Messing around with Topaz Studio

[Grumpy John]

I thought that I'd have a play around with Topaz Studio today, it's been a while.

[MJ224]

Super image.

Topaz Studio is a great programme, I sometimes play with....

[Ozzie_Traveller]

Hi GJ

Hmmmm - very stark, + very good colours and overall image
You have a keeper here for your office waill
Phil

[wigz]

Very effective use of colour and texture

[Grumpy John]

Thanks for the kind words everyone. I'm messing around with focus stacking at the moment using different methods/programs to compare results. Will post later.

[Grumpy John]

Just for you Isac.

[Grumpy John]

PS I used your border action, looks good.

[Isac]

Thanks John. It really adds some punch and definition to the leaf.
Is the action OK? How well did it work for you? Do you want changes? Did you change the scale to see different effects?

[Grumpy John]

"Thanks John. It really adds some punch and definition to the leaf.
Is the action OK? How well did it work for you? Do you want changes?"

Thanks for the kind words Isac. Would it be possible to have the action a bit more interactive so I could change the line thickness and colour.

Also I'm getting these two messages, but I just hit continue and the action works fine.

[Isac]

I've no idea why those 2 commands are failing. I'll have a play and see what eventuates. Perhaps it's the keyboard shortcuts I use for those commands which maybe need to be accessed via the menu system.

[Isac]

Got it sorted. I wrote the action on an image that had several layers and used the "merge visible" command to make a new layer containing a copy of all visible layers and then used the "Move" command to move it to the top of the layers stack. In that scenario it works fine. I then ran the action on just a single locked background layer and it produced the same 2 errors you have show above. I will rewrite the action for you and send it via email.

[Alan]

Very nice. I love Topaz - can be addictive

[Grumpy John]

Thanks Alan.
Do you know if it is possible to save the Topaz effect on a new layer in Photoshop? The only way I can see it being done is to duplicate the layer and apply the effect to the duplicated layer.