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The Digital Photographer's Software Guide
Description
Formerly DCF Full Spectrum, Full Spectrum RGB modulates the colors of RGB, making
them deeper, richer, and—according to the vendor—more lifelike. It processes the image
to impart a slightly different coloring: more red, orange, and blue, less pale green and
yellow. In doing so, it mimics the colors that are seen in natural, high-intensity daylight.
The vendor contends that digital cameras do not correctly reproduce hues in a way that
is consistent with how we perceive them. Blue skies look too pale, violet flowers lose some
of their rich coloring. The solution is the non-linear transformation embodied in Full
Spectrum RGB. It has no effect on exposure, color temperature, or white balance. It
simply extends the color range, with the result that many images look more appealing.
Comments
If you are unhappy with the look you are getting from Photoshop and have a nagging
feeling that the grass is greener elsewhere, you can experiment with this plug-in. It gives
your pictures a richer appearance. Warmly reviewed at the time of its launch, it also won
the DIMA 2006 “Innovative Digital Product” award. Users like its combination of automatic
and manual controls, with the option to save settings for use on other photographs.
Version: Full Spectrum RGB 2.0 (2008)
Plugs into: Photoshop 7.0, CS, and CS2
OS: Windows 98, 2000, and XP; Mac OS X
RAM: 356MB
Supported file formats: RGB file types only
Price level: Approx. $50
Address: Tribeca Labs, 648 Broadway Suite 700, New York, NY 10012, United States
www.fullspectrumrgb.com
HVC Color Composer Professional
Vendor: Master Colors
Purpose: Color selection tool, working in proprietary HVC color space
Description
HVC Color Composer is a color selection tool that uses a new proprietary color space
in which the three values are hue, value, and chroma. The vendor claims that this is the
only color space that makes perceptual sense. It uses a technique of color quantification
that takes account of how human beings actually perceive color. Whereas other color
spaces such as HSB, RGB, Lab, or CMYK make compromises for the sake of simplicity,
HVC makes visual accuracy its top priority. The result is more natural-looking color, plus
the capability of making accurate measurements of the contrast between any two colors.