DreamSuite
DreamSuite software allows you to create stunning visual imagery, using layers to isolate parts of the photograph while adding special textures and other effects. It comes as two main series: DreamSuite 1 and 2, with an additional fun set of Photoshop plugin filters for creating vibrant and translucent artwork called DreamSuite Gel Series.
DreamSuite may appeal more to graphic designers than to photographic purists, but DreamSuite Series Two is aimed at graphically adventurous photographers and contains 14 unique visual effects for enhancing images. For example, Mesh weaves together strips of photos in a creative mesh effect; PhotoStrips lets you slice and overlap image strips; FilmStrip makes photos look like strips of movie or slide film.
DreamSuite Gel is more specialist: for illustrators who want the melted, radioactive jelly bean look.
Comment
It's not easy to describe special effects packages in words: so the reader is advised to check out the samples on the vendor's website.
DreamSuite can impart an instant professional look to an ordinary image, simply by duplicating it and pasting it into a neat layout (as in the 4x5 effect of Series Two). For ads and brochures it is a useful tool, especially if you want a quick solution.
If you buy the complete DreamSuite Series Bundle you get a total of 37 Photoshop plugins in one go: a substantial addition to the capabilities of the host software.
Tech info
- Plugs into: Adobe Photoshop 4.0 - CS; Elements 1.0 or higher, and compatible editors
- OS: Windows 2000 onward; Mac OS X
- Price level: (Series One) $200; (Series Two) $150; (Gel) $99; (DreamSuite Bundle) $400
Auto FX Software
Auto FX Software has been creating award-winning Adobe Photoshop plugins since 1994. The company is based in Birmingham, Alabama.
From the same vendor:
- Auto Eye
- Mystical Lighting
- Photo/Graphic Edges
- Pixplug
- Pixtivity
- Xtivity
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