

She apparently is going to upload her actual preset to the Topaz Impression2 Community, but it was not available when I last checked – will add link if I find it. I used these settings to make a preset named SJ Leopard Preset by Bobbie Goodrich so I could remember how I use it. She did not include any changes to the Lighting, Color and Texture sections. The Coverage can be repositioned to adjust exactly where the effect shows up by either using the little center icon to the left of the Coverage Center or dragging the white dot in the box. Bobbie used a Coverage of 0.01 and a Transition Amount of 0.08. The Coverage Transition slider adjusts the way the edges blend out.

What really helps create the effect is the Coverage slider – set to a low amount like 0.01, it will show the smallest amount of image set to a large amount, the whole image will appear. of Brush Strokes Low, Paint Volume 1.00, Stroke Rotation 1.00, Rotation Variation 1.00, Stroke Color Variation 1.00, Stroke Width 0.80, Stroke Length 1.00, Spill 0.03, and Smudge 0.12. The preset named Le Modern was downloaded from the Community and Bobbie’s settings were then applied as listed: Stroke Section – No. On a Stamped layer (CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+E), Topaz Impression 2 was opened. The other post-processing steps are listed at the end of the blog under Image 1 Info. Here is how Topaz (see sidebar at my Tidbits Blog for website link) Impression was used to create this image. I might add Bobbie had several other great tips, this one just stood out to me as so creative! My image was taken of a Hobby Lobby’s Thanksgiving display showing some of their wonderful objects for sale.

She used a leopard in a tree image to create a similar effect to the one above. An artist named Bobbie Goodrich presented a webinar called RAW to Envisioned (will add link once it is posted). Since I am a big fan of Topaz products and Impression 2 is one of my favorite plug-ins, I had to share this effect I learned from a Topaz Labs webinar this week. ADDING A CREATIVE TOUCH IN TOPAZ IMPRESSION 2
