PhotoShop Plugins/Actions

Camera Raw and JPEG 2000 plug-ins for Photoshop 7 Adobe Systems announces the immediate availability of Photoshop Camera Raw and JPEG 2000 plug-ins. The Photoshop Camera Raw plug-in delivers lightning-fast, easy access - within Photoshop - to "raw" image formats in professional and mid-range digital cameras from Canon, Fujifilm, Minolta, Nikon and Olympus. Available as a software add-on that works with Photoshop 7.0.1 software, the Camera Raw plug-in allows photographers to directly manipulate the original data captured by a digital camera sensor, producing images with superior tonal range and the maximum amount of detail. Bundled with an additional plug-in that adds Photoshop support for the recently released JPEG 2000 format, the Photoshop Camera Raw software can be purchased for $99 and downloaded today from Adobe's web site. (Note that the new Photoshop CS includes a built-in raw converter.) Fred Miranda's Canon 1D Mark II CSpro Plugin for Photoshop CSPro uses a sharpening technology specific designed to accommodate Canon 1D Mark II SLR files. It's compatible with JPEG files straight from the camera or TIFF/JPEG files converted from RAW files. It provides everything from haloless sharpening, edge-sharpening, luminance sharpening, mode sharpening, and more with just the press of a button. With this plugin you can also choose from low or high ISO settings. It does not increase noise or artifact and sharpens only what needs to be sharpened and can be used with any type of images, from portraits, landscape, still-life and especially with HIGH ISO files. It sharpens your 1D Mark II files without adding noise or artifacts. Canon 1D Mark II CSpro is compatible with Photoshop 6, 7, and CS. Also compatible with Photoshop Elements 1 and 2.0. Both Mac and PC versions are available. DCF Full Spectrum Color DCF Full Spectrum is compatible with Photoshop 7 and higher, PC and Mac. A revolutionary digital color model that expands the spectral capabilities of your digital camera for unsurpassed color accuracy. This unique technology allows your camera to reproduce all colors accurately, including difficult hues such as violet, deep blue and sunlit green. PhotoKit Color 2.0 for Windows and Mac Photoshop CS/CS2 PhotoKit Color 2.0 features a preview display, so you can quickly preview the effects before you apply them and combine effects in a single batch operation. Included in the new effects are the Dodge and the Burn filter sets, which were in the original PhotoKit plug-in. The Special Effects series contains many new filters including color infrared, sunshine filters, color transfer effects and more. The Film Effects series offers accurate simulation filters of several generic chrome film emulsions, simulating both color and contrast. Like its predecessor, PhotoKit Color 2.0 provides a comprehensive suite of effects that let you recreate creative effects like black and white split toning and cross processing. All these effects are applied as separate layers so you can make further variations, adapting each effect to suit your own taste. But that's not all! With PhotoKit Color 2.0, you can enhance specific colors in your photographs. You can make skin tones less red or lighter. With the Blue Enhance effect you can darken a blue sky and enhance the cloud contrast. And with the RSA Gray Balance set, you can automatically remove color casts from almost any type of image. Rectilinear Panorama for Windows NT/2000/XP A universal tool that corrects any geometric image distortions (lens, perspective and panorama distortions). It can correct: * optical distortion (barreling and pincushioning) * perspective shift and image skewing * image rotation * panorama distortion and curved horizon * any other distortions that cause curvature of straight lines or changes in shape or size. It recovers the real shapes and sizes of objects and restores the natural look of images. It performs all transformations in one single pass. It can correct both panoramic and not panoramic images, scanned and digital. Two editions are available - Professional ($179) and Home Edition ($69). Compatible with Photoshop 4.0-9.0, Elements 2.0, 3.0, ImageReady 2.0-9.0, Corel Photo-Paint 9.0-12.0, Paint Shop Pro 6.0-9.0, PhotoImpact 7.0-10.0 and more. PicsToBits ActionDex 1.0 for Windows A powerful new tool to organize and manage Photoshop actions. ActionDex solves a frequent problem for Photoshop users- organizing and managing hundreds or thousands of actions so they are easy to find. By using a hierarchy of user-defined categories (much like folders in Windows Explorer), users can organize their actions into logical task-based groupings to reflect their personal work style. Actions can even be placed in multiple categories and users can add notes to keep track of favorite settings, tips, etc. Predefined fields allow tracking of the action author, download location, description, and user assigned rating. ActionDex can also generate and associate a preview image with actions for easy visualization of what each action does. ActionDex costs $29.95 (USD) and is available