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The Digital Photographer's Software Guide
Figure 23.3
PTLens has tools to deal with vignetting, perspective distortion, and chromatic aberration.
Complex distortion is a combination of the other two main types and is normally hard
to correct. PTLens makes a better job of it than most image editors, providing one slider
control to correct barrel distortion at the center of an image and another to correct pincushion
problems at the edges.
PTLens comes in stand-alone and plug-in editions, the latter having 16-bit and TIFF
and RAW support.
Comments
Many amateur photographers with P&S cameras will find this is all they need to make
dramatic improvements to their photographs. Although it lacks many of the features of
DxO Optics Pro, it comes at a fraction of the price. However, for DSLRs with their
detachable lenses the DxO product is more accurate.
Version: PTLens 8.6.4.8 (2008)
Plugs into: Windows and Mac—Photoshop 6 and above, Photoshop Elements, and the German
FixFoto; Mac only—Aperture 2.1 or later, Lightroom 2.0 or later
OS: Windows 2000, XP, and Vista; Mac OS X 10.5.2 or later