{"id":12598,"date":"2007-12-24T16:36:09","date_gmt":"2007-12-24T16:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.adobe.com\/jnackdev\/2007\/12\/cool-new-photoshop-plug-ins.html"},"modified":"2007-12-24T16:36:09","modified_gmt":"2007-12-24T16:36:09","slug":"cool_new_photoshop_plug_ins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/24\/cool_new_photoshop_plug_ins\/","title":{"rendered":"Cool new Photoshop plug-ins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lots of good plug-ins have emerged in the last few months: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alien Skin has unveiled <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alienskin.com\/imagedoctor\/index.html\">Image Doctor 2.0<\/a>, a set of tools that tackle a variety of retouching tasks.&#160; The Smart Fill feature in particular promises some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alienskin.com\/imagedoctor\/filters\/smartfill4.html\">nifty results<\/a> (roll over the image).&#160; They&#8217;re offering a 10-20% <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alienskin.com\/?affiliate=4574\">discount via PhotoshopSupport.com<\/a>.&#160; More info is in their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.creativepro.com\/story\/news\/26144.html\">press release<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>Nik Software has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.creativepro.com\/story\/news\/26016.html\">announced<\/a>  the new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.niksoftware.com\/colorefexpro\/usa\/entry.php\">Color Efex Pro 3.0<\/a>.&#160; Offering &#8220;52 filters and over 250 effects,&#8221; the software&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.niksoftware.com\/colorefexpro\/usa\/entry.php?view=intro\/selective.shtml\">U Point control system<\/a> &#8220;lets you identify and isolate objects within a photograph by placing a Control Point on the object or area to be affected.&#8221;&#160; I got to see it in action at PhotoPlus this fall, and it does look cool indeed. [Update: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moosenewsblog.com\/archives\/2007\/12\/14\/merry-nikmas-121407\/\">Get a discount &amp; learn more<\/a> via photographer\/instructor Moose Peterson. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottkelby.com\/blog\/2007\/archives\/819\">Via<\/a>]] <\/li>\n<li>The guys behind <a href=\"http:\/\/www.filterforge.com\/\">Filter Forge<\/a>, the visual editor for creating your own Photoshop filters, have announced <a href=\"http:\/\/www.filterforge.com\/download\/\">Filter Forge Freepack 1<\/a>, &#8220;a set of seven photorealistic metal textures and effects.&#8221;&#160; They plan to release seven Freepacks over the course of the coming year; see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.photoshopsupport.com\/photoshop-blog\/07\/2008\/filter-forge-free-plugins.html\">details<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Mr. Retro is now offering Vol. I-IV of their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.misterretro.com\/cgi-bin\/redirect.cgi?code=photoshopsupport&amp;goto=http%3A\/\/www.misterretro.com\/machine_wash_filters_bundle.html\">Machine Wash image filters<\/a> in a single bundle for $49.95. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.photoshopsupport.com\/photoshop-blog\/07\/2008\/mister-retro-plugins.html\">Via<\/a>]&#160; These filters came in for some love in designer Cameron Moll&#8217;s well-known series on &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cameronmoll.com\/archives\/000027.html\">That Wicked Worn Look<\/a>.&#8221; <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ononesoftware.com\/\">onOne Software<\/a> (publishers of numerous former Extensis products) have announced that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adorama.com\/catalog.tpl?op=NewsDesk_Internal&amp;article_num=121807-4\">their plug-ins are now Leopard-compatible<\/a>.&#160; The goods include Genuine Fractals, Mask Pro, PhotoFrame, PhotoFrame, Intellihance Pro, and PhotoTools.<\/li>\n<li>Pixels Vistas&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pixelvistas.com\/photolift\/photolift-samples.html\">PhotoLift<\/a> plug-in adjusts local contrast in images.&#160; According to developer Matthew Hollingworth, it&#8217;s &#8220;like &#8216;clarity&#8217; in Adobe<br \/>\nCamera Raw, but on steroids.&#8221;&#160; The plug-in is Windows-only for now, with a Mac version on the way. \n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lots of good plug-ins have emerged in the last few months: Alien Skin has unveiled Image Doctor 2.0, a set of tools that tackle a variety of retouching tasks.&#160; The Smart Fill feature in particular promises some nifty results (roll over the image).&#160; They&#8217;re offering a 10-20% discount via PhotoshopSupport.com.&#160; More info is in their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12598"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12598\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}