for Photoshop 7.0 or CS running on Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP. A full-featured evaluation version is available. Noiseware Plug-in for PC and Mac Imagenomic's highly acclaimed Noiseware product line for noise removal in digital images. For the Mac OS X user community, Noiseware is now available in Standard and Professional Plug-in editions, with support for 8-bit and 16-bit images respectively, and is compatible with leading image editing tools including: Adobe Photoshop 7.0 and CS; and Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 and 3.0. For PC system users, the Noiseware Plug-in is now also available in both Standard and Professional editions to give greater flexibility to users when choosing the Noiseware tool that best meets their needs. Noiseware Standard Plug-in for PC and Mac is priced at $49; Noiseware Pro Plug-in for PC and Mac is priced at $69. Light Machine v1.01 for Windows/Photoshop LightMachine is a plugin for performing all kinds of light adjustments in photos. It combines shadow/highlight, virtual lighting and color-based correction tools for performing sophisticated corrections without the need for time-consuming selections and layer stacks. It lets you selectively correct photos taken under bad light conditions or with inadequate camera settings and achieve results that rival photos taken under the best circumstances. Additionally LightMachine can achieve special effects like glows, sunsets, high key and selective b/w effects, replace one color with another and simulate polarizing filters. LightMachine works in dozens of graphics applications including Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, IrfanView, Photoshop Elements, PhotoImpact, Photo-Paint and Fireworks. LightMachine can be applied to 8bit and 16bit RGB images. Kodak's Digital SHO Plug-in v2.0 for Photoshop Common photography exposure problems include backlit subjects, important details hidden in shadows, and dark areas caused by uneven flash illumination. Details in portions of an image are sacrificed to provide adequate exposure in other areas. Digital SHO automatically corrects these issues. At the touch of a button, Digital SHO produces the best possible image for screen viewing, printing and archiving. Digital SHO's proprietary algorithms analyze and adjust the gradations of darker areas to optimally reveal details and output an overall pleasing image. Digital SHO is compatible with most applications which accept Adobe Photoshop plug-ins. Digital SHO plug-in optimizes images from digital cameras, flatbed scanners, film scanners, on CDs and the Internet. Kodak's Digital ROC Plug-in v2.0 for Photoshop Digital ROC automatically restores color quality to digital images regardless of the condition of the original. Digital ROC's proprietary algorithms analyze the color gradients and determine the optimum tonal curve for each color channel to remove the color cast from faded images and effects of tungsten and fluorescent lighting. Digital ROC will also restore pleasing density and contrast to black and white pictures, (Black and white originals must be scanned in RGB color mode). The Digital ROC Plug-in works on any digital image regardless of the source. ASF's plug-ins are compatible with Adobe Photoshop versions 5 and higher, Photoshop Elements and PhotoDeluxe. Kodak's Digital GEM Plug-in v2.0 for Photoshop The DIGITAL GEM Professional Plug-In provides two unique and powerful algorithms: "Coarse/Noise" suppression; and "Fine/Grain, Noise" suppression. Each algorithm is customized for different types of image noise and grain, and each has separate controls associated with it. The "Coarse/Noise" suppression algorithm is very similar to the algorithm used within the original DIGITAL GEM plug-in. This algorithm is very aggressive and works better for more extreme noise problems. The "Fine/Grain, Noise" suppression algorithm is not as aggressive, but is specifically tuned to remove grain problems, as well as noise, while preserving more detail within the image. Velvia Vision for PC and Mac OS Velvia Vision is a Photoshop plug-in designed to enhance color and tone in your photographs. It provides a 200% range of error-free color intensity as well as smart algorithms to increase contrast, create moods and expand tonal range. With this new tool, photographers can preview settings and tweak intensity results for maximum control over their work. Another feature unique to this plugin, is that you can save and load your own Velvia Vision profiles. This plug-in is compatible with JPEG files straight from the camera or TIFF/JPEG files converted from RAW files. (Compatible with all digital camera or scanned film files). Velvia Vision™ runs on Photoshop 6, 7 and Photoshop CS. Both Mac OS and Windows PC versions are available. Digital Outback Photo's Filter Directory Photoshop Filter Resource Directory for Photographers from our good friends at Digital Outback Photo. Free Photoshop Plugins & Filters You'll find a vast list of both free and commercial Photoshop plugins and filters at this web site. Fred Miranda Photoshop