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It also includes amazing metal, chrome, neon, pop art, glass, rainbow, sunshine and star effects. Additionally you can enhance, colorize, add edges to your photos or even encrypt them.

Last but not least, there are some effect that can be rarely found like feedbacks, grids or zooming. The over 120 basic effects of Plugin Galaxy can be adapted with the help of sliders, check boxes, color dialogs, color pickers and preview coordinates.

This way you have access to thousands of potential effects. Additionally there are 4 interface types to match the different effect types. Plugin Galaxy works in over 20 different host applications including:* Adobe Photoshop (Version 4 or higher) * Adobe PageMaker (Version 6 or higher) * Adobe Illustrator (Version 7 and higher) * Adobe ImageReady * CADlink SignLab (Version 5 and higher) * CiEBV Photoline (Version 5 or higher) * Corel Draw (Version 7 or higher) * Corel Photo House (Version 2 or higher) * Corel PhotoPaint (Version 7 and 8: only outside masks; Version 9: fully functional) * Corel Xara (Version 2 or higher) * Deneba Canvas (Version 6 or higher) * Fractal Design Detailer * imageN (A great FREEWARE tool) * Jasc Paintshop Pro (Version 5 or higher) * Macromedia Freehand (Version 8 or higher) * Macromedia Fireworks (Version 2 or higher, but only within selections) * Megalux Ultimate Paint (Version 2 or higher) * MetaCreations Painter (Version 5 or higher) * Microfrontier Digital Darkroom (Version 1.

2 or higher) * Micrografx Picture Publisher (Version 8 or higher) * Microsoft PhotoDraw 2000 * Right Hemisphere Deep Paint * SPG Colorworks:WEB (Version 4 or higher) * Ulead PhotoImpact (Version 4 or higher, but only within selections) * Ulead PhotoExpress (Version 2 or higher, but only within selections) * Ulead Gif Animator (Version 3 or higher).

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It can turn low-contrast photos into vivid and detailed images and transforms ordinary photos into interesting and dynamic shots. ContrastMaster works with dozens of graphics applications including Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, Photoshop Elements, Photo-Paint, IrfanView and PhotoImpact under Windows.

For accerlated rendering it supports hyperthreading as well as multiple processors and cores. ContrastMaster works with 8bit and 16bit RGB images.

OverviewContrastMaster offers three local and four global contrast adjustment methods as well as various masking, saturation and brightness options.

The three local adjustment methods allow you to dramatically improve contrast in small image details without blowing out highlights or damaging the image.

You can apply these three methods separately or use various options to mix them together for even better results. The four global methods (S/H-Contrast, Stretch, Equalize and Polarize) work on the tonal range of the image and help to improve the result even further.

There is also an option for changing the brightness of the image. The masking options let you conveniently remove the ContrastMaster effect from an image area where you do not want to have it applied, e.

g. skin areas, a blue sky or a wall. This can be done with the help of shadow/highlight and color masking options. Additionally, a saturation mask feature lets you improve saturation without oversaturating the image.

Sophisticated AlgorithmsContrastMaster offers three sophisticated methods for enhancing contrast in small image details. They are calledDynamic, Adaptive and Local.

In fact, these three methods utilize five algorithms in total, because the dynamic and adaptive methods each use another algorithm for certain control settings.

Each of these algorithms adjusts the contrast of image details in its own special way, which makes ContrastMaster useful for different types of images and allows you to produce a variety of effects and looks.

Each of the three methods lets you adjust the size of the image details that are affected, the effect intensity and the way the contrast is adjusted.

Additionally, the Dynamic Contrast methods lets you avoid artifacts or noise without lowering the effect intensity, the Adaptive Contrast methods automatically adjusts image details of different size at the same time, and the Local Contrast methods lets you independently increase and decrease the contrast in image details as well as influence the brightness character of the effect.

Each of the three methods also offers special shadow/highlight adjustment options as part of the algorithm. For Beginners as well as Experts ContrastMaster offers six modes from the simple Novice mode to the sophisticated Expert Mode.

