Al Rassam Al Arabi for Windows allows the user to enter Arabic text into CorelDRAW, Illustrator, Freehand, Photoshop, Flash, and so on.

The user can add Arabic text into photo-retouching and illustration applications that do not accept Arabic text directly. It provides an editing window that allows the user to type and edit Arabic text. After typing the Arabic text, the user can export it into the specific application. Al Rassam Al Arabi is bundled with 22 ArabicXT fonts.

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Manufacturer: Layout Limited

Reduce noise for sharper and crisper images. Noise is a very important issue in digital photography. Nearly all digital cameras produce images with an easily noticed noise component. This digital noise is especially strong in images taken at high ISO rates. Scans of negatives show a similar film grain. When the picture is taken in low light (indoor/night) or high-speed (sport/action) the noise is even more noticeable and a tool such as Auto DeNoise is needed. The noise and grain reduce the visual quality of digital images and resulting prints.

Noise is inherent to digital photos. Digital image sensors, because of the size and sensitivity, produce a slight noise as photons arrive at random intervals. The induced sampling error produces the noise. Small sensors on compact digital cameras generate more noise but even top-of-the-line cameras at high ISO settings show some noise.

Digital tools are needed to control digital noise. In many situations, fast-action photos, indoor, and low-light, a high ISO setting is required to avoid motion blur or shaking. Without the right digital tool, the photographer is faced with the choice of using a low ISO and get a blurry photo, or a high ISO and get a noisy image. The problem is compounded when photo enlargement is required.

Auto DeNoise uses a sophisticated algorithm that preserves detail and sharpness while removing grain or noise. Since noise is highly dependent upon the sensor of the camera (even within the same digital camera model, results may differ) and the picture being taken, it is very important to rely on a fast and simple tool.

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Manufacturer: Human Software Company Inc., The

Includes the following:
Mystical Tint Tone and Color 2.0
Photo/Graphic Edges 7.0 Platinum Edition
Mystical Lighting
DreamSuite Series One Pro Version
DreamSuite Series Two Pro Version
DreamSuite Gel Series Pro Version
AutoEye 2.0
Windows bundle also includes:
Pixtivity 2.0 Pro
Xtivity

AutoCorrect is a Plug-in for all Photoshop-compatible Mac or Windows applications that support Plug-ins.

AutoCorrect is a very efficient, one-click, color-correction system. It is not based on curves (even if added for a perfect final tune-up) but rather based on the techniques professionals are using in darkrooms. With AutoCorrect, get a professional picture-enhancement tool in RGB or CMYK.

Make photos stand out with multiple controls in one easy dialog box. AutoCorrect uses a unique approach that provides better image enhancement and crisp, lifelike images eliminating the need to spend more for another sharpener or picture-enhancement tool or trying to manipulate several tools (such as levels/curves) without being sure of the final output and losing details at each step.

Features:

• improves output quality with AutoCorrect and makes the best of already good photos or simply salvages photos of inferior quality;

• ultra-efficient sharpening gives better results than Photoshop's usm tool;

• scans corrections and enhancements in one click;

• photo restoration reclaims lost colors and details through a unique, professional approach;

• optionally combines several adjustments in one click for the best image tuning;

• enhances digital images for print and web; and

• works on RGB and CMYK images — all ultra fast.

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Manufacturer: Human Software Company Inc., The

For additional savings, check out the bundle: AutoEye, DreamSuite, Photo/Graphic Edges Bundle.

AutoEye is a revolutionary new way to enhance and improve digital images. Using patented Intelligent Visual Imaging Technologies (IVIT), AutoEye reclaims color and detail that is lost in the transition from film or prints to digital. Unlike any other software solution on the market, AutoEye actually rebuilds the color and detail in images.

