#Macphun Creative Kit

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Brand Partnership with Skylum

I now have a brand partnership with Skylum. This is the software company that was originally known as Macphun, and they made the Machphun Creative Kit photo editing software that I originally used when I first started editing my photos. After they rebranded to Skylum, they released new photo editing software called Luminar to replace the Creative Kit, which I used to use and am preparing to use…

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Macphun creative kit 2016 review

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Check out Luminar Neo’s unique sky replacement and portrait editing tools, now available.ī&H – B&H is a world renowned supplier of all the gear photographers, videographers, and cinematographers need and want to create their very best work. Makers of Luminar and Aurora HDR, Skylum adapts to your style and skill level. Skylum – Your photos, more beautiful in minutes. Mylio – Access your photos from anywhere, without the cloud! Easily showcase your photos on-the-go, resolve duplicates, find faces and look for those stunning locations. Its authentic true-to-life color processing, seamless editing experience, and fastest tethering in the industry gives you total creative control. Re: whats new in MacPhun Creative Kit 2016 In reply to Enthusiast94 Batch processing has been added to Tonality, Intensify and FX Photo Studio (was already in Noiseless) and theres improved 'image passing' from one app to another.

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Save $10 with the code PHOTOFOCUS10.Ĭapture One – Capture One creates powerful photo editing software for all kinds of photographers. With weather sealing and advanced image stabilization, you’ll open up your creative possibilities.ĪfterShoot – AfterShoot helps photographers cull their photos faster, leaving them more time to spend on creative tasks. I own five of their photography enhancement programs. If you want remove this page, please contact us.Tamron – Need lightweight, compact mirrorless lenses? Tamron has you covered, with superior optics perfect for any situation. Ive been dealing with Skylum Software since 2016, (Then called MacPhun). Macphun Creative Kit 2016 review: Critical photo editing functions delivered in one diverse app have 292 words, post on at January 14, 2016.

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But there are tremendous financial and functional advantages in purchasing the… Read full this story Each is also available as a standalone app (though in your Applications folder, they are separate apps appended by a CK) and variously support features like batch processing and multiple file formats including JPEG, PNG, 8- and 16-bit TIFFs, PSD and various flavors of RAW.Creative Kit component apps are not new-just the all-in-one package: Each app has been previously released, and is still available separately. Despite their power, Creative Kit apps require a minimal learning curve.Creative Kit does not seek to replace Photos’ organizational utility, though Macphun does market a separate app called Snapselect for organizing and choosing the best photos from a batch and trashing duplicates.The Mac-only Creative Kit is a six-app bundle that functions both as a standalone app and a plug-in to Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, and Elements.Available via a single installer for one discounted price, Creative Kit lets you access some of Macphun’s most popular image enhancement packages: Noiseless, Focus, Intensify, Tonality, Snapheal, and FX Photo Studio. As a plug-in to Photos, Macphun’s apps significantly augment the Apple app’s bare-bones editing tools. With Creative Kit, Macphun wants to pick up where Apple’s now-defunct Aperture left off.

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You might have guessed (after all it’s in the title of the blog!) that I love all things Mac. You might also know, if you have been here before, that I am a photographer. Well, we photographers are mostly digital rather than film shooters, even though film (or analogue as some call it) is having something of a revival.

Be that as it may, digital means (not obligatory) that we need a way of enhancing our shots or at the very least convert them from RAW, unless we shoot only Jpegs. Now, over time there have been photo editors (software that is) that have come and gone. Even Apple killed off the much-loved Aperture (shame on you Apple). However, Adobe has been around almost from the very beginning of the digital revolution, with Adobe Photoshop it’s premier product, joined more recently by Lightroom. With Adobe moving it’s product line to the cloud in the shape of Adobe Creative Cloud and the subscription model, others have entered the market to provide alternatives that don’t require a monthly subscription. One of those companies is Macphun, soon to become Skylum (more on that in a minute).

