When chosen, the software takes a few moments to create large previews that will pop out from the left giving you a good-sized view of the potential effect of the filter. The presets within each category appear below. They include fashion, nature, portrait, wedding and others. The far left column features sets of presets which are categorized into different genres of photography. Topaz Labs Clarity features a desktop design very similar to its other popular line of plug ins and bares some resemblance to the Lightroom interface. Includes a powerful mask tool for localizing effect to some or all of the image Uses intelligent contrast enhancement to increase impact and depth for a natural lookĮliminates halos and artifacts commonly associated with Clarity controlįeatures redesigned HSL control for greater control over color and density One-click effect specially developed and fine-tuned for specific types of photos. OS 10.8.5 running Adobe Lightroom 5.1 and Photoshop CC. The software can be slow or sluggish when opening or hiding the side panels Gear Used Powerful and versatile plug-in for controlling contrastġ00+ presets tailored for different types of photographyĪ masks tool to help isolate the effect on select portions of the image Cons However, when this tool is used with a heavy hand, it not only begins to not unnatural, but it also creates unwanted halos and artifacting.Įnter Topaz Labs Clarity, a software that takes this tool and provides far greater control over clarity, while eliminating that common issues of haloing and artifacting that commonly occur when the control is applied aggressively. I’m not the only one as many photographers have discovered how this one control is capable of adding a nice “pop” to photographs. Since the introduction of the Clarity slider, it’s become one of my favorite tools for controlling the finer contrast of my images.
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