Whereas Novice and Expert mode let you apply all contrast effects at the same time, the remaining four modes let you apply each of the three local effects and all the global effects individually.

Moving the mouse over a control displays a detailed explanation in the Help box, so you don't need to read the manual before using ContrastMaster.

Each of the seven tab sheets offers a button menu with various local presets for quickly applying useful settings. Furthermore, there is a global preset feature that allows you to save and reuse useful settings later.

Several global presets are already delivered with ContrastMaster. There is a FX Values check box on the Prefs tab for using strong instead of medium effect intensities as the defaults.

That way people who mainly want to produce special effects with ContrastMaster do not need to readjust sliders all of the time. ContrastMaster also lets you adjust up to three different effect settings at the same time and switch between them by using the Preview tab sheets, so you can experiment with different effec.

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This is the rastering effect seen on Photographs in newspapers and other black-on-white publications but is also a popular effect as backgrounds for logo's and can even be used to create completely new effects.

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ColorWasher's revolutionary algorithms help you to even turn the worst photo into a delightful visual experience. It features a wide range of automatic, semi-automatic and manual tools for correcting, enhancing and restoring photos.

ColorWasher is very easy to use as it offers interactive explanations and hints for each feature, incorporates a Quick Easy Mode and detailed step by step instructions in the manual.

ColorWasher lets you do professional photo corrections within seconds and also offer a Cloak mode for processing dozens of images very quickly.

ColorWasher can be used on digital photos as well as scanned photos. It even achieves great results on old and faded photos. But you can also use ColorWasher to enhance web graphics, drawings, cartoons, paintings or screen shots.

Moreover, if you want to create artistic and stylish color effects, ColorWasher lets you correct photos and apply impressive color effects in one step.

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It works with 8bit and 16bit RGB images. OverviewFocalBlade features a range of automatic, semiautomatic and manual tools for sharpening photos.

It is very easy to use as it offers interactive explanations for each feature, incorporates modes for various tasks (including a Novice Mode) and detailed step-by-step instructions in the manual.

FocalBlade lets you sharpen photos quickly and also batch process images in Cloak mode. Moreover, FocalBlade offers numerous options for creating blur, soft focus and glow effects and for deblurring photos that are highly blurred.

Sophisticated AlgorithmsFocalBlade's sophisticated algorithms let you sharpen images without ugly side-effects and give you a lot of control of the sharpening process.

FocalBlade sharpens edges and surfaces in an image independently thereby allowing you to keep objects (e. g. sky, walls, skin and other even surfaces) soft while the overall photo is still sharpened.

Unlike other tools FocalBlade doesn't produce halos at high radius settings and even provides sliders for suppressing the white and black part of halos independently.

Additionally with FocalBlade you can set the pixel size of details that are sharpened. FocalBlade also lets you keep noise constant or even reduce it when sharpening a photo.

Plenty of ToolsFocalBlade provides three automatic sharpening options for achieving perfect sharpening results with different classes of photos.

With Screen and Print buttons you can make FocalBlade automatically sharpen for screen display or for printing. There is also a semiautomatic sample area feature, which lets the user focus on an important image area and thereby apply the optimal sharpness to this area.

Additionally there are several Split View modes that let you compare the original and sharpened version as well as visually perform sharpening with the help of preview stripes that present you with variations of the current settings.

The manual controls include independent Sharpen and Radius sliders, a Soften slider, Halo Fix sliders, several masking options and a glow feature.

FocalBlade also offers five different sharpening methods. Opening and saving presets for reusing certain effects is also possible. Why FocalBlade is DifferentFocalBlade combines many methods for sharpening photos without ugly side-effects and offers a tremendous amount of control of the sharpening process.

Many other tools don't offer an automatic sharpening mode, add clearly visible halos, increase noise, remove the photographic quality of photos, damage edges or need a lot of experimenting to achieve a good result.