Macphun have released a whole suite of apps to provide editing tools for photographers. These include Creative Kit, Tonality, Noiseless, Intensify, Snapheal and FX Studio. Their leading products are Luminar and Aurora HDR, both now updated as Luminar 2018 and Aurora HDR 2018. Right now, if you click on any of the links above you will be taken to Macphun’s Black Friday Offer pages. You can also get a further $10 off by using this discount code (includes upgrades): NEWBELTANE.

Here are some screenshots from Luminar 2018 and the bonuses available:

Here are some ‘before’ and ‘after’ shots from Luminar 2018:

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Here is a brief description of Luminar 2018 Black Friday Offer.

About Luminar:

Luminar 2018 offers everything a modern photographer needs for photo editing, including new filters powered by artificial intelligence, major speed improvements, a dedicated RAW develop module and a forthcoming in 2018; digital asset management platform.

Users will also benefit from the new intelligent Sun Rays filter, LUT support, and real-time noise removal. With workspaces that match different styles of editing, Luminar adapts to deliver a complete experience that avoids clutter and complexity.

Luminar 2018 has been re-built from the ground up for dramatic performance boosts. Existing filters deliver richer colors and depth in less time. A brand new streamlined user interface speeds up working with presets, filters, and masks. With full support of pro options like layers, masks, and blending modes, complex repairs and photo composites can be easily accomplished.

Offer Availability:

The Luminar 2018 Black Friday offer will be available from November 21-29

Pricing:

Current users of Luminar may upgrade at a Black Friday price of $49 ($39 with coupon code)

New users can purchase Luminar 2018 for $69 ($59 with your coupon code NEWBELTANE)

A collection of bonuses will also be included with every purchase.

Bonuses:

The Ultra-Wide Landscape ebook by Ian Plant

A Special pack of LUTs for use in Luminar 2018

2 Full Luminar preset packs from Contrastly

Aerial Photo & Video training by Matt Granger

NOTE: The video training was changed from “Light & Shadows by Matt Granger” to “Aerial Photo & Video training by Matt Granger”.

Click here and don’t forget to use the Discount Code (NEWBELTANE) for an extra $10 off Luminar 2018. Expires soon so hurry!

Here are some before and after shots from Aurora HDR 2018:

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Here are some details on the Aurora HDR 2018 Black Friday Offer.

About Aurora HDR:

Aurora HDR is not just a tool for merging bracketed images, it also provides numerous tools and countless options to create perfect HDR photos for every taste – from one-click presets and advanced tone-mapping, to layers, noise reduction and powerful luminosity masking controls.

Offer Availability:

The Aurora HDR 2018 Black Friday offer will be available from November 22-29

Pricing:

Current users of Aurora HDR may upgrade at a Black Friday price of $49 ($39 with  coupon code NEWBELTANE)

New users can purchase Aurora HDR 2018 for $89 ($79 with your coupon code)

A collection of bonuses will also be included with every purchase.

Bonuses:

Trey Ratcliff Deep Dive video

Realistic HDR preset pack (40 presets) by PresetPro

Powerful Imagery Ebook by Mitchell Kanashkevich & Photzy

Click here and don’t forget to use the Discount Code (NEWBELTANE) for an extra $10 off Aurora HDR 2018. Expires soon so hurry!

Oh, almost forgot! Macphun is changing it’s name to Skylum now that it also creates software for Windows as well as Mac.

