Overview

Photo © William Brauksiek

It's All in the Details

Topaz Detail puts unique detailing capabilities right at your fingertips. Built with one-of-a-kind technology, this plug-in is invaluable for photographers who want precise and intricate detailing abilities that will help achieve high-quality enhancements.

Topaz Detail works with three levels of internal detail separation in order to provide you with unprecedented control and flexibility over image detail manipulation. This extensive flexibility and the powerful technology behind it makes Topaz Detail invaluable for photographers who want to give their photos that extra something. Detail's advanced technology makes it possible for you to optimally remove, recover and enhance details, without the side effects of halos or artifacts.

Check out some great examples of
Topaz Detail's capabilities.

Detail 2 Highlights

• Ability to selectively enhance image details.
• Micro-contrast tools for fine detail enhancement.
• Built with a basic blur reduction tool to help reverse minor instances of blur.
• Speed boost for faster processing times.
• Unique color effects via advanced color processing.
• Advanced tone adjustment features.

Inside of Topaz Detail

Topaz Detail internally separates an image into different parts: small details, medium details, large details, and color. Sliders are then used to independently change the strength of these parts, which results in more or less detail in exactly the places you want without any artifacts whatsoever. Learn more...

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Benefits

With efficient, powerful and intuitive adjustments, Topaz Detail 2 is ideal for photographers looking for ultimate control over image detail and the most advanced sharpening technology on the market.

Absolute Detail Control

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Get unprecedented control over small, medium, and large image features and detail. Topaz Detail 2 allows you to find the perfect balance of detail in your images by giving you a unique command over the detail enhancement process. Take your images to the next level by taking advantage of the best detail enhancement technology currently available.

"The Visitor" © Brian P. Slade.

Halo-Free Sharpening

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Apply crisp and clean image sharpening without fear of "oversharpening". A major issue with all other sharpening techniques is that they create sharpening artifacts known as "overshooting" or "halos". Topaz Detail 2 uses the most recent advances in micro-contrast imaging technology to almost eliminate these sharpening artifacts, allowing for highly effective and natural sharpening.

Selective Tone Control

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Create stunning black and white images quickly and simply with Detail's selective toning and color adjustments. In addition to detail enhancement and halo-free sharpening, Topaz Detail 2 features selective tone control, which adjusts the luminance of selected color families. With decreased color saturation, using the tone controls is an efficient method of converting color images into striking black and white images.

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Examples

Hover over each example for a quick look at the Before photo, or click it for a larger version of the before/after comparison (After image on top).

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  © Nichole Paschal

Click below to visit the Topaz Detail Gallery and see more of our user's images!

We'd love to see your photos here! To submit a photo for inclusion on our website, send the Before and After shot to gallery[at]topazlabs.com.

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Tutorials

Detail Tutorials

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Topaz Detail puts ultimate detail control at your fingertips, making it easy to revive and intensify intricate image details
that can really help define an image. Check out some of the available Detail tutorials to help you get started.

Featured Tutorial:

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Accolades

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  Stuck in Customs by Trey Ratcliff

  "Topaz Detail is a really great and fun program. These guys know how to make a slick UI that is intuitive, simple, and powerful. And it is AMAZINGLY fast - not like some of those filters where you click and then go get a coffee!"
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  Appletell by Aaron Kraus

  "Topaz Labs' Detail plug-in is a winner all around. Detail can save a mediocre shot with simple presets...When it is possible to get the perfect shot, Detail can make it even better by allowing fine-grained control over three levels of image sharpness and color/tone balance."
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  Canon Blogger by Jason

  "This is definitely a product to consider as a part of your arsenal of tools...I've already seen so many possibilities for photo galleries and output options on my own collections that I could be busy for months just reviewing what these plugins have to offer."
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  Garmahis by Michael Garmahis

  "Topaz Detail is a highly innovative product in detail refinement and creative sharpening...In addition, Topaz Detail has stunning black and white conversions."
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  Photography and The Mac by Robert Lachman

  "I think Topaz Lab has really come up with a fine piece of software at a great price. This is one of those software programs that gets addictive, once you get started, it's hard to stop."
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  faqs.org - Software Reviews by Stan Ashbrook, originally published in PSA Journal on May 1, 2010

  "I found that Topaz Detail 2 can make even my best Photoshop enhanced image look better and does so in a subtle way, by sharpening with natural detail enhancement and rarely increasing the noise levels."
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  Graf Nature Photography by Mark

  "Topaz Detail, in my own simple terms, seems to reach down into the file and grab detail from your image that might be otherwise overlooked."
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  Mulewings by Val

  "The new interface is more pleasing and user friendly! Not only that, it is lightning fast compared to the previous version. All one has to do is...let their imaginations run wild. You can do as much or as little as you want."

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Specifications

Before installing Topaz, please refer to our system specifications to verify that your system
meets the minimum requirements - as recommended by our development team.

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