Tim Wallace – Amazzzzzingly brilliant car photographer.Some of the industries (that’s photography) most popular photographers such as the following use these plugins so them must be good. A few of my fellow photographers use some of their plugins such as Adjust, Clarity, DeNoise and Detail etc but having never used any I can’t comment too much on them. You can buy the complete bundle also for under $500. Topaz also has a great collection of plugins and they start from $30 up. Perfect Resize – This plugin is primarily used to enlarge images for large format printing and gives you access to powerful algorithms that with enlarge the image without introducing artefacts and noise.Save time and do it with ease in Perfect Portrait rather than spend hours in Photoshop. It also gives you full control to smooth the skin, get rid of blemishes, brighten eyes, whiten teeth and much more. Perfect Portrait – Portrait retouching made easy, face detection and retouching based on ethnicity.Perfect B&W – Black and White editing for your images but I’m a fan of Silver Efex Pro so I don’t use it much.There are some very cool effects in this one that I love. Perfect Effects – Make your images stand out and give them your unique look and style.Perfect Layers – Blend images together, mask selections and create your final artwork with ease.Perfect Enhance – Image processing tool that allow you to adjust things like Exposure, Contract, Colour, Noise and Detail etc.However nothing beats Lightroom so if you use it then stick with it. Perfect Browser – Not much to say but its a image browser that allows you some sorting and organising capabilities.I’ve been using these plugins since version 8 and enjoy them just as much as any other plugin. So you can get the complete plugin suite for $149 and there is always some sort of bundled deal on offer so you get more than your money’s worth which makes the decision to buy the plugin that much easier. Ever since Google acquired Nik Software, OnOne Perfect Suite has matched their plugin prices as well. Best of all it can save your edited Images in PSD (Photoshop Document) format so if you later get Photoshop or want somebody to edit your image further in Photoshop you can open them easily in Photoshop. These may not make sense but if you are not familiar but Perfect Suite allows you to use Layers, Blending modes and Masking much like Photoshop. However on the contrary to other plugins Perfect Suite has additional features that make it more like mini-Photoshop. OnOne Software’s Perfect Suite 9 is another great suite of plugins that works in Lightroom, Photoshop and as a standalone application.
Works quite well but if you crank up the sliders then you get patched and banding on the image. Dfine – Noise reduction tool for your images.Comes with lots of pre-configured options for printing on various types of paper and size. Sharpener Pro – Sharpen your images like a Pro suitable for Display or Printing.Very easy to use plugin and my only choice for HDR Image creation (at the moment). HDR Efex Pro – Create subtle to drugged HDR images.Viveza – Selective adjustments for your images for colours and tones in your image.
This is my goto plugin for any and all Black and White conversions.
This blog post is neither paid for, nor sponsored by any of these companies. Personally I own both Nik Collection by Google and OnOne Perfect Suite however not Topaz (not yet). You can own one of them or all of them but I can say for sure you won’t be disappointed with either of them and nor will you find a look that you like. Wether you use Photoshop or Lightroom there are some plugins that are must have for editing your photos and giving them an extraordinary look and feel.