Digital Photographer's Software Guide - Bertemes - Net

Version: Exposure 2.0 (2008)
Plugs into: Photoshop CS2 or later; Photoshop Elements 4 or later
OS: Windows XP or later; Mac OS X 10.4.0 or later
RAM: 256MB
Supported file formats: Those of host program
Price level: Approx. $250
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Fotomatic
Chapter 13 ■ Film Simulation and Effects 165
Vendor: Cybia
Purpose: Traditional photographic effects such as optical filters, film FX, and darkroom techniques
Description
Fotomatic is a series of plug-ins that simulates traditional photographic effects. They include:
■ Hi-Spot, for converting to high-contrast black and white
■ G-Force, which creates traditional monochromatic grain effects
■ Techni-X, for high-contrast black and white with bleach-out of midtone grays
■ NightScope, for a desaturated, slightly blurred “night-vision” effect
■ Pseudo-IR, to simulate the look of infrared film
■ SkyGrad, for tinting the sky in your photographs
■ BW-Plus, for quickly turning your images into black and white
■ FastFix, for quick access to enhancement controls though a single dialog box
Comments
Steve Upham’s plug-ins often turn up on photo magazine CDs in the UK. Fotomatic
is a useful collection aimed at digital beginners who may be more familiar with film
techniques. As the developer admits, they work better on PC than Mac, having been
created on the PC platform “using a more advanced compiler.” Fotomatic is a series
rather than a collection, and you need to download each one separately.
Version: (Windows) Fotomatic 1.3; (Mac) 1.1 (2008)
Plugs into: Photoshop
OS: Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP, and Vista; Mac OS 8 or higher, OS X
RAM: 128MB
Supported file formats: Major formats
Price level: Free