in to 50% or more and this will enable the Noise sliders. Please visit our knowledge base online at: http://www. topazlabs. com/support/kb/ If you are not able to find the answer there then please visit our new Topaz Forum online at: www. topazlabs. com/forum or email customer support at: support@ topazlabs. com "If I use the 30-day trial version will I need to uninstall the trial version before I upgrade to a full version?" No, the Topaz trial software is designed to be unlocked to become the full version simply by entering a license key. [. . . ]