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It’s worth experimenting with the different frames, and you can also adjust the width of each individual frame to suit your preference. Some are quite subtle and understated, while others are a little more garish. Here you’ll find a variety of frames which you can add to your image. Next to the area of the panel that says Presets, you’ll see that it also says “Frames”. It’s a very simple process, you can change the size and style of the brush that you’re using to create the mask, and when you’re ready simply press “Done” to apply the mask. Click on “Edit Mask” and you’ll be taken to another dialogue box where you can erase parts of the filter if you only want to apply it to certain areas of the image. You’ll also be able to create an effect mask from this dialogue box. To the right of the image you’ll see there is a dialogue box which allows you to adjust the level of the filter (from 0-100%) depending on how strong you want the effect to be. If you find a few you like, this is a good way of grouping them together without having to remember where they all are in the longer lists. Simply click on any of the presets and the style will be applied to the image straightaway, very quickly without waiting for the edit to be applied.Īny of the effects can be added to your favourites by clicking on the small star icon which be found in the bottom right hand corner of any of the effects thumbnails. There’s groups such as “Cross Processed”, “Photo Styles”, “Vintage” and so on. You can filter the different effects by type, or choose to show all of the effects at once. You can open raw format files if you prefer - most camera’s proprietary files are supported.Īfter you’ve chosen a photo, you’ll see your photo, and a group of Effects presets which are ready to choose from along the bottom of the window. A list of recent photos that you have opened will also appear there to make it quick to find recent images. Once any photo is open, you’ll be able to open another one by clicking File > Open from the top menu. You can save projects as you go along if you want to swap between different images though. You won’t be able to open more than one image at a time, unlike Photoshop, so keep this in mind. The first thing you need to do is choose the picture that you want to work with from your computer. Just like many of the other MacPhun apps, FX Photo Studio has some powerful editing tools, but it has been designed to be as easy to use as possible.

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If you’ve paid and installed other apps from the Creative Kit already and it’s not the first app you install, you should bypass this step.Īgain, if it’s the first piece of software you’re installing from the Creative Kit you’ll be prompted to install the software as a plugin to any compatible software you already have on your machine - for example Adobe Photoshop CC, or Adobe Photoshop Elements.

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When you open the software for the first time (if you don’t have any other Creative Kit apps), you can choose to start your trial, or you can input the activation code if you have paid for the software. Once you’ve downloaded FX Photo Studio, just drag the software’s icon into your Applications folder to start the installation process.

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This is a good way to start getting to grips with the software, but you need to bear in mind that you won’t enjoy the same full functionality as when you’ve downloaded the full version.Īlternatively, you can download and pay for the full version, but if you’re not completely satisfied with how MacPhun FX Photo Studio runs you can get a full refund within 30 days.

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You can download the software directly from MacPhun’s website.Īs with other apps, there’s the option to download a free 15 day trial. Installing FX Photo Studio is a very easy process, as is the rest of the MacPhun creative kit. A starter’s edition is also available, which only includes Snapheal, FX Photo Studio and Intensify for £70. You can buy FX Photo Studio on its own for £20, or part of the Creative Kit suite for £89.99, which features six different photo editing apps. Like other MacPhun software, you can use it on its own, or as a plugin for Adobe Photoshop CC, Elements and Lightroom. Part of MacPhun’s Creative Kit, FX Photo Studio is designed to allow you to apply filters and effects to your shots.

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I'm asking around for tablet suggestions for my mother, what would you recommend for a professional artist with not much experience in digital drawing?

Wacom is the best brand for tablets and cintiqs, but it’s also the most expensive. It was once the only brand anyone would recommend, but now I think there are others that are okay. I’ve never tried them so I can’t give any recommendations about alternative brands. To illustrate my point as to how good Wacom is, the cintiq I own is nearing 6 years old and I still use it, it’s that good.

If you aren’t going Wacom, my advice is to stick with a medium or medium small tablet that has good reviews on the brand for her first one. Larger ones I feel are unnecessary as you can zoom in when you draw with any drawing program. 

As far as Wacom goes, I don’t like the super small bamboo things. I feel like, if you’re gonna spend the money, at least get an intuos. Cintiques on the other hand, are very expensive and I wouldn’t recommend buying them for first time digital artists because you have to be really serious if you’re gonna drop the money on that. They also aren’t very portable, or at least there weren’t when I bought mine, so you’ll need a solid place to use it as well, like a desk. I think they’re a lot flatter and lighter now, but still less portable than a regular tablet. 

As far as Wacom’s intuos tablet lineup goes. It looks like there’s two main versions now. A pro and regular. From what I’ve looked up, Pro’s have more resolution than the regular, and if I were to buy a tablet for myself right now, I’d pick the pro over the regular version, but I think they would both work fine and have the ability to produce the same high quality art. I wouldn’t be upset if someone bought me the cheaper regular intuos because it’s still almost as good. As far as the two pro choices go, the intuos pro paper upgrade seems unnecessary and I wouldn’t pay the extra money for it unless you can think of a scenario where you’d need to have a half assed digital copy of your physical drawings or writing for some reason.

