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Ten Years Ago, we reviewed Alien Skin's filters back in 1995 with their "Black Box" product including an interview with from Michael Pilmer, one of the developers of Alien Skin. Later, XenoFex was a DTG "BEST" winner in 1998. Then along came "Eye Candy 4000" which was also a true blockbuster, and the basis of this new incarnation. Next we told you that the "Image Doctor will see you now" ... and still later we brought you the all new Eye Candy 5 "Nature" and "Texture" .... well here goes...
Alien Skin's new Eye Candy 5: Impact is a way-cool set of 10 plug-in filters for Adobe Photoshop and other compatible host programs. Impact creates chrome, bevels, glass buttons, extruded objects, Zoomed & Backlit objects, perspective shadows and more. (Click these links to see pictures in a pop-up!
The third of three upgrades to Eye Candy 4000, Impact features three all-new filters and seven rewritten Eye Candy classics. Graphic designers, digital photographers, and Web content creators will appreciate Impact's versatile and beautifully rendered effects.
Brushed Metal simulates textured metal surfaces such as brushed aluminum and polished brass. Extrude gives 2D objects a classic 3-D look, adding thickness and perspective. Impact will be the third Eye Candy 5 plug-in collection.
The first, Eye Candy 5: Textures, was released in 2004 and produces a variety of seamless textures such as snake and lizard skin, fur, brick, stone and wood. Eye Candy 5: Nature followed in 2004 and creates fire, smoke, rust, ice, snow and more.
Estimated street price for Impact is $99. Registered users of other Alien Skin Software products will receive discount pricing when ordering direct. Online delivery will be available at the Alien Skin Web site. Impact will also be available worldwide through stores, catalogs and resellers.
Impact is a plug-in and will require one of the following: Adobe Photoshop 7 or later (including CS 2), Adobe Photoshop Elements 2 or later, Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004 or later, Corel Paint Shop Pro 8 or later, or CADlink SignLab 7.5.
Windows users must have at least a 1 GHz Pentium III processor, 256 MB RAM and Windows 2000 or Windows XP. Macintosh users must have at least a 500 MHz PowerPC G3 processor, 256 MB RAM and Mac OS X 10.2.6 or later (including Tiger). Makers of award-winning plug-ins since 1994, Alien Skin Software writes and sells filters that users love.
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Alien Skin is best known to photographers for its Exposure, Blow Up, Bokeh and Snap Art software. But Eye Candy 7, its latest release of software that is more targeted to designers, should also be of interest to many portrait, wedding, high school senior and art photographers for its ability to create unique special effects and to manipulate type used in title slides for still photo and video productions.
So why would a photographer need a set of plug-ins that is primarily marketed to designers? Because we as photographers are now faced with many of the design tasks once done by designers. We are designing wedding albums from front cover to back, creating backgrounds and buttons for web pages, adding type to senior and event photos as well as our own prints, producing audio-visual presentations, and creating art photos for sale online or in our studios. Eye Candy 7 has effects that speed portions of the workflow for all of these tasks.
As with other Alien Skin products, Eye Candy 7 is a Photoshop and Photoshop Elements plug-in. However, Adobe Fireworks and Corel PaintShop Pro, which were supported in previous versions of Eye Candy, are no longer supported as host applications.
Middle: Texture effects, such as Clouds (shown here) act on areas of the image containing RGB information, while the Shape effects act on transparent areas of the image. The number of Clouds effects and the number of sliders for customization of the effect are typical of all of the effects.
Bottom: I first cut out the cantaloupes from their background, but changed the transparent background to gray in Eye Candy 7 using a tool below the preview window so that I could see the shadow better. The perspective shadow effect gives you complete control of the shadow angle, density, falloff and more. You can also select to have the shadow and most other effects scale with the image if you change image size.
With Eye Candy 7, you open an image in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements and click Alien Skin>Eye Candy 7 from the Filter menu. Your image opens in a new window in the Eye Candy 7 interface. Once the image is open, you select a large button located at the top of the left panel displaying the last effect you used.
A window pops up displaying all of the effects. This is a much smoother workflow than previous versions of Eye Candy, and with version 7, you can now experiment with different effects without having to cancel out of the program and reopen it.
After you choose an effect, the Effect window closes and presets for the effect are displayed in a list. Mousing over the names applies the effect in its default configuration in a small navigator window at the bottom of the left panel.
