Topaz Labs Lens­ing Effect is a Pho­to­shop plug-in that adds real­is­tic depth of field sim­u­la­tion and cre­ative fil­ters like  neu­tral den­sity, polar­iz­ing, fog, prism affect, soft focus, and much much more.  This gives you the flex­i­bil­ity after the shot to add some pretty cool effects with­out the cost of expen­sive lenses and add-on fil­ters.  The plug-in works with Adobe Pho­to­shop CS 3 – CS 5.5  (32–bit and 64–bit),Adobe Pho­to­shop ele­ments 6–10, Adobe Light­room 2 and 3 via Topaz fusion express (free with Plug-in), Irfan­view, paint shop Pro, photo impact,Serif photo plus.  In the Mac world it works with Adobe Pho­to­shop CS3–CS5.5 (32–bit and 64–bit), Adobe Pho­to­shop ele­ments 6–10, Apple Aper­ture 2 & 3, Light­room 2 & 3 and iPhoto via Topaz fusion express. The slideshow video below is a demon­stra­tion of before and after pho­tos using Topaz Labs Lens Effects. Some of the pho­tos effects have been exag­ger­ated to show what this pro­gram can do.  Just mak­ing sub­tle adjust­ments to your pho­tos can make a big dif­fer­ence in the mood and qual­ity of the pho­tos.  Don’t for­get you can try a full ver­sion of Topaz Lens Effects or any of the other Topaz Labs plug-ins for 30 days free.  Just below the before and after slide show are a cou­ple of YouTube tuto­ri­als on how to use Topaz Labs Lens Effects.

Overview of Topaz Lens Effects.

Intro­duc­tion to Topaz Lens Effects.

Tuto­r­ial Topaz Lens Effects.