I would recommend buying the tablet at medium size, unless there’s some reason you need a super small or large tablet. 

As far as all the different versions go for the regular intuos tablets, Photo, Art, Comic, and Draw refer to bundled 3rd party software that comes with it.

Intuos PhotoWindows: Corel PaintShop Pro X8 and Corel Aftershot Pro 2Mac: Macphun Creative Kit (Tonality Pro, Intensify Pro, Snapheal Pro, Noiseless Pro) and Corel Aftershot Pro 2Intuos ArtWindows and Mac: Corel Painter Essentials 5Intuos ComicWindows and Mac: Clip Studio Paint Pro and Anime Studio Debut 10Intuos DrawWindows and Mac: ArtRage Lite

Intuos Pro models come without any bundled software. 

My thoughts on the bundles are, I use mostly Corel Painter and some Photoshop when I draw, and I know for a fact the Corel Painter Essentials 5 that comes with the Intuos Art is a stripped down, but still usable version of Corel Painter that you can get really cheap. So I’m assuming all the bundled software is just cheap stuff you could buy separately on your own and shouldn’t make or break your decision.

My final advice is, often artists get frustrated the first time trying tablets, as there is a learning curve. I’ve used both cintiqs and tables and they both have the same capacity to produce the same high quality art once you get comfortable with them, so never worry if you aren’t willing to throw down money for a cintiq. A tablet will work just fine.

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Macphun has announced it is now accepting pre-orders for the latest version of its high dynamic range image editing software Aurora HDR. Aurora HDR 2018 is scheduled for release on September 28 and will be launched with a big, impressive set of new features, improved current features, new and improved tools and filters, and a more sophisticated user interface as well as a 200% speed boost. 

Aurora HDR 2017 will be available for Mac and Windows, and both versions can be pre-ordered right now at a 60% discount along with bonuses.

As with Macphun’s other products, Aurora HDR 2018 can be used in its standalone version or as a plug-in or external editor for a range of popular image editing applications, supports raw files as well other common file formats and exports to PSD (Mac-only), TIFF, PNG, GIF, JPEG and JPEG 2000 as well as to other Macphun products.

Aurora HDR 2018 User Interface, Tools and Features

Macphun’s Aurora HDR 2018 high dynamic range image processing software is the most sophisticated and feature-rich of its kind, and has persuaded me to create a growing proportion of my stills photography work in HDR. Each version of Aurora keeps getting better.

The HDR brackets import dialog offers Ghost Reduction and Chromatic Aberration removal options, both of which I choose especially when shooting HDR brackets handheld or of scenes containing moving objects. Aurora HDR does a great job of ghosts removal, giving me the confidence to shoot almost anything anywhere as HDR even when I am not carrying a tripod.

I first started seriously looking into HDR imaging when working on a short video project involving applying the Ken Burns effect on a long series of stills images shot in hard sunlight in the tropics. I was disappointed by the inability of non-HDR photographs to retain a long dynamic range, leading to near-black shadows without enough detail to justify a camera move into those areas. The HDR software of the time was not sophisticated enough for what I visualized. Then, Macphun released the first version of Aurora HDR.

Aurora HDR 2018 comes with plenty of realistic and beyond realistic presets, and a straight, unedited HDR multi-bracket merge might be exactly what you want without any further image editing. The choice is yours.

One of the most exciting new features in Aurora HDR 2018 for is its manual Lens Correction tool. When using previous versions of Aurora, I would export TIFF files to DxO ViewPoint 3 to apply automatic profile-based lens corrections. Having Lens Correction in the new version means avoiding that extra, external step to keep your files fully editable within Aurora HDR 2018 alone. I am hoping that lens-based corrections will find their way into future versions of Aurora and Luminar.

Aurora HDR 2018’s new Transform Tool allows corrections to perspective and other attributes in a way that needed to be done by exporting TIFF files to external editors like DxO ViewPoint 3. Now we can keep it all within Aurora and eliminate those extra steps.