Auto Eye can perfect any image with absolutely no user knowledge of complex correction concepts and processes such as adjustment curves, levels, cast removal, contrast, and histograms. With advanced color-rebuilding algorithms, AutoEye can enhance darker images or areas of a dark image without burning or over correcting in lighter areas (a common problem encountered with the traditional tools found in Photoshop). AutoEye fully supports Photoshop actions and can batch process files through Photoshop.

AutoEye examines, and then automatically enhances, digital images providing full-spectrum color correction, increased color vibrancy, contrast and sharpness, and rebuilt detail. AutoEye automatically removes moir patterns that occur when scanning printed images and features a basic dust and scratch remover.

Features:

• color correction features use patented IVIT to rebuild and reclaim lost color in images;

• contrast features adjust all pixel values in the images at once (highlights, shadows, and midtones);

• sharpness features use IVIT to enhance images to bring back lost detail and to sharpen the quality of the visual to more closely match the original non-digital image;

• saturation features increase the vibrancy found in the colors of an image;

• brightness features adjust the relative lightness or darkness of the color within an image (e.g., photos shot in low light or that are over-lit can be adjusted and compensated for);

• moir-pattern-removal features instantly remove annoying patterns produced when scanning printed images from newspapers, magazines, and fine-art prints;

• de-speckle features find dust and scratches and safely removes them without destroying the rest of the image; and

• tonal-range features adjust the visual gamma of the source image to further enhance and bring out the hidden detail and colors in an image that are not seen by the human eye but are visible to AutoEye.

Professional designers and photographers will find that AutoEye can help them to maintain a better quality of images in print. The patented IVIT in AutoEye helps rebuild colors which are usually lost when an image is converted to CMYK and that become flatter and without life.

Visual feedback of all enhancements is easily viewed in the manual mode. AutoEye features a large dynamic onscreen preview featuring full zoom and panning, and support for before-and-after previews.

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Manufacturer: Auto F/X

This new Photoshop (and compatible) Plug-in provides a large preview window showing at the pixel level the de-noise and de-blur options you choose. Settings may be saved and applied over and over with simple mouse clicks.

AutoFocus DeNoise surpasses any conventional Gaussian Blur/Median and many other existing filters by removing noise while preserving image edges. Focus reverses the formula by which an image has been blurred. HSharp surpasses any conventional UnSharpMasking and enables the user to achieve focus without losing tonal range. JPEG Artefacts are quite common and require a special treatment for which you will find the JPEG Artefact Removal tool. Unlike other Plug-ins, AutoFocus works in both RGB and CMYK mode. For all applications supporting Photoshop Plug-ins.

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Manufacturer: Human Software Company Inc., The

AutoMask is a very efficient Plug-in for mask creation on difficult subjects such as hair, trees, fur, and the like, and works equally well on simpler subjects. AutoMask is also very fast in these processes when compared to other similar Plug-ins.

With the AutoMask density brush, a new mask channel is created with a few clicks of the mouse. The brush automatically detects the edge of the subject and takes into account the natural aliasing of the edge for beautiful silhouette creation. In global-density mode, the virtual brush yields an unprecedented control over color range or mask-pro tools.

Global-density masking provides density-masking action that occurs over the entire selected area. With the global-density mask, the user can pick several colors, RGB or CMYK, and create a mask on these selected areas. This global-density mask also lets users select any color that they want to protect from being covered by a mask (protective density). A special virtual-masking brush eliminates extra spots or unwanted masks created using the automatic-density action. The brush is virtual — it works at the same speed regardless of picture size and may be used on very large images.

Local-density-brush masking moves along the edge of the subject enabling the user to sample the image with the density-brush picker. The selected color is used to build a mask automatically along the edge. An unlimited number of readings can be taken, and undo is also possible. Users can go back and forth between any masking feature, at any point. The local brush may be used in combination with the global-density tool. The density-brush-masking tool provides unparalleled smoothness on the edge of the mask. AutoMask respects the natural anti-aliasing of the subject and the semi-transparency of the edges. The mask created is an opacity layer or as a fourth or a fifth channel on a background image.

