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AVS Video Editor
AVS Video Editor is a full-featured, yet easy-to-use video editor that enables you to edit and enhance your videos and convert them to...
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Folder Lock
Folder Lock is an easy to use tool to create a password protected folder, that you can use to store all your sensitive files and docum...
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virtualPhotographer
virtualPhotographer is an Adobe Photoshop plug-in that enables you to apply a variety of color filter effects to your images. It includes dozens of black and white styles, as well as color effects that can add drama and impact to your images. Each effect can be further customized, including options for film grain simulation, contrast adjustment and REG filters. Your settings can be saved, and you can also download additional sets from the website.
B/Works
B/Works is a tool for creating old fashioned B/W images, Sepia or Duo-tone colored images. It includes various presets to choose from, as well as a procedure to create a dark dramatic sky. Very easy to use, just load the original, select the effect and preview the results.
Sqirlz Water Reflections
Sqirlz Water Reflections enables you to easily create image effects, that add an animated pool of water to any image. You can choose from a variety of ripples, and control details such as wave size and perspective, and customize the pool, using selection tool to define the area. The result can be saved as Flash (.swf) file, AVI video clip, or bitmap/jpeg file. The program is easy to use, and the effects look very realistic.
Redfield Plugins
Redfield Plugins is a collection of 3 free and 2 demo Photoshop compatible plugins. It includes the free Lattice Composer filter to design grids and nettings, Jama 3D to create corrugated and cellular like patterns from 2D images and Seamless Workshop to compose seamless tile from any image. All filters can be easily customized from a visual interface and provide several presets.
Redfield Water Ripples Plug-in
Harrys Filters
A set of 55 creative plugins for Photoshop, Paintshop Pro, Photo-Paint and other compatible applications. The set includes color and glass effects (called VideoRave), color gradient effects (Harry`s Power Grads), filters for encrypting and decrypting images (Cryptology), and pattern effects (Nirvana).
WinMorph
WinMorph is a high performance Morphing and Warping applicationthat you can use to warp & distort images. Create simple animations like a car moving along a road, or zooming into a picture. Create complex morphing movies in which one image morphs to another image. The movie sequences created can be saved as AVI or MPEG or individual BMP files. Combine many separate morphing sequences into a single movie, with special effects like moving morphs, or transparent morphs. Create cool videos by combining many WinMorph projects, individual bitmaps and even existing AVI videos. Apply special effects like transparency and motion tracks to each of these elements.
ClearSkinFX
FotoSketcher
FotoSketcher is an easy to use program that converts your digital images into B&W or color pencil sketches. Just load the photo, click a button and the program will instantly apply the effect. You can tweak the edge intensity and threshold to simulate different drawing styles and save the digital sketch as new image, without changing your original.
Magic Enhancer Lite
Magic Enhancer Lite is a Photoshop compatible plug-in that enables you to quickly enhance your photos by automatically adjusting contrast, enhancing fine details and adjusting color temperature. The program will apply optimized settings automatically and allows you to further tune the image by manually adjusting the controls to achieve the desired result. A Pro version is available with additional features.
Face Control Plug-in
Face Control Plug-in is a Photoshop compatible plug-in that enables you to change the facial expressions of people in your digital photos. The program provides a simple slider control that allows you to adjust the intensity of the effect, ranging from subtle changes in expressions to more caricature-like effects and distortions that vary based on the original facial features of the subject.
FrameFun
FrameFun allows you to add subtle frame effects with optional drop shadows and colored background to your images. You can also add a plain or oval vignette effect and optionally batch process an entire directory. You can play with the settings and adjust the frame and drop shadow, use just a frame or vignette etc.
2 Pic
2 Pic allows you to open open two pictures and mix them, using various options. They can be faded into each other, overlayed, mixed with line themes and more. You can also apply several effects, change colors, resize images and more. Additional features include multiple Undo levels (with visuals), text overlays and more. The interface is very basic and needs some getting used to, but if you spend some time with it, you can produce decent results.
Distortit
Distortit is a simple image morphing tool, that allows you to create funny variations of pictures by applying magnification effects to selected areas. You can select the level of magnification and simply click your mouse to apply the effect. With some imagination and suitable images, you can create some funny effects and save the new image as BMP or JPG file.
Auto3D
Auto3D can automatically convert a regular 2D image into a 3D Anaglyph with just a single click. You can alter the depth and warp effect using simple menu sliders, preview the result and save the 3D image as new file. The program works best with scenic images that offer a natural perspective and it requires red-blue 3D glasses to view the result.
Glamour Filter
Glamour Filter is a simple but effective tool that enables you to enhance portrait photos by automatically adjusting the histogram levels to achieve a glamor-style effect. Just load the image and click a button to preview and apply the effect. You can also fine-tune the image by adjusting the slider to increase or decrease the effect. A before/after view allows you to compare the original with the glamor version, which can then be copied to the clipboard.
AmphiSoft Photo Tinter
AmphiSoft Photo Tinter is a Photoshop compatible plug-in that enables you to copy the tone map from any black and white photo and apply it to another photo. You can also save the tone map for later use, and choose from several tone map templates that come with the program.
Topaz DeJPEG
Topaz DeJPEG is a Photoshop compatible plug-in that can remove blocks and fringes caused by JPEG compression. The default settings were not very effective, but some adjustments of the sliders produced good results and noticeable decrease in artifacts. You can combine smoothing with sharpness and edge crispness to adjust results. In our tests, Topaz DeJPEG achieves results similar to the Photoshop Despeckle filter and USM.
Byteko Skix
Byteko Skix is a simple tool that enables you to slice an image into multiple pieces and assemble it as HTML table. The image will look just like the original image, however when a user right-clicks on the image and tries to save it, only a portion of the image will be saved and not the entire picture. The program generates the complete HTML code that can be pasted into your web page.
Vampix
Vampix lets you add black and white effects to your digital images by extracting (removing) colors from the image and creating a partial B&W effect. With some patience, you can create a neat effect, however we found it to be mostly hit and miss, with limited control over the results, and a rather complicated interface that lacks documentation.
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