Aurora HDR 2018’s History panel is another very welcome new feature in this version, allowing you to backtrack and refine your edits in the same way as History panels in other image editing software like Photoshop.

Before and After, Naturalistic and Enhanced

With Aurora HDR 2018’s new capacity to create an acceptably naturalistic HDR merge before you apply presets or controls, you cam choose a wide range of looks for each image from mildly realist through to wildly surrealistic, as illustrated by the following images from Macphun’s Aurora HDR 2018 press pack.

If Aurora HDR 2018’s over one hundred tools and editing features are not enough, you can export your images directly into Luminar as a plug-in for even more editing tools, presets and more extreme looks again.

Lone Yucca, White Sands, by Alik Griffin

Moraine Lake, by Jim Nix

Dubai, by Dima Sytnik

Using Aurora HDR

Based on the lovely landscape and travel photographs most software developers use to promote the products’ capabilities, I am not their typical user.

My photography practice centres on documentary genres in monochrome and naturalistic colour, on portraiture, on scene-setting cityscapes and street photography to keep my visual reflexes in order in between documentary projects.

I have yet to produce a sunrise or sunset landscape like the many fine examples Macphun uses to show off its excellent Aurora HDR and Luminar raw processing and image editing software.

But I do use both Macphun products for all the genres and subjects un which I work, as well as the company’s Creative Kit, and I am increasingly shooting portraits and product shots as multiple bracket HDR images.

Although I have some excellent LED lights for stills and video in the form of a Rotolight Neo 3 Light Kit, I often need to quickly grab but good quality portraits or product shot with camera and lens only, handheld.

Since its inception Aurora has been adept at handling handheld HDR brackets, automatically erasing the effect of movement between frames aka “ghosting”.

Each successive revision of Aurora has made it easier to avoid HDR’s more blatantly surreal effects, adding controls and presets permitting more subtlety, increased realism.

Aurora HDR 2017 was key in that regard, persuading me to shoot almost all my product shots as HDR image, all the better to deep dive into the textures, materials and construction of the objects depicted.

Early forays into handheld HDR portraiture bore encouraging fruit and the arrival of Aurora HDR 2018 with even more improvements in more real than real image processing now have me planning an environmental and head-and-shoulders portrait project.

The photographs in this project will initially be handheld and consist of three to five brackets, but I am itching to try seven and even nine brackets under challenging lighting conditions to learn whether that will reveal even more information and a visual richness not achievable by any other means.

Having tried out 3 Legged Thing’s Equinox Leo micro-traveller tripod some time ago, the same company’s taller Albert travel tripod is looking appealing so that I can stand face-to-face with my subjects or a little higher art lower as demanded by an environmental portraiture approach.

I will be working on new HDR photographs in several of my favourite genres over the coming weeks and look forward to sharing the results in other articles on Aurora HDR 2018 as well as using them to illustrate articles on production hardware.

Macphun Announces Aurora HDR 2018 for Pre-Order Right Now for Release September 28, on Mac and Windows Macphun has announced it is now accepting pre-orders for the latest version of its high dynamic range image editing software Aurora HDR.

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Macphun Software Tips and Techniques

Macphun Software’s suite of apps and extensions give Mac-based photographers a broad range of creative options for enhancing tonality, creating black-and-white images, removing unwanted details from photos, and much more. In this course, Rich Harrington showcases the features and creative options that Macphun’s tools provide. He also details how to use them as standalone apps or as extensions for Apple’s Photos for OS X software and Adobe Photoshop.

Learn how to bring out detail and color with Intensify, convert photos to black and white with Tonality, remove distractions and heal blemishes with Snapheal, use the best filters in Focus, and remove noise and grain—before or after processing—with Noiseless. Rich also shows how to use the Macphun app developed by leading HDR photographer Trey Ratcliff, Aurora HDR, to create gorgeous high dynamic range photos.