FocalBlade lets you sharpen photos without the risk of damaging them. It is flexible as well as very easy to use. Best of all, FocalBlade saves you precious time when sharpening photos and is available at an affordable price.

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By that, we mean people who are serious about their photos, but instead of wanting to produce graphic material for commercial ends, are looking for a program that will allow them to make stunning personal projects like greetings cards, collages and comic strips. PhotoImpact X3 is that program.

Given that it is a serious piece of software, PhotoImpact X3 needs a little bit of study before you can get the most out of it. It comes with good support material, however, including a getting started wizard, complete help files and online support, so you'll never be stuck.

Where PhotoImpact X3 falls short is in the area of appearance. It looks old-fashioned, and when we downloaded the test version, we actually initially suspected that we had downloaded an out-of-date predecessor. It turned out that we hadn't, but it gives you an idea of how clunky PhotoImpact X3 looks!

It's lucky then, that PhotoImpact X3, does well in the technical terms. It offers all the tools you'll need for getting the most out of your photos, including an ExpressFix tab where you can apply - and compare - a variety of quick-fixes. In the full edit area, you'll be able to perform more thorough fixes and edits, as well as creating images from scratch or fashioning lovely greetings cards, calendars and other artistic projects.

If you like Photoshop, but don't need the extras or the price, check out PhotoImpact X3 - it's impressive.

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Background Remover is a Photoshop-compatible plug-in for Windows designed by ImageSkill Sofware that can work with Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop Elements, Corel Paint Shop Pro, Ulead PhotoImpact, Macromedia Fireworks etc. The main purpose of the Background Remover is to extract some part of an image i.e. “the object” and remove part that which is unwanted, i.e. “the background”.

It is capable of determining areas of pixels to be modified, areas of pixels to be partly modified and areas of pixels to remain unmodified. The partly modification means the restoration of the non-distinct edges of objects. It is done by reinstating their partly transparent nature and also by subtracting the background color so that only the object color is left in these partly transparent regions. This ensures that the cut-out object will blend or composite correctly with a different background. The cutting objects may be used for collage, scrap-book and greeting card creation.

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The tool allows retouching common image imperfections (stains, scratches, dust, blemishes) using similar parts of the image.

Unlike common cloning tools that have a bit of a problem when it comes to pasting the cloned object into a picture with complicated color transitions, AKVIS Stamp boasts automatic adjusting of the "patches" to the color range, texture and brightness of the target background.

As a result the restored part of the image or the cloned object blends into the original background and looks absolutely natural.

The field of AKVIS Stamp application ranges from portrait enhancement (as it brilliantly removes wrinkles, scars, scratches, and "treats" porous skin) to retouching of different image flaws (spots, stains, dust). The recently added feature — Edit mode — of AKVIS Stamp makes the program yet more flexible and handy. (See AKVIS Stamp Tutorial for details on the Edit mode).

The stamp tool is similar to the Healing Brush, which first appeared in the 7th version of Adobe Photoshop. For more info about this amazing tool see google-list — results for "Healing Brush tool".

Now the healing tool is available for users of other photo editing software, as AKVIS Stamp works under Jasc Paint Shop Pro, Ulead PhotoImpact, Corel Photo-Paint, ACD FotoCanvas, Picture Publisher pro, etc.

The tool can be helpful to the users who stick to Adobe Photoshop of earlier versions (v5, 6 that do not have Healing Brush) therefore updating their software almost to the 7th version functionality. The advantage of AKVIS Stamp tool is that you can easily manipulate cloned areas using the Edit mode of the Stamp.

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GIF Animator 5 allows you to create animated GIFs for the web or for interactive presentations. The application lets you easily create fast-loading animation for your web site and PowerPoint presentations. The program is ideal for use with raster-based Flash projects and integrates easily with top image editors like Photoshop and paint Shop Pro.

Major boons of GIF Animator:

Intuitive Interface

Capture animation

Dynamic effects

Powerful optimization

Flexible output

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