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The Digital Photographer's Software Guide
These all help to maximize the result of changing the camera position very slightly to
create the potential for 3D when the images are animated. Some of the examples given
by the vendor are certainly stunning, and they play in a Java-based viewer.
Version: HumanEyes Capture3D (2008)
OS: Mac OS X 10.4.7 and later
RAM: 1GB recommended for production purposes
Supported file formats: Inputs TIFF, JPEG, and AVI; outputs TIFF, PS, EPS, and SCT
Price level: Approx. $200, upgrade to PrintPro 2.0 $500
Address: HumanEyes Technologies Ltd., 1-4 High Tech Village, Edmond Safra Campus, The
Hebrew University, Givat Ram, Israel
HumanEyes Technologies Inc., 366 North Broadway, Suite 410-C1, Jericho, NY 11753, United
States
www.humaneyes.com
Mystical Lighting
Vendor: Auto FX Software
Purpose: Photo-realistic lighting and shading effects for digital images
Description
Mystical Lighting is a package of 16 visual lighting effects with over 400 presets, all
designed to make images look more dramatic or visually interesting. It lets you add edge
highlights, soft diffused lighting effects, or even glowing fireflies to the image. The
Surface Light feature can cast light through objects on to the background or across the
whole picture, whereas Mottled Background gives a painted canvas effect that makes an
attractive backdrop for a portrait.
There are dozens of features in Mystical Lighting to help you, including adjustable previews
with a 1600% marquee zoom capability, layers, unlimited undos, visual presets,
masking, and dynamic effect controls. You can save and replay your most successful
effect settings, reducing the time it takes to enhance further images. Memory Dots recall
your previous settings—just click on one of them to go back in time.
The effects are Edge Highlights, Ethereal, FairyDust, Flare, Light Brush, Light Caster,
Mist, Mottled Background, Radial Light Caster, Rainbow, Shader, Shading Brush,
ShadowPlay, Spotlight, Surface Light, and Wispy Mist.
Comments
Among special effects packages, this is one of the best. Most reviewers gave it a very high
rating when it first appeared, although many of them complained about the interface, which
is non-standard in Photoshop plug-in mode. The Memory Dot undo is cute, but limited.