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Nik Software Releases Color Efex Pro 3.0

Nik Software Releases Color Efex Pro 3.0

Hot on the heals of Silver Efex Pro, Nik Software has just released an Aperture plugin version of Color Efex Pro 3.0. Nik Software Color Efex Pro™ 3.0 filters are the leading photographic filters for digital photography. The award-winning Color Efex Pro 3.0 filters are widely used by many of today’s professional photographers around the world ... read more

July 17, 2008 in News by Micah Walter 0 comments

Writing An Aperture Edit Plugin – Part 1

Writing An Aperture Edit Plugin – Part 1

I have a need to start working on an Aperture Edit plugin for personal reasons. For the next two years I will be working towards an MFA in Photographic and Electronic Media at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore Maryland. During this experience I will be taking lots of pictures, and developing a ... read more

July 16, 2008 in News by Micah Walter 6 comments

Nik Software Announces Silver Efex Pro

Nik Software Announces Silver Efex Pro

Nik Software has announced an exciting new plugin for Aperture and Photoshop called Silver Efex Pro. Silver Efex Pro is, according to Nik, “the most advanced, complete, and straightforward black-and-white solution. Suggested retail price for the package is $199. For more information be sure to check out the Nik website at Nik Software or check ... read more

July 10, 2008 in News by Micah Walter 11 comments

DataMind Releases Jade Enhancement Plugin

DataMind Releases Jade Enhancement Plugin

Italian software developer, DataMind Srl, has released Jade 1.0, a digital image processing plugin, which uses state-of-the-art algorithms to enhance color, contrast and dynamic range in an easy-to-use tool that will automatically improve digital images directly in Aperture. Beside a “One-Button” automatic image enhancement tool, Jade also provides manual controls to fine-tune intensity values, the contrast ... read more

July 9, 2008 in News by Micah Walter 2 comments

Hydra HDR Plugin for Aperture 1.5.3

Hydra HDR Plugin for Aperture 1.5.3

When the dynamic range of a scene is beyond the gamut of a single exposure, Hydra can use multiple (different) exposures of the same scene (up to 4) and blend them into one image. Unlike some HDR (high dynamic range) programs, Hydra does not require the use of a tripod to insure pixel-to-pixel matching of images. ... read more

July 9, 2008 in News by Micah Walter 2 comments

Tiffen Dfx Digital Filter Suite 1.0

Tiffen Dfx Digital Filter Suite 1.0

The Tiffen Dfx digital filter suite is the definitive set of digital optical filters. Up to 1000 filters, including simulations of many popular award-winning Tiffen glass filters, specialized lenses, optical lab processes, film grain, exacting color correction plus natural light and photographic effects–are now in a controlled digital environment with either 8 or 16 bits ... read more

July 9, 2008 in News by Micah Walter 1 comment

Power Stroke 1.0 from Digital Film Tools

Power Stroke 1.0 from Digital Film Tools

One of three Aperture plugins from Digital Film Tools, Power Stroke introduces a simple, interactive stroke-based interface to quickly and intuitively perform targeted adjustments. Instead of meticulously selecting regions or hand-painting masks, regions of interest are isolated by drawing a few simple brush strokes with adjustments then made only in those areas. Strokes can be ... read more

July 9, 2008 in News by Micah Walter 1 comment

Ozone 2.5 from Digital Film Tools

Ozone 2.5 from Digital Film Tools

One of three Aperture plugins from Digital Film Tools, Ozone is inspired by Ansel Adams’ Zone System for still photography. Ozone allows you to manipulate the color of an image with incredible flexibility and accuracy using a Digital Zone System. The Digital Zone System takes the spectrum of image values and divides them into 11 ... read more

July 9, 2008 in News by Micah Walter 0 comments

Light 3.5 from Digital Film Tools

Light 3.5 from Digital Film Tools

One of three Aperture plugins from Digital Film Tools, Light 3.5 utilizes a light and texture library that includes windows, doors, leaves and abstract patterns, you can add realistic lighting and shadow to scenes just as if you were adding a light at the time of shooting. Normally used in front of the lights during photography, ... read more

July 9, 2008 in News by Micah Walter 0 comments

Viveza 1.0 from NIK Software

Viveza 1.0 from NIK Software

Mastering the art of selectively correcting or enhancing color and light is now possible for every photographer without the need for complicated masks or selections, or expert-level knowledge of Photoshop. Integrating U Point technology, Viveza is the a powerful and precise tool to control color and light in photographic images. “Color Control Points”, placed directly ... read more

July 9, 2008 in News by Micah Walter 1 comment