- Instantly turn any photo into a natural media art piece
- Easily create high-impact, artistic photography
- Create unlimited artistic styles - no drawing skill required
- Reduce amount of photographic detail for a variety of painted and sketched looks
- Repurpose previously unusable photos by adding a traditional art flare
Overview
Digital Art and Painting
The Topaz Simplify plug-in allows you to create stunning art from photos by transforming regular digital images into beautiful works-of-art. With Simplify, you can achieve a variety of creative art effects including: watercolors, textured oil paintings, cartoon-like images, abstracts, charcoal drawings, line art, and photorealistic paintings - giving your photography a true creative edge.
The unique size-based technology in Topaz Simplify processes your photo in the same way a true artist would: it eliminates detail-clutter and leaves behind only the essence and natural structure 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.
Simplify 3 Highlights
- Advanced size-based technology allows you to suppress / eliminate select details.
- Color management for color removal and color enhancement.
- Generate or reduce lines, edges and shading.
- Edge detection for control over edge reduction and enhancement.
- Separate control over image base and image edges for complete creative control.
Detail Simplified
Topaz Simplify uses a proprietary Topaz Labs image processing engine based on multi-level topological decomposition. 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 above 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.
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Art Styles
Unlimited Artistic Possibilities
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.
Nature
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
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.
Technology
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.
Landscapes
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.
Culture
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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Examples
Hover over each example for a quick look at the Before photo, or click it for a larger version of the before/after.
Click below to visit the Topaz Simplify 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 submit[at]topazlabs.com.
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Simplify Tutorials
Simplify Tutorials
Topaz Simplify makes the transition from digital photography to digital art simple so that anyone can become a digital artist.
Check out some of the available Simplify tutorials to help you get started.
Featured Tutorial:
How Topaz Simplify Works (30:24) by Greg Rostami
For more information about the technology within Topaz Simplify or for many tips and tricks on how to use it, check out this excellent tutorial video. Includes explanation of technology and Topaz Simplify best practices. (Simplify v2 used for demo.)
Digital Painting - PDF
See how easy it is to instantly create a digital painting from your photos with just a few clicks.
Artistic Enhancement - PDF
Learn how to make artistic enhancements with Topaz Simplify.
Creating Cartoon-like Effects - Blog Article
Learn how to make cartoon-like enhancements with Topaz Simplify.
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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." -
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." -
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." -
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. " -
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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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.
- Requires Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7
(32-bit and 64-bit) - Requires at least 1 GB RAM. (2 GB or more recommended)
- Compatible with Adobe Photoshop CS3-CS5 (32-bit and 64-bit), Photoshop Elements 6-10, PaintShop Pro, Photo Impact and Serif Photo Plus.
- Compatible with Lightroom 2 and 3 via Topaz Fusion Express.
- Requires Intel-based Mac OS 10.4-10.7.
PowerPC processors like G4 or G5 are not supported. - Requires at least 1 GB RAM. (2 GB or more recommended)
- Compatible with Adobe Photoshop CS3-CS5, Photoshop Elements 6-10.
- Compatible with Aperture2 and 3, iPhoto and Lightroom 2 and 3 via Topaz Fusion Express.
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