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Workflow Technique #011"Chromasoftware: Photographic Filters"
review by
Uwe Steinmueller
Sponsored by
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Recently a new Photoshop filter "Shadow Control" got some positive attention at the Luminous Landscape. The newcomer Chromasoftware seems to be busy producing several new filters. We just got in a new filter called: Photographic Filters |
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The initial idea was to produce the digital equivalent of the popular Cokin filters and the plugin comes with many Cokin presets. But most importantly you can produce your own settings and presets. The delivered presets are a good starting point for your own settings. The Photographic Filters plugin is easy to use and yet very powerful. Basically there are seven settings to control the effects:
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| We will probably use the filter mainly for colored gradients. Here is an example. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| These kinds of photos are quite common and the blue sky is quite boring. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| As the first step you can select a filter color. The we set hardness to maximum to easier set the gradient center and tilt. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| We then soften the gradient and set the strength. The resulting photo is clearly an improvement. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Also if you like the filter effect you can save the settings and recall them later. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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We have seen many filters of this kind. But the "Photographic Filters" are so far the most easy to use and yet even more powerful than other gradient filters. Also the price at $34.95 is very reasonable (works even on 16bit images). Highly recommended. |
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