Overview

Stunning Art from Photos

The Topaz Simplify plug-in transforms regular photos into beautiful watercolors, line art, and photorealistic paintings.

The unique size-based technology in Topaz Simplify processes the photo like a true artist would: it eliminates clutter and leaves behind only the essence of the photo. By selectively removing unnecessary image clutter, Simplify helps you create a bold and powerful piece of art in just a few clicks.

Instead of providing cookie cutter photo to art filters, Topaz Simplify opens a floodgate of artistic possibilities by giving you ultimate control over the most important element in art: simplicity. Use Simplify for anything from reducing distractions in a realistic photograph to completely transforming your photograph into a painting.

The artistic range and scope of Topaz Simplify is endless. Here are just a few things you can instantly do with your photos:

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• Artistic: Completely transform your photos into dazzling watercolors, line art, paintings, cartoons, and drawings with just a click of a button. Because you get complete control over the degree and style of image simplification, there are infinite variations of art that you can create from any single photo.
• Realistic: Eliminate unnecessary clutter from your photographs to create stunning photorealistic masterpieces. With distracting details gone, the viewer is left with the true and impactful essence of the photo. Adjusting opacity and selectively applying Topaz Simplify will leave your viewers breathless at the natural beauty of your photo, unhindered by unnecessary image elements.
• Presets: Take advantage of Topaz Simplify's extensive presets system. Use one of many built-in presets to jump start your creativity, save your own often-used settings, and download others from the community.
• Workflow: Topaz Simplify is fully 64-bit compatible, works in 16-bit color, is available for Aperture and Lightroom, and can be used as a Smart Filter. It is also fully multi-core optimized and blazing fast.

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Art Styles

Topaz Simplify is very versatile and works well on many different types of photos with an unlimited range of styles and effects. It all depends on what you want out of your photos. Click below for just a couple of ways photographers use Simplify to create powerful photography.

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Technology

For additional Simplify resources, visit our Simplify tutorials page.

Topaz Simplify uses a proprietary Topaz Labs image processing engine based on multi-level topological decomposition. This technology suppresses and recovers detail based on a specific range of sizes determined by the user.

Simply put, "topological decomposition" enables Topaz Simplify to choose exactly what size of image features to keep and which ones to throw away, all while retaining the original photo's integrity. When applied to photos, this has a great effect: you retain the spirit of your original photo while determining exactly which features you want to keep, and in what style. Instead of having to select between a few cookie cutter effects, this technology allows you to tailor an original effect, customize it for your photo, and make it completely your own.

Roll over the photo to the left for a very simple example of this technology. Note the small distracting details that have been automatically removed by Simplify, which actually enhances the impact of the photo. This photo has not been manually retouched - everything was done in Simplify in about ten seconds.

To the best of our knowledge, this unique technology is not available in any other current commercial Photoshop plug-in.

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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.

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  © Byron O'Neal

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  © Barry Wood

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  © Kathy Cavallaro

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  © Dean Rhoades

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  © Byron O'Neal

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  © John Askew

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  © Christopher Arndt

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  © Edalisse Hirst

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  © Victor Cajiao

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  © Victor Cajiao

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  © Jim Askew

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  © John Askew

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  © Rich Ganzel

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  © Scott Wyden

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  © Julian Noel

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

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Accolades

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  Bright Hub by Michele McDonough

  "I believe Topaz Simplify to be one of the best plugins available on the market today. It performs at a superior level to other products in its class, some of which cost twice as much. Definitely add this one to your wish list."
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  PC World by Sally Wiener Grotta and Daniel Grotta

  "Topaz Simplify offers photographers a wide range of options for creative expression. The result is of a quality that pros can use, but the interface is easy enough for anyone to master."
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  Photography and the Mac by Robert Lachman

  "Topaz Simplify is very easy to use and it works great.... Simplify should come with a warning: 'Don’t download unless you don’t want to spend a lot of time trying out the cool effects.' It’s amazing to watch the process and how easy it is."
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  Harryson Pics by Scott Harrison

  "Boring images can often make great source material for running through Topaz Simplify. The problem with Topaz Simplify is its ease of use - install and bam, you are spending hours playing with effects. "
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  Digital Apple Juice by Dr. Michael Roach

  "I have found the approach that Topaz Labs uses to be very innovative and a very good value for the money... I’m very pleased with the value received."

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Compatibility