compatible Plugins These new and improved digital darkroom tools have automated installation and produce dramatic results with more customized controls. All are compatible with Photoshop Elements 1.0 / 2.0, Photoshop 5.5, 6.0, 7.0 or higher, work with all digital camera and scanned film files, and have both PC and MAC versions available. All FM Plugins (PC and Mac) are now compatible with Photoshop CS in 16-bit mode. This includes, ISOx Pro, SI Pro, WP Pro, SR Pro, Intellisharpen Pro and all of the CSpro custom made sharpening plugins. The CSpro series offers solutions to many digital SLRs and includes the 10D CSpro, D60 CSpro, 300D CSpro, 1D CSpro, 1Ds CSpro, and Nikon CSpro plugins. To find out more about FM Plugins and Actions, please visit our software page at the link above. Just released - the PC and Mac versions of the new DRI Pro Plugin (Dynamic Range Increase). This professional tool offers an easy and efficient solution to increase dynamic range by blending two images shot at different exposures. One exposed for shadow detail and the other for the highlights. Result: You end up with the best of both. DRI Pro works with all digital camera files or scanned film. PhotoFreebies for Windows Photoshop and compatible editors A collection of free plugins for performing useful photo manipulations and effects e.g. sepia effects, saturation gradients, b/w conversion, color space transformations and many more. Most of them can be used on 8bit and 16bit RGB images. Some of them have a dialog with adjustable controls whereas others are applied instantly without displaying a dialog. B/W: Turns the image into grayscale, but with a better method than the one available in Photoshop or PSP. Works like the B/W button in ColorWasher and FocalBlade. No Dialog. Desaturation Gradient: Gradually desaturates the image in four possible directions. Histo Fix: Like in ColorWasher it fixes a chopped histogram by interpolating lost image information. There is an option to regain 1/2 bit, 1 bit or 2 bit of image information. Works only on 8bit images. Remove Transparency: Makes a transparent layer fully opaque. No Dialog. Sepia: Lets you apply uniform or colored sepia effects. Includes 5 effect types, a color slider and a ContrastFix check box. A sepia effect of this quality isn't that easy to achieve in Photoshop or PSP. RGB2HSL and HSL2RGB: Converts the RGB channels into HSL channels without leaving RGB mode. That allows you to manipulate the HSL channels. The second plugin converts the HSL channels back to RGB. No Dialog. RGB2YCC and YCC2RGB: Converts the RGB channels into YCC channels without leaving RGB mode. That allows you to manipulate the YCC channels. The second plugin converts the YCC channels back to RGB. No Dialog. Luma Negative: Turns the image into a negative without changing the colors. Has a dialog with a slider. Fred Miranda's Digital B&W PRO has everything one needs for converting their digital work to black & white. This action provides photographers with infinite possibilities. Pre-set actions that simulate black and white film with or without color filters: You have options ranging from black & white film with no filter or black & white film with red, orange, yellow, green filters or black & white ASA 400 simulation and a high setting for low contrast images. Fred Miranda's Shadow Recovery is designed it to replace lengthy and complicated masking techniques. It speeds up your work and provides extremely natural results. The action concentrates solely on the shadows, leaving your image's midtones and highlights intact. It works great for digital files bringing shadow detail back where it belongs. nik Multimedia Plugins nik ColorEfex Pro - Photographic filters for enhancing or stylizing photos nik Sharpener Pro - optimizes sharpening for the various print processes, including Offset, Inkjet, Color Laser, and Photographic Printers, and includes a separate sharpening calculation engine for sharpening internet or screen-viewed images. nik Dfine - Reduces noise while balancing image details, color, and light can increase the quality of virtually every digital photo Asiva Sharpen+Soften Plug-In Version 2.0 The Asiva Sharpen+Soften plug-in is based on the patented Asiva technology and the unique Sharpen and Soften functions used in Asiva Photo. It allows users to make 'maskless' selections using Asiva's unique curve technology. Users can make precise sharpening or softening effects based on the Hue, Saturation and Luminance components of each pixel in the image. These curves represent the color component values of the desired selection and allow for filter roll-offs so all effects will appear completely natural. Now, even more tools have been added to the plug-in. All Asiva products feature 16-bit per component internal processing, even on 8-bit images. This provides 256 times the bandwidth and precision of 8-bit processing. The Asiva Plug-ins run under Mac OS 9.x, Mac OS X, Windows 2000, and Windows XP. It has been tested with Photoshop 5.5 through CS. Within Photoshop, the plug-in supports 8 or 16-bit, RGB or CMYK files. Retails for $69. Free