![topaz detail for flowers topaz detail for flowers](https://i.pinimg.com/474x/ea/54/9a/ea549a823f0c08b8c958342612043fbe.jpg)
![topaz detail for flowers topaz detail for flowers](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e6/fc/2b/e6fc2b6b9b0c482a4e22c70a3d27ea15.jpg)
Make sure you get all the little leaves as well, and don’t forget the petals on the floor! Now mask out all of the roses, except the pink bud in the background. Click the brush tool, and make sure the black box below it is selected. We’re not going to change any of the settings, but we are going to play with the mask tool.Ĭlick the mask icon (the white square between the adjustment name and the eye ball icon) which will open up the masking section options. Now we need to personalize this just a bit to bring out the flower’s detail while still keeping them soft and delicate. Scroll down the list until you see “Pastel ll” click this effect, and it will be automatically applied to your image. We’re going to go into the “Impression” drop down, and select “Charcoal and Pastel”. This panel allows you to select from a variety of pre-saved effects created not just by the team at Topaz Labs, but also the artist community of Topaz users. ImpressionĪfter opening your image (by either dragging and dropping directly into Topaz Studio, or selecting the “Open” button in the middle of the screen), open the Effect Panel on the left side of the screen. We’ll be doing all this with a single pre-saved effect (Pastel ll), two adjustments (Precision Detail and Bloom), and controlling each with masks and opacity. We’re going to soften the background and give the entire image a soft, pastel-like, almost impressionistic, style while accentuating the flower’s colors, and bringing out the petals at the bottom. It seems to drown them out to the point that you almost lose how delicate the roses are, and completely miss the rose petals at the bottom. The background seems extremely rough in comparison to the flowers. We’re going to start with an image of delicate roses in a vase. Lizzy_Pe_ kindly sent me a more in-depth explanation of her work, so expect another tutorial later explaining a more advanced version of this technique but for now, we’re going to do the short and sweet version. This image was inspired by on instagram, and ‘ Jammie Jam’ of our facebook group.
![topaz detail for flowers topaz detail for flowers](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a4/79/f4/a479f45d412c511291494c3f21480f60.jpg)
In today’s tutorial, we’re going to look into an effect that we’ve been getting a lot of questions about and honestly, it had us scratching our heads for a while.