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■ Posterizer—Independently posterizes color hues and values and applies blending
modes
■ Edgeliner—Can turn photos into line drawings, with toneline lithfilm emulation
■ Transparency Editor—Makes the background or other parts of the image transparent
■ Soft Filter—Imitates traditional lens soft-filters, by controlling strength and spread
of the softness without blurring
■ Brightness Editor—Edits brightness while preserving color
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The most economical (and sensible) way to buy the Power Retouche plug-ins is as a
complete bundle. Most of them support images that are 8- or 16-bit in RGB, Grayscale,
Duotone, CMYK, Multichannel, or Lab color spaces. However, some are much more fully
featured than others. The most highly praised is Black & White Studio (see that separate
entry), some are reinventions of the wheel, others have very useful, unique features.
Figure 8.3
Power Retouche plug-ins cover most bases, including Golden Section analysis.