upgrades are available for all registered users of the software. Innovative dSLR Fractal Sharpen actions for Photoshop Just released, employing the power of fractal algorithms in a unique new way to sharpen digital images. True sharpening with minimal artifacts is now possible with actions that can "see through" fuzz and deliver a sparkling crisp, clean look. Photoshop wizard Noel Carboni has married sophisticated Photoshop techniques and the Lizardtech Genuine Fractals plugin to bring you fresh, new sharpening capabilities. Optipix plug-ins for Mac OS 9.x/X/10.1+, Windows 9x/NT/2K/XP Tools for correcting common problems in digital images. The Optipix package works on both 8 and 16 bit images and includes tools for automatically improving contrast, image averaging, blending bracketed exposures, enhancing edge detail, sub-pixel nudging, and color-safe sharpening. Version 2.0 adds a completely revamped Auto Contrast tool, with a wide histogram for 16-bit images, exposure value compensation labelled according to the Zone system, and adjustable tail-clipping, a new Layer Modes tool that emulates all of the layer transfer modes in Photoshop 7 and adds six new layer transfer modes in a 16-bit compatible plug-in, a new Detail Sharpener, which enhances texture and grain without oversharpening edges, and selection tools designed to improve 16-bit workflow in Photoshop. PhotoWiz for Windows - Color Correction/Sharpening PhotoWiz is a series of professional plugins for correcting, enhancing, restoring and editing photos. With these plugins we try to set a new standard for photo correction tools as far as effectiveness and usability are concerned. ColorWasher is a plugin for correcting the colors, the contrast and the exposure of photos. Its revolutionary algorithms help you to turn even the worst photo into a delightful visual experience. Latest Version: 1.02 FocalBlade is a plugin for sharpening photos for screen display and print. It automatically sharpens photos, lets you deblur them and also offers blur, soft focus and glow effects. Olympus E-10/E-20 Noise Reducer Fred Miranda's PhotoShop Noise Reduction action for Olympus E-10 and E-20 users. The E-10/20 images respond very well to the new e-isoR actions and all users, including pros, can finally shoot high ISO with confidence. Digital Velvia (DV) AcTioN file for PhotoShop Photoshop saturation algorithms are not very effective because they can often introduce (worsen) noise and shift colors on the image. This new action increases saturation without any noise increase or shift in color. It offers of a choice of 3 levels of saturation to increase to (Low, medium or high). For more info and samples click on the link above. Reasonably priced at $4.50. See web site for examples or online ordering. Digital Film Tools plug-ins for Adobe Photoshop 55MM is a unique set of plug-ins from Digital Film Tools meant to simulate popular glass camera filters, specialized lenses, optical lab processes, film grain, matte generation and exacting color correction--all in a controlled digital environment with either 8 or 16 bits per channel processing. The set of plug-ins includes: Black & White, Bleach Bypass, Color Correct, Color Grad, Defocus, Dual Tint, Faux Film, Fluorescent, Fog, Glow, Grain, Infra-Red, Low Contrast, Matte Generator, Mist, ND Grad, Night Vision, Polarizer, Selective Color Correct, Selective Soft Focus, Skin Smoother, Star, Temperature, and Tint. 55MM operates in RGB Color Space, supports Photoshop Actions and is available for MAC or PC. (Price: $100) Light can be added into a scene where none existed before. Unlike anything you've seen before, the Light! Photoshop filter adds light to the scene just as if you were adding a light at the time of shooting. Relying on proprietary image slicing algorithms, isolation of specific parts of the image is quick and easy. Once an area is isolated, light or shadow can be introduced. Light! can also simulate popular glass camera filters like Mist and Fog filters as well as create glow effects. In addition, a prebuilt shape and texture library includes windows, doors, leaves, and abstract patterns that allow you to add realistic lighting or shadow to scenes. (Price: $75) Ozone is a unique Photoshop filter that allows photographers, designers, and artists to manipulate the color of an image with incredible flexibility and accuracy. Inspired by Ansel Adams's Zone System for still photography, Digital Film Tools has created "The Digital Zone System." To reproduce the infinite palette of colors, tones, and brightness of the world around us, the Digital Zone System takes the spectrum of image values and divides them into 11 discrete zones. With Ozone, the color and brightness of each zone can be independently adjusted until you've painted a new picture. All zones can be adjusted and viewed in context, and you don't have to commit to the adjustments until all zones are corrected. (Price: $75) Photo Graphic Edges plugin for Photoshop A unique creative tool that makes your photos distinctive and artistic with the click of a button. PGE 5 adds