|
Page 3 of 4
Full Spectrum RGB
Though digital cameras often do a good job of capturing a color, there
are some colors that they don’t render accurately, such as purple. They
also aren’t smart enough to know the quality of color we prefer for our
images. The strong, saturated colors desired for a landscape aren’t
ideal for portraits, which require a softer, more neutral palette.
Full Spectrum RGB is a plug-in that takes the guesswork out of
achieving the right type of color by using a straightforward interface
to enhance and adjust color. The software comes with two presets: one
for saturated color and higher contrast, ideal for landscape images,
and another with a more neutral palette with reduced contrast for
portraits. Users also can create their own personal custom color
spectrum, and the program has easy-to-use highlight and shadow controls
to retain or compress data at the far ends of the tonal range. List
Price: $49.
Digital Film Tools 55mm
Optical
filters played a large role in traditional photography, as they
provided creative visual effects by simply being attached to the front
of a lens. However, high-quality graduated, soft-focus,
color-conversion and special-effects filters can become expensive and
slow you down in the field.
Digital Film Tools 55mm software provides the equivalent of dozens of
filters that can be applied to your digital images. Compatible with
both 8-bit and 16-bit files, the software delivers creative optical
effects with a level of control that can’t be achieved with optical
filters. Dozens of filters and effects can be used to smooth skin,
correct lens distortion, increase shadow detail, and apply selective
color saturation and contrast. List Price: $195.
DIGITAL GEM Pro
Just as photographers
had to contend with film grain when they chose to shoot with higher-ISO
films, today’s digital photographers have to face the fact that setting
their digital camera to higher-ISO settings means an increased presence
of noise. These multicolored speckles that appear in an image can
dramatically impact an image’s quality, especially when it comes to
making big enlargements.
Kodak’s DIGITAL GEM Pro reduces noise and grain while retaining
important tonal and color detail, without introducing unwanted
artifacts. It offers the choice between an aggressive (coarse noise) or
modest (fine grain) noise suppression. It also features a Noise Preview
screen, which allows you to view just the noise you’re trying to
eliminate, providing a visual reference when you choose to manually
control the plug-in using its simple slider controls. List Price: $99.
|
