Andrew's Plug-ins Series 03

Reviewed by Geetesh Bajaj, July 18th 2006

This is a preview of Series 03 of Andrew's Plug-ins from Graphicxtras -- I explored Series 01 and Series 02 earlier.

Series 03 is called Photomagicks and is more oriented towards digital camera photographers.

This page of preview images shows you the default effects as they are without any tweaking of the sliders. Also, I'm keeping the text narrative to a minimum -- let the pictures speak for themselves.

This original image was sourced from Indezine Photos.

Original Picture

Figure 1: Blur - Inverse -- Inverses the colors and blurs at the same time.

Figure 2: Blur - ShakeMix -- Provides a shaky blur effect.


Figure 3: Color - Framer -- Applies a painterly, feathered border.


Figure 4: Color - Grayscale -- Converts the image into grayscale with plenty of customization options.

Figure 5: Color - Mixup -- Applies effects like blur, posterization, solarization etc. and manipulates color channel mixing.

Figure 6: Color - PersentAdd applies a color overlay on the image.

Figure 7: Color - Phasedout reduces the colors from the image

Figure 8: Gradient - GradientCombo3 generates different types of gradient on the image, use blending modes to get some great results.

Figure 9: Noise - Reverse gives a grainy effect with inversed/negative colors.

Figure 10: Utility - Sharper enhances the image.

As you can see, most of these effects work best when combined over separate layers with blending modes although you could also use one of these all in itself as well.

To download a free demo, or to buy the product ($9), visit the Graphicxtras site...

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Specifications

Photoshop Versions:	6+
Platforms:	Windows only
Site:	Graphicxtras
Price:	US$9 and above
Trial Version:	Demo plug-ins available

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