Topics include:

Downloading and installing Macphun Working with Intensify presets to improve contrast, color, and detail Converting to black and white with Tonality Adding textures and frames Cloning and removing objects with Snapheal Simulating blur and custom lens effects with Focus Using masks and adjustments with FX Photo Studio Cleaning up images with Noiseless Creating high dynamic range images with Aurora HDR

Duration: 2h 23m Author: Richard Harrington Level: Intermediate Category: Photography Subject Tags: HDR Black and White Retouching Software Tags: Creative Kit ID: c4bf7b460afef924bfe148fa0399d0e7

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What you’ll learn in this course

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Last-minute Christmas 2017 shopping list

Christmas is one week away and your list of gifts is not yet complete? Here are some ideas you may want to explore. This list, together with the Black Friday lists we published recently – some of the deals extend until New Year – will give you more options when it comes to creating your last-minute Christmas shopping list.

Get a FlatHat for your drone

Suitable for DJI Phantom 3, DJI Inspire, 3DR Solo, Parrot Bebop and similarly-sized drones, the 32” (80cm) FlatHat is a collapsible drone pad which provides easy-to-see landing target and “return-home” location. Ideal to protect your drone sensors and camera from rotor wash debris, it can also be used to perfect your landing skills and makes small drones on the ground easier to see.

Made with durable, heavy-duty fabric, the 32” FlatHat colapses to only 12″ diameter for storage and comes with integrated loops to attach FlatHat Lighting Kit, which comes as an offer in this special Christmas 2017 package from FlatHatLabs. The lighting kit incorporates a flexible, plastic coated electroluminescent wire that attaches to the perimeter of the 32” FlatHat Collapsible Drone Pad, allowing for better visibility in low-light flying conditions.

The whole kit has a special price of $29.95 instead of $47.90. Find more information about the product following the link.

Aurora and Luminar for Christmas

The HDR editor Aurora is Mac App of the Year by Apple, and to celebrate the fact, Macphun has a special offer on the Aurora HDR 2018 for Mac and Windows. The software is priced at $79 (against the regular $99) and comes with bonuses ($130 value). The bundle also includes Trey Ratcliff Deep Dive video, one ebokx explaining how to create realistic HDR images and 2 Preset Packs with 40 presets: “Winter Vibes” & “Dreamy Wonderland”.

The photo editor Luminar for Mac and Windows is also on offer, priced at $69 with bonuses totaling a $150 value. The uprade price for Luminar for Windows public beta users is also special: $59 and bonuses ($150 value), while Luminar users can upgrade for $49 plus bonuses ($150 value). The bundle includes 500+ Sky overlays for Sky replacement, a Preset pack: 20 Festive Texture Presets, the Shootkit ebook, a Sky Replacement video tutorial and “CAPTURE: Adventures in Photography” tips & inspirational ebook by motorcycle adventurers Simon & Lisa Thomas.

Power Director 16 costs 70% less

Cyberlink celebrates Christmas with 12 days of special prices that can go as low as 70% off or more, on different products from its catalog. One for video editors is Power Director 16, the most recent version of Cyberlink’s NLE, which is available for $74.99, instead of $399.99, in a bundle which includes AudioDirector 7, the Holiday Pack 9 and access to webinar for online classes, online presentation, and webinar.

If you want the whole package, then the Director Suite 6, including PowerDirector 16, PhotoDirector 9, ColorDirector 6, and AudioDirector 8, with the Holiday Pack 9 and Sound Effects as bonus, along with a gift card for an additional 10% off when buying PowerDVD 17 is your product. Save $100, paying only $189.99. These offers end December 26.

  Affinity software with 20% off

Two of the hottest creative apps of 2017 – Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer – are now available with at least 20% off to celebrate the New Year. Available for a one-off payment, with no subscription, Affinity apps take all the leading professional file types, such as psd, svg, pdf or eps, comfortably in their stride. Or you can work in the proprietary Affinity file format, which offers complete compatibility across apps, including saved edit history, so you can switch between apps or pass work on to others in your team.

The 20 per cent discount runs from 18 December until 5 January and means the desktop apps are discounted by around 20 per cent to $39.99 / £38.99 / 43,99€ (subject to regional variations) for Mac from the Mac App Store, or for Windows direct from https://affinity.serif.com or Microsoft Store. Affinity Photo for iPad is discounted by around 25 per cent, and costs $14.99 / £14.99 / 16,99€ (subject to regional variations) from the App Store during the sale.