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Manufacturer: Human Software Company Inc., The

With AutoSelect, define the source colors on which to operate - select multiple colors with a color picker. Take advantage of RGB, LAB, or HSV space to perform color changes, even if the image remains in RGB. Simply sample the colors in the area to be affected with the built-in color sampler tool, and use the sliders to obtain the color. Adjust the range and limit of the extent of modifications. An easy brush mask creates an instant selection and quickly limits the effect. Unlike Photoshop HSV changes, the selectivity range will limit the effect to the color to be changed and will keep all the shades for a natural rendering.

Features:

• selectively change colors in GB without building a mask;

• easily compare changes side by side;

• view up to nine variations at once;

• correct a color cast in a snap;

• correct red eyes; and

• change eyes, clothes, color and more.

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Manufacturer: The Human Software Company Inc.

AutoSmooth is a very efficient one-click color correction. It is not based on curves (even though we've added it for a perfect final tune-up), rather it is based upon the techniques professionals are using in darkrooms. With AutoSmooth, get a professional picture-enhancement tool in RGB (including 16 bits) or CMYK — optionally applied directly on a layer within Photoshop or Photoshop Elements.

Features:

• smoothes surfaces of all digital images to provide a glamorous look;

• smartblurring of all digital surfaces — five simple sliders provide very precise tuning of the smoothing while maintaining details;

• easy visual and single-click operation;

• anti-aging, smoothes surface while maintaining details;

• combine several adjustment in one click for the best image tuning;

• enhance digital images for print and web;

• work on RGB (including 16-bit support) and CMYK images; and

• save hours of very difficult manual retouching.

With AutoSmooth the professional or amateur photographer will enhance and change the age of the subject by reducing or enhancing imperfections or spots. For all ages (old skins with wrinkles, middleage with light spots, teens with blemishes) AutoSmooth enhances faces for a great look. The technique preserves edges and details and save hours of masking or airbrushing.

With AutoSmooth, get the best features available at a very affordable Plug-in price. AutoSmooth is a Plug-in and it will supports all versions of Photoshop from 7 to CS3, Photoshop Elements 2, 3, 4, and 5, Corel PaintShop, ULead, Microsoft Picture, Painter, and even Illustrator and FreeHand and more.

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Manufacturer: Human Software Company Inc., The

Blow Up® 2 is a Photoshop® plug-in that produces enlargements dramatically sharper than any other software, especially Photoshop! Blow Up uses an innovative algorithm that temporarily converts pixels to a vector representation which results in perfectly smooth, crisp edges. Simulated texture and film grain keep photos looking natural even in extreme enlargements. Blow Up can even clean up JPEG compression artifacts when a client insists on using a low quality source image from the Web.

Simplicity and Time Savings: Preparing photos for print can be surprisingly tedious, often requiring a pile of sticky notes with calculations involving dpi, aspect ratio, and cropping sizes. New features in Blow Up 2 are designed to take the complication out of this process.

Over 100 presets for common output sizes are available that make cropping and resizing easy to do in one step. When you load a preset, Blow Up 2 makes an intelligent guess about where to crop the image using the Auto Crop feature. The Auto Rotate feature adapts the preset to match your photo’s orientation. Blow Up applies the proper amount of output sharpening based on the paper type you choose.

Resizing many photos at once is now easy to do in a single step with Blow Up’s built-in batch processing tool. This tool is much easier to use than the multi-step process of creating a Photoshop action and then running it with Photoshop’s batch command.

Technology: Every bit of the latest technology has been added to Blow Up 2. Blow Up takes advantage of multi-processor and multi-core systems. The more processors/cores, the faster it runs. Even with just a plain old single processor, Blow Up 2 runs faster than Blow Up 1.

What's new in version 2:
• Image Quality
Image quality is improved in many ways. Results are sharper, both during upsizing and downsizing. Noisy images are handled better. Research from our Exposure product was used to improve simulated grain. You now have control over simulated natural texture.