The Navigator also controls the zoom level of the preview image. Quick access is provided to 1:1 and Fit views with ten other preset magnifications available in a drop-down menu. You can also use the Navigator to navigate through the image rather than selecting the hand icon below the preview.
I wanted to turn the original image (top) into an image that made it appear you are viewing a storm through a rainy window. First I added and customized a new lightning effect (middle), then added and customized a water drop effect (below).
By default, EC6 filters will act non-destructively on your image by duplicating the layers below and applying the result to a new layer above the layer on which you are applying the filter. You can change this setting in the preferences to apply the effect directly to the image when you return to Photoshop, or to apply it to its own layer in Photoshop. This last option gives you the ability to dial down the opacity of the effect, although you can also do this directly in Eye Candy 7. But to apply multiple effects, you must apply one, save it, and then reopen the new image in Eye Candy 7. The effects will also act as a Smart Filter, allowing you to adjust them at a later time, if you apply them to a Smart Object in Photoshop.
Eye Candy 7 is available from Alien Skin (www.alienskin.com) for $199 for new users ($99 as an upgrade from any previous version of Eye Candy or Xenofex products). Installation is limited to one computer. A trial version is also available from the Alien Skin website.
As photographers are forced to take on more design responsibilities for themselves, tools such as Eye Candy 7, which are easy to use and capable of speeding our workflow, become very valuable to own.
"Graphic designers who rely on Eye Candy 7 will appreciate the ability to store special effect presets in the cloud," said Terence Tay, the designer of Eye Candy. "It's convenient to develop a customized effect on one computer and have access to it anywhere."
Alien Skin's Eye Candy 7 plug-in renders realistic effects that are difficult or impossible to achieve in Photoshop alone, such as the appearance of Fire, Chrome, and Lightning. Realism sets Eye Candy effects apart from the generic filters built into Photoshop. Effects like Animal Fur, Smoke, and Reptile Skin are rendered in exquisite detail down to individual hairs, turbulent wisps, and shiny scales.
Pricing and AvailabilityCurrent owners of Eye Candy 7 can download the update for free. Eye Candy 7 is available through www.alienskin.com for $199 USD. Owners of any previous version of Eye Candy may upgrade for $99 USD.
System RequirementsMicrosoft Windows users need Windows 7 or later.Apple Macintosh users need Mac OS X 10.7 or later.An Intel Core 2 processor or compatible is required.A monitor with 1280x768 resolution or greater is required.
About Alien Skin Software Alien Skin Software distills advanced math and cutting edge research into simple tools that render beautiful pictures. Alien Skin software's reputation for bug-free software and friendly tech support has grown worldwide since its founding in 1993. For more information, visit the Alien Skin website at www.alienskin.com.
Alien Skin Software (www.alienskin.com) has announced Eye Candy 7, the new version of its graphic design effects plug-in for Adobe Photoshop and Photoshop Elements. It will be available next month for US$199.
Eye Candy 7 contains the new Lightning, Electrify, and Cloud effects. There are over 1,000 presets that handle situations from slick Web interfaces (Chrome, Glass, Perspective Shadow) to logos (Bevel, Brushed Metal, Extrude) to spectacular titles (Chrome, Corona, Fire). Realism sets Eye. Effects like Animal Fur, Smoke, and Reptile Skin are rendered in exquisite detail down to individual hairs, turbulent wisps, and shiny scales.
Owners of any previous version of Eye Candy may upgrade for $99 USD. Free upgrades will be automatically sent to all users who purchased Eye Candy 6 directly from Alien Skin Software in September 2012 or later.
Eye Candy 7 is a plug-in and requires one of the following host applications: Adobe Photoshop CS5 or later; Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 or later. It runs on Mac and Windows systems. On the Mac it requires Mac OS X 10.7 or higher.
Eye Candy 7 contains the spectacular new Lightning, Electrify, and Cloud effects. There are more than 1,000 presets that handle every design situation elegantly, from slick web interfaces (Chrome, Glass, Perspective Shadow) to tasteful logos (Bevel, Brushed Metal, Extrude) to spectacular titles (Chrome, Corona, Fire). Realism sets Eye Candy effects apart from the generic filters built into Photoshop. Effects like Animal Fur, Smoke, and Reptile Skin are rendered in exquisite detail down to individual hairs, turbulent wisps, and shiny scales. Eye Candy helps designs look more natural and organic.
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