A eGPU for your PC or Mac

We’ve mentioned recently the Akitio Thunder3 Node Pro, but this Christmas list could not be complete without it, so here it is: the external boost to your PC or Mac. It’s the newest product from Akitio, a new external PCIe eGPU box able to take the full-size graphics card you can not fit inside your laptop of desktop computer. Suddenly you’ve the means to deal with intense graphic applications, without changing computer.

The Akitio Thunder3 Node Pro is available this December, just in time for Christmas, for $359.99. Follow the link if you want to find more about this solution for all your video editing problems.

Go Rogue with your flash

Rogue Photographic Design has a special package for photographers using flash: their Rogue FlashBender 2 XL Pro Lighting System, winner of Professional Photographer’s 2015 Hot One Award for Best SpeedLight Modifier, and a 20″ x 40″ Super Soft Silver Reflector, for $119.95.

Designed for portability, the FlashBender 2 XL Pro Lighting System is sized to fit a 15″ laptop compartment or lay flat to allow more room for lenses and other essential equipment in the gear bag. The Rogue 2-in-1 Super Soft Silver collapsible reflector is presented as a solution to avoid hot spots common with shiny silver reflectors. The other side of the reflector offers Natural White, said to provide a more subtle reflected light. The reflector collapses to 12″ diameter to easily stow in gear bag. Follow the link to read more about the special kit from Rogue Photographic Design.

  ExpoDisc 2.0 and Color Correction Kit

The ExpoDisc 2.0 Professional White Balance Filter, allows users to set white balance, meter for exposure and dust map your camera sensor with the only calibrated and certified 18% transmission incident light metering filter. Easy to use, as a larger ExpoDisc can be used with smaller filter size lenses by simply holding the ExpoDisc over the lens during the white balance procedure, the accessory allows to quickly set white balance for photo and video.

The special package available now includes a Color Correction Kit using Rogue Flash Gels, ideal for speedlite photography. The kit includes 3 Rogue Gel tabbed attachment bands and 3x each of the following color correction gels:  1/4 CTO, 1/2 CTO, Full CTO, 1/2 CTB, Plus Green, Full White Diffusion Diffusion (1 Stop), making it ideal for portrait photographers working in mixed lighting environments. The kit, available with protective pouches, costs $ 74.95.

RapidMounts for Speedlights

For those regularly needing to places flashes in impossible places, TetherTools created the RapidMount Series, including grips and other solutions. Designed for location shoots, events, weddings, architectural shoots, and street photography, RapidMounts attach to walls and other vertical surfaces quickly and discreetly with the use of RapidStrips.

For quickly placing flashes, there is the RapidMount SLX with RapidStrips, priced at $ 24.95, is a multi-surface speedlight holder that allows mounting off-camera flashes to a wall and other surfaces using the included ten (10) specially-formulated, pressure-activated RapidStrips.The RapidStrips are a one-time use industrial-formula double-sided adhesive that uses a synthetic rubber, which provides superior performance while leaving no sticky residue upon removal – similar to gaffer tape.

Save with Vegas Pro family

Christmas is the time for family, and MAGIX is promoting the entire VEGAS Pro family of products at a special price… but only for a limited time… until December 20. Shop now and save. Free when you upgrade to any version of VEGAS, are Boris Continuum 3D Objects Unit, a US$299 value, NewBlueFX ColorFast2, a US$99 value, and NewBlueFX Stylizers 5 Imagine, a US$99 value. That’s a total of $497 in savings in plug-ins!

Upgrading costs $149 for the VEGAS Pro 15 Edit version, $199 for the VEGAS Pro 15 and $299 for the VEGAS Pro 15 Suite. For new buyers there are also special conditions, available until December 20, with prices starting at $149.00 (regularly $498.00) for the VEGAS Pro 15 Edit version, with the offer of NewBlueFX Stylizers 5 Imagine ($99 value).

