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The Topaz software helps me a great deal in creating my fine art black and white photography and it simplifies a lot the workflow I’m using. I am working with the Topaz Labs Collection and especially the BW Effects 2 plugin for a few years already and the experience was always great. As you can imagine, this is one of my most popular courses.

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I make a demo on how to use Topaz BW Effects 2 and the other Topaz plugins at my workshops, together with a walk through my entire black and white processing workflow Photography Drawing™, to show how I process the award-winning images that brought me the highest distinctions, like Photographer of the Year IPA International Photography Awards.

Especially now that many of these plugins can be found in Topaz Studio 2 too, with AI technology incorporated, there is no limit to what you can do with Topaz. I consider the Topaz collection the most advanced and complete set of plugins on the market today and I use many of the plugins it comprises when working on my photographs. It is a complete evaluation of my main black and white converter and the plugin I use the most in my work, together with the new Topaz AI plugins, as DeNoise AI (the best denoiser I have ever worked with), Sharpen AI (a great sharpener), Adjust AI (which is great also for when I work in color), Mask AI (the best mask and selection creator that can save you hours of editing in Photoshop), Gigapixel AI (fantastic tool for enlarging images and preparing for print).

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This is an updated and enriched version of the very popular Topaz Labs BW Effects 2 Full Review, which I first wrote when Topaz BW Effects 2 was launched.

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If it is for one use only and you know the background colour HEX then this is a good option.Topaz Labs BW Effects 2 Full Review, an in-depth review of what I consider the best black and white converter on the market LATEST UPDATE

Color – allows you to add any colour to the background.

Blur – allows you to blur/de-focus the background.

None – retains default transparent background.

If you want to keep your background transparent then you won’t need to access this tab. We find this useful as it can be used on any background colour in the future.

Background Tab – when your initial mask is created it has a transparent/translucent background.

The Edge Shift is a particularly useful tool to shrink the selection if it has not been accurate enough on the edges of your mask

Refine Tab – all the sliders below are tools that will help you refine your mask.

If your image is large you will get a box displayed in this window which you can move around to get to different parts of the image.

Image Preview Window – a feature of most editing software apps.

The toolbar on the right side of the interface (see left) is your main editing tools once you have created the mask using the masking tools on the left of the interface. If you click on the 100% tool next to the Fit tool and your image is larger than the working area then the Pan tool will become available to move the image around.

Pan Tool – the pan tool allows you to move the image around the working area, however, this is greyed out if the Fit tool at the top of the interface is selected.

If there are multiple colours in areas you want to keep or discard simply keep selecting the appropriate eyedropper, make a new selection and paint over the new area. Just paint over the areas you either want to keep or discard. Once you have made your eyedropper selection you can also adjust the Matched Colour Range slider to give you more accuracy. When you click on either of the eyedropper tools it will give you options to use the Pick Color to Brush. The Green Eyedropper allows you to select a colour that you want to keep in the mask and the Red Eyedropper allows you to select a colour that you want to cut from the mask.

Colour Range Tool – this is a very handy tool for making masks based on a colour range. When you click on this tool it will open 2 additional tools.