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Fractalius Plugin for Photoshop Updated to 1.50
The Fractalius plugin creates unusual, eccentric artworks in a single step. The effects are based on extraction of so-called hidden fractal texture of an image. You can also simulate various types of exotic lightings and high realistic pencil sketches.
This is definitely one of the more fun plugins for photoshop – and I even paid for it because the results can be so cool and fun to play with… Sometimes a plugin should just really mess with pixels and this one does just that.
LR2/Mogrify Updated via Lightroom – Now Version 2.12
No details of what has changed yet – but there seems to have been a few fixes lately:
Version 2.12, July 2009
- No Changes listed yet
Version 2.11, 4th July 2009
- The export was being disabled unnecessarily when the watermark height field was empty, even though watermark resizing option was not turned on.
Version 2.00, 2th July 2009
- New JPEG compression option will compress JPEGs to the highest quality that’ll be smaller than the requested file size.
- Text annotations can now include accented characters and other such things.
- Unnecessary punctuation resulting from empty tokens in a text annotation is now removed.
- Text can now be scaled as a percentage of the shortest or longest side of the image so that it’ll be the same size on both landscape or portrait images.
- Watermarks can now be scaled as a percentage of the shortest or longest side of the image so they’ll be the same size on both landscape or portrait images.
- Estoteric errors that resulted from leaving width and height fields blank are now trapped.
For those that use lightroom here are the details of this great export plugin – actually something worth donating money to the author for:
LR2/Mogrify is a Lightroom 2 post-process plug-in that can embellish your images as they are exported from Lightroom. It’s flexible interface allows you to add borders, watermarks and text annotations to your images.
It’s also capable of exporting optimum JPEG images that are no larger than your requested size; great for uploading to web sites that limit the file size.
LR2/Mogrify uses ImageMagick to process the images. ImageMagick is a collection of powerful, freeware command line utilities for processing images.
In contrast to the original LR/Mogrify for Lightroom 1.3 and above, LR2/Mogrify is implemented as a "post-process" plug-in (new to Lightroom 2.0), allowing it to work in tandem with any export plug-in. This allows you to process your images using LR2/Mogrify and still have them sent to your final destination using the export plug-in of your choice.
LR/Mogrify and LR2/Mogrify are donationware plug-ins and are distributed via the Photograper’s Toolbox. The trial version limits the number of images that can be exported in one go to ten. Donating towards one of the projects removes this restriction and will give you a serial number that works with both.
You may also be interested in my LR/Enfuse plug-in to blend multiple exposures together.
Mark Daughn Glamour Instructional DVD’s – More Info
Are you, or do you dream about being, a photographer … amateur, semi-pro, or pro?
Have you ever wondered what it takes to shoot stunning photographs of beautiful women, or perhaps just wanted to improve your current shooting abilities?
Ever wanted to attend a photo workshop from one of the top glamour photographers in the world, but just couldn’t afford it or coordinate an opportunity to do so?
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Mystique photographer Mark Daughn is now revealing his secrets and techniques in a new series of instructional DVDs. These DVDs are perfect for all levels of photographers, from someone who just began or is about to, to practicing professionals.
For the past eleven years, photographer Mark Daughn has been creating the unique look and feel of the images in Mystique Magazine. In addition to Mystique, he has published pictorials in Playboy, Penthouse and Hustler, as well as many of the top women’s fashion magazines. And top clothing companies have paid him mega bucks to create national ad campaigns for them.
Mark got his start in fashion photography, which gives him a unique perspective on how he approaches glamour photography.
Students pay thousands of dollars to take private lessons from him, some even flying to the United States from Europe and Australia just to attend one of his workshops.
But Mark understands not everyone can afford to attend a private workshop, so he is now sharing his decades of experience in a new series of affordable glamour photography DVDs.
Glamour Photographer Mark Daughn releases Instructional Series
If you want to learn from one of the top glamour photographers in the business here is a way to learn without breaking the bank.
From Mark’s Website:
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Lighting 101 Included in this DVD : Psychology of a single light Learn the different light modifiers Learn the correct use of : Learn the secrets of maximizing their effects Mark will light and demonstrate shooting Luana Lani on three different sets |
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Lighting 201 You can learn the basics of lighting! Mark Daughn will teach you the breakdown of lighting, giving you all the concepts and information that will allow you to build your own lighting from the ground up. View the lighting patterns used on all face types and learn when to best utilize each one. Mark will show you how to use light to enhance the shape and form of your models, while still creating a mood with light. Mark will take you step by step through all of his equipment. You will see exactly what he uses to create his beautiful images. Learn all the uses of the major lighting modifiers and how and when to use them. You will master the types of light and the correct way to use them in your everyday shooting. |
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40 Lighting Diagrams – DVD includes: rgb tiffs, PDF and jpeg files are all provided |
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Production 101 Mark Daughn explains each step of a successful production, giving you all the information needed to produce a major shoot. - Learn to work from a concept and bring that idea to life. - Mark uncovers all the gritty details of working on a shoot, from selecting the location to booking the right models. - Master the assembly of a crew and the discover the secrets behind managing it. - Understand the actual management of a shoot. Mark breaks it down for you so you can plan for everything. - Mark explains his digital workflow and post production techniques. - Discover the secrets of image archiving and file preparation for your final use on the internet or printing. |
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“I’m very excited to finally announce the grand opening of my new online store!
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This was a huge project and after many months of hard work, things are now coming to fruition. This is just the beginning, there are more products coming soon. The estimated completion date for my next couple of DVDs in the lighting series is this August.
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