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Alien skin exposure x 43/4/2023 ![]() Like other Alien Skin plugins, Exposure 4 offers a split-view of the preview window. Saturation and CYMK balance can also be adjusted, or color can be desaturated entirely. From the color tool filters can be instantly applied, changed in density, and modified in temperature. The color tool in particular is where most of the magic happens, though not all of it. ![]() Note that all the presets are is a specific combination of settings which can otherwise be completely customized and tweaked manually. They do so exquisitely, and I’ve found that often the most subtle filters can be the most effective in adding depth and emotion to an otherwise dry photo. Many of these filter presets are tuned to mimic a particular type of film, and others are set to mimic film effects such as light leak or overexposure. When it comes to the presets, there are a lot to choose from, a couple hundred unless I’m mistaken. I’d like to next go over the tool interface and look at what options are available. The preview and original are shown in a double-window display, and at the same time, presets and tools are shown on either side. In either case, the interface is the same and I found it really easy to work with. It can also be run individually if connected to Lightroom. Now here is the same image after being processed through Exposure 4:Įxposure 4 appears in the Photoshop filter list once installed. This first one is the untouched original. Now here are some adjustments using the filters within Exposure 4, note that all desaturation was done in Exposure 4.įinally, I wanted to test out Exposure 4 with portraits. This next one is a direct desaturation in Photoshop just for comparative purposes. Here’s another original photo before editing, with this one I wanted to take something very colorful and see how Exposure 4 did transforming it to black and white. These and the following examples are all done explicitly within the Exposure 4 plugin without use of multiple layers or other tricks in Photoshop. I haven’t done any image processing or applied any filters to it.Īnd here’s some examples of adjusting filters within Exposure 4. This first image is the original captured with a basic digital point-and-shoot camera. But rather than continue trying to describe it, here’s take a look at what it can do. ![]() The end result is a photo that genuinely looks like it was captured with physical media, and developed with a human touch. It can accurately mimic processing, and age photos in a manner that doesn’t leave a “shopped” look behind. Leaving plain photo filters and the like in the dust, Exposure 4 can take a photo and make it appear that it was taken with a large variety of film types. Quite recently, this natural look and feel that Alien Skin calls more “human” has gained popularity vs. The result was a huge variance in the way photos looked, and some pictures would randomly have light leaks and graininess. Then have it physically developed in order to see our pictures. And I have to say, after using the plugin for nearly a week and a half that I’m quite impressed.īack before digital cameras, we used film to take pictures. When it comes down to it, the results are all that matter. I think this is the most important question to answer about Exposure 4.
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