This graphics plug-in offers shadow/highlight, virtual lighting, and color-based corrections features for enhanced image editing.
By using LightMachine, users can correct photos that have been taken in poor lighting or with inadequate camera settings and achieve results that are comparable to images taken in optimal circumstances. Additionally, LightMachine offers a range of special effects that include glows, sunsets, high key and selective black and white effects, color replacement, and polarizing filter simulation.
LightMachine can be used in dozens of graphics applications, including Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, PhotoImpact, Photo-Paint, Paint Shop Pro, IrfanView, and Fireworks in Mac OS X and Windows. The software can also run natively in Photoshop CS3 and CS4 on Intel-Macs.
LightMachine offers image corrections in brightness, contrast, color, and saturation in specific image areas independently. It is composed of four different filters, each split into a simple mode suitable for beginners and a Pro mode with more features for more flexibility.
The Brightness/Contrast modes are ideal as a starting point for image adjustments. The Shadows/Highlights modes give users complete control over dark and bright image areas and allow them to correct them independently by using the sophisticated masking options.
The Virtual Studio modes enable users to add an unlimited number of shadow and light spots as if they were placing studio lights in a real photo studio. Users can adjust the intensity, size, ovality, angle, hardness, and reflection properties of each spot with precision.
Lastly, the Colors modes allow users to selectively correct image objects of a specific color by clicking on them. To use the MacOS X versions, users need one of the following applications: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe ImageReady, Adobe Photoshop Elements, Adobe Illustrator, ACDSystems Canvas, CiEBV Photoline, Corel Painter, LemkeSoft GraphicConverter, and Macromedia Fireworks.
In summary, LightMachine is an impressive and versatile software plugin that offers a broad range of functions, capable of achieving professional results for users. The software is easy to use, with a user-friendly interface, and is compatible with many different graphics applications.
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