In fact, before I forget to mention it, I just attempted to attach the preset for Topaz Adjust 5 that I developed to get this effect. Unfortunately, the uploader for this forum will not allow me to post it. If you have Topaz Adjust and want my preset, then just send me a private message containing your email address and I'll be happy to send it to you by standard email.
In the interim, to give you an idea of how it's used, I did post a screen shot of one of the adjustment panels in Topaz Adjust. Unfortunately, this only tells a small part of the story as there are other panels for "details", "color" and "noise removal" that I also used to come up with this preset.
That being said, I should caution you that using pro plugins like this is never a simple matter of clicking an Instagram-like preset button. To use such plugins effectively, you need to be proficient at standard Photoshop techniques such as quickly selecting a part of the image (eg, just the skin, or just the background) and performing separate actions to these areas. For example, after I used Topaz adjust to get the skin to look the way I wanted, the jerseys didn't look that good, so I masked part of the effect away from them. In addition, for drama, I wanted the background to have even deeper blacks than when it started, so I not only had to prevent Topaz from acting on it, I needed additional darkening of the dark tones. I achieved this by using a masked "Levels" adjustment layer on it, but used the blendIF sliders to prevent darkening of the colored lights in the background.
Because such tasks require a reasonable level of proficiency with PS, I don't recommend such plugins until the student is already quite facile with the tools built into PS.
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