Eye Candy 7 is a very interesting software package. It renders realistic effects that are not easy to create in Photoshop. Have you ever wanted to add lightning or fire to your images?
This software is meant for graphic designers, but as a photographer, I’ve been known to dable in the design of my own promotional materials.
Using Eye Candy 7 to add effect to graphics is easy. Just select the layer in Photoshop you want to add an effect to, launch Eye Candy, select the effect and tweak. Most of the effects need a shape layer to be applied. [click to continue…]
Following up on the preview of Exposure 4 from last week, Alien Skin has officially released Exposure 4, which is a plug-in for Photoshop CS4+, Elements 9+ and Lightroom 2+.
Exposure 4 allows for post-processing photos with a number of film presets, texture overlays, light leaks and more. Check out the preview video below.
Exposure 4 is available direct from Alien Skin’s website. It costs $249 for the full version. Upgrades from any prior version of Exposure is $99. Exposure 3 users who bought in since November 2011 can get the Exposure 4 upgrade for free.
The above video shows off a preview of processing a glamour photo with Alien Skin Exposure 4.
I’ll pass along full details once the software is officially released later this month. Exposure 4 will run $249 for the full version, or $99 for upgrades from Exposure 3. If you’ve bought Exposure 3 since November, the upgrade is free.
Alien Skin has unveiled Blow Up 3, an image enlarging tool. (You can see my review of Blow Up 2 here.) Blow Up 3 includes a simper interface and Lightroom integration.
Alien Skin describes the difference in the above images as follows: [click to continue…]
Alien Skin recently released its new Snap Art 3 Photoshop plug-in that turns photos into paintings or sketches. Snap Art 3 uses Alien Skin’s new intelligent stroke placement for clean edges and nature stroke patterns.