• Output Sharpening
There are now controls for output sharpening. Just choose your medium (paper type or Web) and Blow Up sharpens the right amount.

• JPEG Repair
There is now a slider for cleaning up overly compressed JPEG images. When a client insists on giving you a blocky photo they found on the web, you can clean it up during the resizing process.

• Easy Batch Processing
There is now a batch processing tool that comes with Blow Up 2. This requires much less clicking than recording a Photoshop action and then running Photoshop’s Automate->Batch command.

• Previewing and Cropping
The previewing system has been completely redesigned. Zooming and cropping are integrated for improved workflow. The Crop to Size Tool is an easy way to crop and resize to a specific output size at the same time. Previewing is faster on multi-processor or multi-core computers.

• Settings
There is now a Settings Tab with over 100 presets. You can also save your own settings. Settings let you easily choose a standard output size and medium, such as 8x10 Inkjet Matte Paper. Proper output sharpening is applied to match the paper type. Presets automatically rotate to fit the orientation of your image and find a suitable crop area.

• Huge Images
You can resize up to 300,000 pixels per side, the maximum Photoshop can handle. Of course, Photoshop would choke on a square image that big, but if you are making a billboard that Photoshop can handle, so can Blow Up 2! Most other image resizing plug-ins can’t make photos larger than about 30,000 pixels on a side.

• Improved Interface

Blow Up handles the most sophisticated images demanding professionals can throw at it. Nearly every color space is supported, including Grayscale, Duotone, RGB, CMYK, and Lab. Most image resizing software only supports RGB color space and you have to pay an extra $140 to get CMYK support from our main competitor. All bit depths are supported, including 16-bits/channel (for Raw images) and 32-bits/channel (for HDR images). Blow Up is the only resizing plug-in that supports 32-bits/channel images.

Blow Up is the first major Photoshop plug-in that will work in the upcoming Windows 64-bit version of Photoshop CS4.

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Manufacturer: Alien Skin Software

CD-Q is an acquire Plug-in for Photoshop to easily extract Kodak CD images (or Corel stock) with high-quality direct YCC-to-CMYK conversion for professional quality. It also provides beautiful vignetting ability on all Kodak CD images. In one step, produce high-quality, ready-to-print color separations from photo CD pictures directly from within Adobe Photoshop — at the touch of a button.

With CD-Q, acquire and convert Photo CD and PRO Photo CD pictures from Kodak. This product converts YCC format directly into high-quality, CMYK, four-color separations on the fly. Create ready-to-print films or output to a color printer, RGB, or grayscale, in just one step.

Sharpen and color correct pictures in CMYK and adjust in RGB. Choose the black-plate level, apply GCR, push a button, and the Photo CD picture is converted quickly into high-quality CMYK color separations.

CD-Q is the only one-step prepress software needed to acquire and convert Photo CD pictures into grayscale, RGB, or high-end CMYK color separations with the finest results every time and the best performance available. Direct, on-the-fly YCC-to-CMYK color conversion, along with built-in cropping, unsharp masking, gray-component replacement, black-level adjustment, white and black points, and powerful color-correction features (working both in RGB and in CMYK).

Features:

• large preview;

• zoom ability;

• high-quality color separations; and

• unique vignetting ability.

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Manufacturer: Human Software Company Inc., The

ClassicFrames are the ideal tool to give the final classy touch to images. The frames provided are graphic reproductions of those found framing expensive paintings. With a ClassicFrames Photoshop Plug-in there are 70 beautiful, traditional, picture frames.

Features:

• version 2.0 adds RGB 16-bit support;

• 70 beautiful, traditional, rounded picture frames per volume;

• create or combine existing frames for infinite variations;

• multiple layers of edges or frames.

