Digital Oil Painting of Maroon Lake

Charles W. Bailey, Jr. · 2019-10-17T00:00:00Z

Photo of Maroon Lake that was altered with the AI Clear tool in Topaz Studio 2, then the Luminar Flex plug-in (top and bottom lighting), then the Exposure X5 plug-in (central clarity and golden hour orange effects), then the Topaz Clarity plug-in (low contrast and color pop effect), then the Luminar Flex plug-in (accent AI effect), then Topaz Denoise AI, then the Topaz ReStyle plug-in (azure and light sienna sunset effect), then the Topaz Impression plug-in (Cezanne 1 stroke 1 effect), then the Photoshop paintbrush, then the Exposure X5 plug-in (saturation and clarity adjustments), then the Topaz Clarity plug-in (landscape pop effect), then the Alien Skin Exposure X5 plug-in (vignette effect and saturation brush), then the ON1 Photo Raw 2019 plug-in (HDR subtle effect), and then the Photoshop paintbrush. 8 x 12 in. and 16 x 24 in. Original photo (https://www.flickr.com/photos/usdagov/6280225362/) by Scott Mecum for the US Department of Agriculture is licensed under CC BY 2.0  (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/).