Topaz Vivacity
Topaz Vivacity™ is a set of Photoshop plug-ins that employs the state-of-the-art image processing technology. Its primary functions are to enhance images in the following areas:
- Increase image resolution with better image quality than normal image resizing.
- Suppress image noise caused by low lighting, high ISO settings, or film grain while retaining image details and sharpness.
- Eliminate unwanted artifacts caused by JPEG, JPEG2000 and other types of image compression.
- Improve image sharpness, details and edges without “edge rings” or noise amplification. It can also equalize images of improper filtering.
In addition, Topaz Vivacity™ can produce some interesting special effects:
- Make images “flat” to resemble a painting.
- Make images “curly” to resemble fantasy art.
Topaz Vivacity™ uses sophisticated algorithms that achieve far better results then the built-in resizing, sharpening or noise reduction filters in commercial image processing programs.
In the following sections we explain how to use Topaz Vivacity™ through examples. The Topaz Vivacity™ context-sensitive help provides a more detailed and systematic description of each filter and its parameters. After understanding the basics of Topaz Vivacity™, you will find that it is quite intuitive and straightforward to use. However, the best way to become proficient is to experiment. The purpose of this guide is to go through a few enhancement cases to facilitate your own experimentation. Different situations will call for different settings.
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