• native for Mac OS X or Windows (Adobe Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Corel PHOTO-PAINT, and PaintShop;

• volume 5 or 6 for include exquisite circular or oval frames, perfect for medallions and portraits;

• create or combine existing frames for infinite variations;

• no step and repeat artifacts like other Plug-ins;

• compare four frames quickly side by side for easy selections;

• create multiple mats in a snap;

• adjust the frame width;

• combine multiple frames for multiple mats easily;

• use the library (60 frames provided) or use a custom-designed moulding; and

• now includes weave and texture mats for beautiful classy weave or texture/pattern effects.

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Manufacturer: Human Software Company Inc., The

Get a bundle and save. The Design Collection includes Squizz, Textissimo, and OttoPaths for Adobe Photoshop and Corel PHOTO-PAINT.

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Manufacturer: Human Software Company Inc., The

For additional savings, check out the bundle: DreamSuite Series Bundle.

For additional savings, check out the bundle: AutoEye, DreamSuite, Photo/Graphic Edges Bundle.

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DreamSuite Gel is a fun special-effects suite that can add vibrant, translucent depth effects to artwork. With DreamSuite Gel, generate stunning print and web graphics with ease using the award-winning DreamSuite engine to give an infinite variety of looks and combinations of visual results.

DreamSuite Gel was designed to be useful for everyday design projects. Great care was put into building an infinite amount of variation into the effects so the work is styled after a user's own tastes and avoids the canned look so many graphics programs are known for.

Features:

• gel applies vibrant depth to type and graphics with a brush or selection;

• gel painter creates unique hammered, chipped, and dented depth bevel effects;

• gel mixer blends and mixes an unlimited number of gel surfaces together;

• liquid crystal brushes on and flows soft, reflective, translucent glassy depth to artwork; and

• crystal painter brushes and paints with liquid mercury, melted gold, and other metals.

Visual presets ship with the DreamSuite Gel series. Import artwork and select a preset thumbnail to apply to artwork. DreamSuite Gel Suite is ideal for creating web graphics, buttons, banners, and navigation systems.

DreamSuite Gel features advanced onscreen brush controls to paint on textured surfaces and colors and provides control of depth by limiting the painting on imprints or extrusion on the bevels on a localized basis. In DreamSuite Gel, each effect has a set of controls that allow the user to adjust the effect's visual settings. Any onscreen tools associated with an effect are tied to the effect controls so the user may draw on screen and the brush applies the current setting.

DreamSuite Gel series can be used to create simple graphics with translucent depth or it can be used to paint over photos and add depth, color, and surface textures.

Features:

• complete support for Adobe Photoshop versions 4.0 and higher;

• includes integrated support for layers and transparency features;

• saves to the Photoshop (PSD) file format with layers intact;

• supports Photoshop actions;

• supports Photoshop layers;

• supports Photoshop's last filter command;

• saves and loads PSDs;

• works as a Photoshop Plug-in or as a stand-alone application;

• supports Photoshop transparency;

• easy to access in Photoshop under the filter menu.

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Manufacturer: Auto F/X

For additional savings, check out the bundle: Creative Edge Bundle.

For additional savings, check out the bundle: DreamSuite Series Bundle.

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DreamSuite Series One is a suite of powerful visual effects that allow anyone, professionals or novices alike, to create beautiful images and artwork. DreamSuite achieves visual results that are difficult or impossible to attain using any other software.

DreamSuite includes a stand-alone imaging application as well as a Plug-in that works with Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Paintshop Pro, and Corel PHOTO-PAINT.

DreamSuite now ships with professional features that enable users to combine different effects together using layers and masking that are included.

