SharpiePRO
SharpiePRO is a sharpen/blur plugin for the RAW converter BibblePro, with three filters to contribute "contrast enhancement," "luminance blur" and "pixel punch" to the image, thus improving pixel detail while reducing artifacts and noise.
The "pixel punch" feature has been designed to enhance pixel-level "pop," a quality much admired by many photographers who shoot for publication. It works only on full-sized images, not those destined for the web.
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Now updated, SharpiePRO's additional features enable it to sharpen images with greater subtlety, especially those that are reasonably sharp already. Although there is a freeware edition, the Pro edition is essential and very good value.
In the Pro edition a Detail Filter combines the other filters into one slider. Using it has the effect of recovering fine detail in the image.
The same developer offers many other plugins for Bibble Pro.
Tech info
- Plugs into: Bibble Pro (note: upgrades may follow some while after Bibble upgrades)
- OS: as host
- Price level: (standard version) FREE; (Pro version) $20
Sean Puckett
Sean Puckett's Bibble plug-ins are well-known among photographers. Sean is himself a photographer and says that his styles are "wide and varied," hence the great number of plug-ins.
From the same vendor:
- Andy - B&W Conversion
- Ansel - Image Zoning
- Gina - Skin Tone Correction
- Tony - Image Toning
- ...and many others
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