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The Digital Photographer's Software Guide
on the curve preview to visualize the range of colors in the image sample (pointed at by
the mouse).
Version: Curvemeister 3 (2008)
OS: Windows 98, NT4, ME, 2000, or XP
Plugs into: Photoshop version 5.5 and later; all versions of Photoshop Elements
RAM: 1.24MB
Supported formats: 8- or 16-bit images in RGB, CMYK, or Lab
Price level: Photoshop version approx. $90, Photoshop Elements version approx. $45
Address: Berkeley, CA, United States
www.curvemeister.com
Farrar Focus Digital Darkroom
Vendor: Farrar Focus
Purpose: A regularly updated set of professional Photoshop scripts and actions for 16-bit digital
image development
Description
Farrar Focus Digital Darkroom is a set of Photoshop scripts and actions likely to appeal
to advanced landscape photographers looking for bracket and blend scripts and postprocessing
actions such as denoising and sharpening. Its complete list of features is quite
extensive, divided into Common Actions like curves, denoise, desplotch, and add grain;
Color Space Action Sets to create zone layers, sharpen, and restore dark detail before
printing; Linear Specific Actions to convert from ProPhotoRGB color space; Gamma1.8
Specific Actions to convert documents to ProPhotoRGB; and Gamma2.2 Specific
Actions to convert to Adobe RGB 1998 or sRGB. There are also scripts for blending,
contrast sharpening, and various batch processing options.
Comments
Authored by Timothy Farrar originally for his personal use, Farrar Focus Digital
Darkroom has acquired a following among advanced users who benefit from his expertise.
Each new release concentrates on one or two specifics: FFDD 5 focused on noise
reduction, sharpening, and enlargement, whereas FFDD 6 (2008) adds tools for an efficient
High Dynamic Range stitching workflow. FFDD straddles the leading edge of
digital image manipulation, with one foot in accepted practice and another in purely
experimental territory. It is not expensive to join the author’s quest for ultimate quality
—and you get free updates for a year.
Version: FFDD 6 (2008)
Plugs into: Photoshop CS and CS2
OS: Windows 2000, XP, and Vista; Mac OS X