Features:

• SmartLayers is a robust layering system that enables the user to combine masking, photos, effects, and color correction layers together in one document;

• masking layers enable the user to quickly and cleanly mask areas of an image to apply effects to selected areas;

• correction layers enable the user to adjust color details such as RGB and HSB to get the perfect balance of colors for effects;

• effect layers stack on top of each other on the layers palette so that the user can combine different effects in the same document, e.g., apply Liquid Metal and Gel effects together, or use FilmGrain to enhance a PhotoToned image;

• photo layers enable the user to add new photos and composite them together and then change layer opacity, layer order, clone, or delete layers;

• unlimited undo and redo functionality allows the user to go back to undo brush strokes, effect settings, object transformations, and more;

• layer presets enables the user to save an effect and all layers used to create the effect and then apply the result to another image or set of artwork;

• load layer presets using visual thumbnails displayed in the new Layer Preset catalog;

Includes hundreds of new presets created just for the new Pro versions of DreamSuite products. These new creative presets lets users instantly apply effects that give amazing results.

The new Pro version has increased rendering speed and operation on both Macintosh and Windows systems. Speed increases range from 50% - 300% depending on the effect, image size, and machine. DreamSuite Pro is optimized for increased speed gains when used with a dual or hyper-threaded-processor enabled machine.

Featured Effects:

• 35 mm Frame to put photos into 35 mm slides and create collages;

• Dimension X provides over a dozen unique depth bevels, shading, glassy reflection, and more;

• Photo Border adds stylized borders around photos and overlap collages;

• Chisel provides unique hammered, chipped, and dented depth-bevel effects;

• Focus simulates soft focus, zoom, rotated, and motion focus effects;

• Photo Depth adds depth to photos by fraying, denting, and crimping;

• Crackle simulates photorealistic aged photo cracks and crackled surface;

• Hot Stamp adds punch to type and graphics with roughened edges, blends, and melded glows;

• Photo Tone provides blended sepia tones, focal glows, and mottled backgrounds;

• Crease interactively bends and creases photos for unique depth looks;

• Instamatic surrounds photos with a photorealistic instamatic frame;

• Putty to bend, twist, enlarge, push, reshape, squish, and reform images with Bezir tools;

• Cubism adds artistic cubed shapes to photos and backgrounds;

• Liquid Metal to brush and paint with liquid mercury, melted gold, and other metals;

• Ripple provides interactive photorealistic ripples, waves, and water surfaces;

• Deckle to rip and tear photos to give them a torn, deckled appearance;

• Metal Mixer blends metal surfaces together for a mix of unique depth effects and metal blending;

• Tape provides photorealistic masking tape, transparent, duct, sports, and other tape styles.

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Manufacturer: Auto F/X

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DreamSuite Series 2 is a powerful collection of 12 unique visual effects for enhancing photographs. This series offers a wide diversity of visual options to make any photo more distinctive.

DreamSuite was designed to be useful for everyday design projects and to provide an infinite amount of variation for the effects.

Effects:

• 2 1/4 provides photorealistic 2 1/4 film frames with unique translucency;

• photopress an effect to press photos down into the background;

• 4 x 5 are photorealistic 4 x 5 film frames with unique translucency;

• photo strips to slice and overlap image strips adding unique visual effects;

• filmgrain to simulate traditional high-grain films;

• plasticwrap will make elements in a photo look like they are pressing against a sheet of plastic;

• filmstrip to interactively bend and crease photos for unique depth effects;

• puzzle pieces will turn photos into realistic pieces that can be moved around and layered;

• filmframe art provides creative filmstrip effects for combining images together artistically;

• tile to shape photos using tiles and depth;

• mesh that gives the effect of weaving strips of photos; and

• wrinkle applies photorealistic wrinkles and depth shading.

DreamSuite Series 2 features advanced onscreen image-transformation tools, full support for layer transparency, layering multiple effects, and much, much more.

Each effect has a set of controls that allow the user to adjust the effect's visual settings. Any onscreen tools associated with an effect are tied to the effect controls so the user may draw on screen with an effect path and then adjust the controls that affect only that path.

Controls generate dynamically so the user can interactively adjust the visual on screen with the tool and the effect updates. Custom settings are associated with the selected component of the effect — change the component and the visual will update to the new parameters.

DreamSuite Series 2 features complete support for Adobe Photoshop versions 4.0 and higher. This includes integrated support for layers and transparency features. DreamSuite Series 2 even saves to the .PSD file format with layers intact.

