
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.
To simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.
- Hans Hoffman
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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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.

In a world where every scene has a thousand distractions, nature photography greatly benefits from simplicity. Bring out the mood of your photo by eliminating any distracting features or converting it to natural media art.

People can be processed with Topaz Simplify in various creative ways, including fake sketches, watercolors, and line art. For certain images, an "anime" or "cartoon" effect also works well.

Photos of vehicles and technology can be greatly enhanced with Topaz Simplify, which can remove details unnecessary to the photograph or give it an artistic flair.

Many landscape shots contain irrelevant details that detract from the photo. Topaz Simplify easily strips away the unnecessary detail to give the landscape shot more impact.

Make your culture photos focus on meaning rather than extraneous details. Bring out the message in your photos of culture by eliminating the unnecessary and emphasizing the necessary.
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For additional Simplify resources, visit our Simplify tutorials page.
"The technology in Topaz Simplify is designed to provide unlimited artistic possibilities for photographers. Instead of simply giving you a handful of cookie-cutter effects, Topaz Simplify's extensive control over size, style, and color gives you the tools to create your own very personal and unique artistic photographic masterpieces.
Art is simplicity. Topaz Simplify's unique size-based simplification technology was developed specifically to allow photographers to realize their own unique artistic vision in their photos."
- Dr. Albert Yang
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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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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