Features
The PhotoPro PhotoTools is a set of post-photographic tools neatly packed into one Photoshop Plug-in. Aimed directly at the Photoshop professional seeking an easy-to-use solution with all important tools available from one interface. It consists of five components that work independently as well as in combination with the other Plug-in components. The biggest advantage is the versatile preview pane and the variations pane; a single click guides the user to the results wanted.
The Unsharp Mask component is used for making images look more crisp or for adding special sharpening effects. The filter identifies color differences and offers controls for changing sharpness based on these differences. With easy-to-use sliders and numerical fields the user can precisely define contour size, sensitivity, amplification, and contour response. Color-response sliders enable selective sharpening based on luminance.Blur options are available in one easy-to-use interface, with full preview. Built on an enhanced algorithm, this PhotoTools component adds four commonly used blur styles: Gaussian, Motion, Smart, and Radial blur.The Reduce Noise component not only offers luminance-based reduction of digital noise, it also offers chromatic-noise reduction (red and blue). Easy-to-use sliders and numerical fields enable quick and accurate correction of images. The biggest advantage is the combination of chromatic and luminosity correction with the three-way tonal sensitivity sliders (light, mid, dark). It makes the PhotoPro Reduce Noise component the most effective tool for dealing with JPEG artifacts and digital-image noise such as grains, screens, and color-banding effects.Three popular focus filters have been combined into one component. The X-Focus component includes a soft focus, a varifocus, and a depth-of-focus tool. With soft-focus tool create a conventional photographic effect simulating an analog lens. With the mist slider it's easy enough to add that romantic glow commonly seen in old photographs. In combination with a feathered selection area it's only a few clicks to get the soft-focus effect. The varifocus tool will not only defocus an image, it also adds a sharpening effect using very small, accurate steps. The instant preview of the effect and the comparison to the original image makes it very easy to use. Last but not least, is the depth-of-focus tool to simulate an effect which is normally created during shooting an image. This tool simulates a less shallow depth of field and brings the perception of depth after the image is captured.The Color Cast component is actually a simulation of a graduated filter. Such filters are used in traditional photography to add a blend of color to a captured scene. Quite often there's a difference between the desired exposure of the main object and the background or foreground. A grad filter adds a color cast on part of the image to compensate for overexposure. Some grad filters have a tint, such as tobacco, and are used for emphasizing sunset effects. Others may have more unnatural colors — pink or blue or green — for specific types of effects. Some even have tints of two kinds — they go from red to blue, for example. The PhotoPro Color Cast component simulates this kind of photo correction. It combines two filters, switched on or off at will, and lets the user select the desired color, angle, and gradient with maximum density, minimum density, and a highlight value.Manufacturer: Aurelon Software
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