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Adobe posts Disable VM Buffering plug-in for Photoshop CS2 on Macs

David Chartier — 2006-04-18T19:20:00+00:00

Filed under: Creative Suite, Mac OS X, Plug-ins

It's rare, at least personally, to hear about software quirks on machines that have too much RAM, but apparently Photoshop CS2 can exhibit a pause while painting on Macs with more than 4 GB of RAM.

Adobe has posted this Disable VM Buffering plug-in to help remedy the problem, but check out the plug-in's details page for more information on whether you should install it.

[via John Nack]

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Alien Skin Software releases Exposure - film effect plugin

David Chartier — 2006-01-26T12:00:00+00:00

Filed under: Mac OS X, Windows XP, Plug-ins

Alien Skin Software has released a new plugin set called Exposure, which can reproduce the look and feel of specific types of film stock. "Simulate the warmth and softness of real world film, both color and black and white. Reproduce realistic film grain, and simplify your digital photography workflow." Check out their examples page for a wide variety of one-click film effects, tonal shifts, color cast manipulation and other tricks up Exposure's sleeves.

Exposure sells for $199, is available for both Windows and OS X, including Tiger, and works with Photoshop CS or later, Photoshop Elements 3.0 or later, Fireworks MX 2004 or later, as well as Corel Paint Shop Pro 9.0 or later or Windows.

[via MacMinute]

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FocalBlade: sharpen, blur, focus and glow plugin

David Chartier — 2006-01-20T14:30:00+00:00

Filed under: Mac OS X, Windows XP, Plug-ins, Tryouts

FocalBlade is a Windows and OS X-compatible plugin offering an array of automated, semi-automated and highly customizable tools for sharpening and blurring photos, as well as adding soft focus and glow effects. It also offers batch processing, 8 and 16-bit RGB and grayscale editing and radius thresholds far above and below other tools of its kind.

A demo is available, along with more samples of the plugin's abilities. FocalBlade works with most Photoshop plugin-compatible applications like Paint Shop Pro, PhotoImpact, Photo-Paint, Fireworks and Photoshop Elements, so if it earns a place in your toolbelt, it only costs a mere $49.

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AKVIS Coloriage plugin for colorizing nearly anything

David Chartier — 2005-12-31T15:15:00+00:00

Filed under: Color management, Plug-ins

Now here's a colorizing plugin I'll have to file away in my "bookmark for that day you might have money to spend on this" folder: AKVIS Coloriage 2.0. This handy plugin for Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Photo-Paint, Paint Shop Pro and more, makes mince meat out of adding color and color schemes to everything from B&W photos to hand sketches (pictured) and even interior/exterior designs. From the screenshots it looks like Coloriage offers a simple set of drawing and selecting tools to help delineate the areas of your image you'd like the plugin to work its magic on.

Version 2.0 is the first version to offer both Windows and OS X support. A 10-day demo is available, while a "home" version will cost $97 and a "business" version will run $250.

[via MacNN]

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