Public domain photo of a Peking street in the early twentieth century that was altered with the Topaz DeJPEG plug-in, then the Topaz DeNoise plug-in (base image), then the Topaz Simplify plug-in (pastel effect; pastel image), then the AKVIS Sketch plug-in on the base image (watercolor pencil effect; watercolor image), then the pastel image was overlaid and merged with the watercolor image, then the Topaz Impression plug-in (pastel 2 type 5 set to solid), then the Photoshop paintbrush, then the Topaz ReStyle plug-in (fire dipped waves effect), then the Topaz Lens Effects plug-in (graduated color sky blue effect), then the Alien Skin Exposure X2 plug-in (vibrance adjustment and vignette effect), then the Photoshop paintbrush, then the ON1 Photo 10 plug-in (radiance effect), then the Alien Skin Exposure X2 plug-in (vignette effect), and then the Photoshop paintbrush. Public domain image courtesy of The New York Public Library.