torn, ripped, deckled, feathered, painted, film frames and darkroom styled edges to any grayscale or color image. The newly released Photo/Graphic Edges 5.0 version now features 4 visual effect modules in the same package: Edges, Montage, Vignette and Frames. The creative possibilities are infinite! Each effect in Photo/Graphic Edges lets you have complete control over every aspect of the design work. Interactive onscreen tools let you freely transform your effect and edges, apply surface grain, lighting, shading, matte or colored backgrounds and more! Color Mechanic for Adobe Photoshop or Photoshop Elements What makes Color Mechanic so powerful is that it lets you change one or more colors in an image without changing any other colors in the image and without the painstaking work of selecting the parts of the image you want to change. This type of selective color correction is both easier to use and more powerful than conventional color balancing or filtration techniques that simply apply a uniform correction to the entire image or give you a few sliders to adjust. LucisArt plugin for PhotoShop/Illustrator/PhotoDeluxe Based on patented technology originally developed for medical and scientific imaging, LucisArt gives you incredible creative control of your image. LucisArt features: Correct scans and repair improperly exposed images. Improve overall image contrast and accurately enhance image detail. Accurately enhance the smallest image detail. Create an antique look or dry-brush watercolor effect. Create a surrealistic, brilliantly colored image with one click. Mimic a watercolor painting where the brush strokes vary depending upon your image’s relative contrasts. Add a textured and sculptured appearance to your image by creating radiant lines and patterns. Mix the LucisArt image with the original image in any proportion to make any effect as pronounced or subtle as you prefer. This is especially useful when fixing image exposure. Ultra-Sharpen 5.0 Pro for PhotoShop 5/5.5/6 If you are a PC user and you use Adobe Photoshop 5.0, 5.5 or 6.0. Or, you use Adobe Photoshop Elements 1.0 and your looking for a better way to sharpen your digital images, look no further. Ultra-Sharpen 5.0 Pro gives you sharpening control out the Wahzoo! Would "you" like to choose what does and doesn't get sharpened and how much each area gets? Do you own a film scanner, digital camera or flatbed scanner and are tired of sharpening these types of images only to enhance the grain and noise? If you have answered yes to any of these questions, Ultra-Sharpen 5.0 Pro is your answer. Best of all it's free! LensDoc - PhotoShop Plugin for Lens Corrections PhotoShop plugin filter that fixes barrel distortion, keystone distortion, and incorrect rotation of digital images, quick and easy! iCorrect Professional, Color Correction/Image Profiling plugin iCorrect Professional Makes the Color Right! No more frustrating color editing tools like curves, sliders, or variations - Simply click on the image to make the color right. Most digital pictures seem dull or flat, or have a certain color cast like too green or too magenta. iCorrect™ Professional begins by making automatic brightness, contrast, and color balance adjustments to make the picture more vibrant. Andromeda's Perspective Filter for PhotoShop A photograph is a flat image (2D) with height and width but no depth. Perspective Filter can be used to suggest or introduce the third dimension, depth, experienced in human vision. A "virtual camera" navigational tool in the Perspective offers a "tilt" and "swing" motion. The "tilt" movement permits depth-of-field control of the image plane. Moving the virtual camera right to left while focused on a stationary position accomplishes the "swing". The Perspective zoom function also gives the effect of a dolly, in which the camera moves closer to or away from the image. Version 2.0 of Harry's Filters for Windows and Mac Harry's Filters 2.0 is a Photoshop-compatible plugin which can be used in dozens of different image editing appliations e.g. Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, Corel Photo-Paint and many many other. It includes 55 effect filters, a Random button, options for saving and opening presets and a instant preview feature. Harry's Filters 2.0 is freeware. Photoshop action file to get rid of red eye in three seconds. Calvin has also now placed a ZIP full of 17 production AcTioN files on his web site that will help speedup your photo processing. They range from open new document, hue/satuaration, gaussian blur, filter fade, flatten, etc. Red Prince PhotoShop plug-ins written in 100% assembly language makes them smaller and faster than any other plug-in in existence. They are for the Windows platform. They are free. Red Prince Pixie Dust can optionally be registered. In that case it turns into Red Prince Pixie Dust Pro, which offers numerous new options. It also has an export option for most of its filters, which will create a new self-standing plug-in. Once a week a new export plug-in is placed on the Plug-In of the Week page.

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