Benefits:

• supports Photoshop actions;

• supports Photoshop layers;

• supports Photoshop's last filter command;

• saves and loads native PSD files;

• works as a Photoshop Plug-in, or as a stand-alone application;

• supports Photoshop transparency; and

• easy to access in Photoshop under the filter menu

Use DreamSuite Series 2 in conjunction with Photoshop actions to perform batch processing tasks to hundreds of images in one easy-to-apply session.

Features:

• intelligent control-interrupt system enables the user to interrupt the effect when updating;

• adjustable preview features a 1600% marquee-zoom capability with built-in panning support with proxy mode to render blazingly fast;

• save and replay effect settings for instant results;

• presets are resolution independent providing the same results while working on any sized file;

• presets are saved in a visual preset catalog with thumbnail previews;

• memory dots record current settings;

• stores and works from the original image when generating effect layers so images can be freeform transformed multiple times with no quality loss;

• dynamic features enable the user to work in a true nonlinear fashion — go forward or back by adjusting the controls;

• unique photo-placement tool allows users to place images inside of effects and have the images automatically scaled and orientated to match the angle and perspective of the effect;

• file loading and saving support for: PSD, TIFF, BMP, JPG, and PNG;

• on-demand help provides comprehensive detailed instructions about the control during mouse over; and

• choose from over a dozen interface flavors and desktop textures.

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Manufacturer: Auto F/X

For detailed bundled-product descriptions, refer to each individual product.

Bundle includes DreamSuite Series One Pro, DreamSuite Series Two Pro, and DreamSuite Gel Series Pro.

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Manufacturer: Auto F/X

Like the original release, Exposure 2 is a Plug-in for Photoshop and compatible host applications. Exposure provides amateur and professional photographers, graphic designers, and photo retouchers with one-click access to the broadest range of film stock and special effects settings available anywhere. Exposure 2 delivers even more features that add the look and feel of film to digital photography. Users can easily simulate current and discontinued print and slide film stocks — both black and white and color — and subtly manipulate realistic grain, mimic darkroom effects such as push and cross processing, even save a signature look as a preset. What's more, everything in Exposure 2 is accessible in one simple interface.

Exposure 2 is the new, even more feature-packed version of our award-winning Photoshop Plug-in that gives digital photographs the look and feel of film. Whether you're a fashion or wedding photographer, a designer, or art director, with Exposure 2 you'll have one-click access to the broadest range of film stocks and special effects settings available in any software package. That's why Exposure 2 is the closest thing to film since film.

Pick a film, any film. When it comes to the variety of films you can simulate, Exposure 2 has no peer. Match the look of popular film stocks such as Portra, Velvia, Kodachrome, Polaroid, and TRI-X. We've even saved some films from extinction in Exposure 2, such as Agfa Scala, GAF 500, and Kodak EES.

It all comes down to grain. Exposure 2 provides the most realistic grain on the market, now with even more control over sharpness, color variation, and intensity throughout the tonal range; and since Exposure 2's grain size automatically adjusts to the image size, the user will get consistent results across all cameras.

More effective effects. With over 300 presets, Exposure 2 has even more special effects settings than before, including push and cross processing, a vastly improved infrared simulator, and sophisticated color to black and white conversion.

So easy to use. Exposure 2 simplifies workflow by collecting color, dynamic range, softness, and grain control into one easy-to-use Plug-in. Correct a colorcast, soften a digital portrait, or tweak contrast with our powerful slider and curve controls; or even define a signature look and save it as a one-click effect.

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Manufacturer: Alien Skin Software

The Eye Candy 5: Bundle offers three complete products for one low price. The bundle includes full, retail copies of Eye Candy 5: Textures, Eye Candy 5: Nature, and Eye Candy 5: Impact. That's 30 of the most-advanced special effects for $199 — less than $7 per filter.

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Manufacturer: Alien Skin Software