Topaz Labs Adjust 4 is a Photoshop plug-in. It also works with Lightroom, Aperture and others programs. Adjust is powerful exposure, detail, color and noise adjustment filter. You can create HDR like photos from a single photo. Adjust can also turn a plain photo into a stunning fine art photo in just minutes. You are only limited by your own imagination. Once you have created what you like, you can save the settings as a preset for your future work. I like Topaz Labs Adjust  4 for its ability to bring back the color, detail and exposure to what I saw when I first photographed an object. I also used Adobe Lightroom for some minor final adjustments. I can highly recommend Topaz Labs Adjust and all the other plug-ins in the Topaz Labs bundle. I use them all. The Video below has some examples of before and after photos using Topaz Labs Adjust 4.

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You can download Topaz Labs Adjust 4 as a free trial and start using it in just a few minutes.

Along with Topaz Lab Adjust 4  you get a download user guides, learning center with video tutorials, user forum, tech support, and user galleries.

Compatibility

The plug-in Topaz Lab Adjust 4 is compatible with:

Mac system:  OS 10.4, 10.5  10.6

Mac software: Adobe Photoshop CS3-CS5, Adobe Photoshop Elements 6–9, Apple Aperture 2 and 3, Adobe Lightroom 2 and 3, Apple iPhoto

Please note: Aperture, Lightroom and iPhoto require the free Topaz Fusion Express software add on.

Windows Systems: Windows XP,  Windows Vista,  Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit all Windows versions)

Windows software: Adobe Photoshop CS3-CS5 (32-bit and 64-bit), Adobe Photoshop Elements 6–9, Adobe Lightroom 2 and 3 with the free Topaz Fusion Express software add on, Irfanview, PaintShop Pro, Photo and Serif Photo Plus.

1 GB RAM Minimum for both Mac and Windows

Not compatible with the PowerPC processors like G4 or G5.

When I first considered Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2, I wanted to try it out.  You can downloaded it as a free 30 day trial from Adobe.   From  my research, this program was just what I was looking for.  You can organize your photos and edit them very quickly.   The problem is,  learning all the features in this program using the manual could take months to learn.  Then I found the lynda.com online training course by Chris Orwig, a photographer and instructor at the Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbra, California.  In a mater of days after viewing his online video course I was proficient in Lightroom 2.  After a week I had all my photos cataloged (about 25000 photos) and could edit about 100 photos in about an hour. Wow! Other programs would have taken me days to edit.  Now I’m really excited about the new Lightroom 3.  Chris is a great instructor and passionate about photography.  He made this course easy and fun to learn about Lightroom 2 and Lightroom 3.  Watch the videos below and see if Chris Orwig’s online video training on Lightroom 3 or other Lynda.com videos are right for you.

Chris introduces himself and some of the new features in Lightroom 3 Beta

Lightroom 3 Beta preview

Lightroom 3 Beta is now available for download  from Adobe and it’s free until it’s  final release sometime in April 2010.  To download Lightroom 3 ‚  go to Adobe.com and search for Lightroom 3 in the upper right corner of the site.

Introduction to Lightroom 3 Beta

Sharpening in Lightroom 2 vs. Lightroom 3 Beta

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