![]() ![]() A new dedicated Warp Studio also lets users enhance photo portraits and add interesting effects, plus three new blend modes have been added to help increase contrast, add vintage styles, and apply stylized effects to light and dark areas. Users can add stunning colour effects and filters, give photos a classic look in black and white, add pattern effects with the new Halftone Screen, or use one-click presets to give photos a retro feel. The program includes a wide variety of creative effects, perfect for impressing family and friends. For adjustments, corrections and effects, the PhotoFix Studio features a new smart brush to protect certain areas while editing and a new gradient mask to add depth and style for a more interesting look. Photographers can also quickly straighten images and correct vertical and horizontal lens perspective problems with an on-screen alignment grid. Designed to match how the human eye sees, Lab separates colour and lightness, allowing users to quickly and easily fix contrast or alter tones, making edits look more natural and professional.Ī new Lens Correction feature also helps users to remove distortions, vignetting and fix chromatic aberration, all in just a couple of clicks. At the heart of program is the new Lab Colour Mode - a comprehensive colour engine that offers users a more intuitive editing mode and a greater spectrum of colours for accuracy. Photographers don't need to be at professional level to use the high-end features in PhotoPlus X7. It doesn't matter if photographers own a digital SLR, compact camera or smartphone, PhotoPlus X7 is a flexible package designed to cater to growing needs. Use simple tools to remove imperfections, improve colour control, restore classic photos, add stunning artistic effects, and more in a powerful editing studio that's perfect for professional photographers, enthusiasts and beginners alike. PhotoPlus X7 comes without the need for monthly subscriptions and has a range of new and exciting features. ![]() This latest version from Serif, the award-winning creative software developer, is packed with high-end tools and features that help photographers at any level create stunning images. It’s a pretty hefty program that can absolutely hold it’s own against budget Xara Photo & Graphic Designer 7, Corel’s Paintshop Pro ($100) and heavy-weights like Photoshop.Photography enthusiasts looking for a powerful and intuitive digital photo editing program - without the professional price tag - can now benefit from PhotoPlus X7. Unlike Paint.NET (free), an open-source photo editing tool, PhotoPlus comes complete with all the bells and whistles you would ever need. However, the organizer is very useful if you have another Serif product like DrawPlus or CraftArtist ($60). And Photo Organizer is just as frustrating as Picasa if you have gigabytes of images and don’t want to wait while the program catalogs your entire collection before you can tell it to stop. The Photo Organizer, a separate application that comes bundled free with PhotoPlus X5, works more or less the same as Google’s Picasa (free). ![]() In addition, Xara offers vector-based drawing tools within Photo & Graphic Designer, whereas PhotoPlus is purely raster: just like with Adobe Creative Suite, you need sister program DrawPlus (an Adobe Illustrator clone) to add vector components. I found the tools in PhotoPlus more complex than Xara Photo & Graphic Designer 7, and more likely to not work as you expect. However, the result seemed more natural in Xara Photo & Graphic Designer, and more obviously a patch in PhotoPlus. I much prefer the default in PhotoPlus for this, which draws the patch over the eye from the edge, rather than the middle (Xara). PhotoPlus includes a very nifty, simple red-eye remover, which works the same as Xara Photo & Graphic Designer 7 (also $90). ![]()
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