A new 4K monitor for 2018

We recently published a selection of video and photo monitors for 2018, but decided to pick one for the Christmas shopping list, and we choose the Acer ProDesigner PE320QK launched this month in North America. The 4K UHD (3840 x 2160) monitor comes with visuals, precise color reproduction and an adjustable shading hood to meet the needs of photographers, video editors and graphic designers.

Engineered for professionals who require the most exacting quality standards, according to Acer,, the monitor is presented as the ideal choice for animators, film producers and other creative experts, who will be delighted with the performance the Acer ProDesigner PE320QK offers. The suggested price is $1199.

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Skylum/MacPhun Black Friday Specials

Skylum/MacPhun Black Friday Specials on Luminar, Aurora HDR and Creative Kit. #AuroraHDR #Blackfriday #luminar2018

It’s that time of year again for the Skylum/MacPhun Black Friday Specials   This year we have multiple offers on Skylum/Macphun software.   Luminar 2018 for Mac and Windows Current users of Luminar may upgrade at a Black Friday price of  $39 with my coupon code of “MARKDODD“. Regularly $49 New users can purchase Luminar 2018 for  $59 with my coupon code of “MARKDODD“. Regularly $69 Bonuses…

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New Macphun Luminar "Neptune" now for Windows too!

New Macphun Luminar “Neptune” now for Windows too!

I’ve been using Macphun for a few years now, starting with their Creative Kit, a set of plugins for Lightroom and Photoshop. I found their Noiseless, Tonality and SnapHeal plugins to be especially useful. 

I also really liked their Aurora HDR application, which is I think the best HDR app for Mac. The latest Aurora HDR 2017 edition is fantastic, especially if you’re not a fan of the…

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Macphun presenta Accent, un filtro con IA

Macphun, la desarrolladora radicada en California conocida por hacer de la edición fotográfica compleja algo simple y amigable para el usuario, lanzó hoy la actualización de su exitoso editor de fotografía, Luminar.

La innovación más significativa en Luminar Neptune es un nuevo filtro fotográfico respaldado por la tecnología de inteligencia artificial desarrollada internamente por el Research and Development Lab de Macphun. El nuevo Filtro IA Accent permite a cualquier persona crear sorprendentes imágenes con un solo slider, en vez de usar decenas de ajustes y controles. Sólo toma un segundo y un movimiento en un slider para mejorar una foto en gran medida.

El Filtro IA Accent en Luminar usa inteligencia artificial para analizar diferentes áreas de una imagen en base a su estructura, objetos, zonas oscuras e iluminadas, colores y otros parámetros. Cuando el usuario mueve el slider, el filtro “entiende” de forma inteligente y automática qué le falta a cada zona de la foto y la mejora. Mover el slider también puede ajustar la intensidad de los cambios, haciendo que la imagen se vea más natural o que muestre una apariencia más dramática, dependiendo del efecto deseado.

Para simplificar: el Filtro IA Accent en Luminar es un sustituto para decenas de controles tradicionales como sombras, resaltados, contraste, tonos, saturación, exposición, detalles y muchos más. Elimina la tediosa edición manual para los aficionados que quieres resultados geniales y rápidos, y crea una base fantástica para una manipulación de imagen avanzada adicional para los fotógrafos profesionales.

“Nuestra misión de hacer de las tareas de edición de fotos complejas algo simple y divertido conllevó a nuestro equipo en R&D Lab a explorar en la tecnología de Inteligencia Artificial para la mejoría de imagen,” dijo Kevin La Rue, vicepresidente de Macphun. “El Filtro IA Accent emergió como una forma pionera para crear imágenes perfectas instantáneamente, incorporando el poder de decenas de filtros en una sola herramienta de conveniencia. Esto es algo de lo que otros softwares de fotografía carecen; y lo que es más importante, es algo de lo que todos los fotógrafos se beneficiarán en gran medida,” concluyó La Rue.

Luminar Neptune también introduce un nuevo espacio de trabajo llamada Quick & Awesome. Como el nombre lo indica, el espacio consiste de 3 filtros que rápidamente crean resultados fantásticos: el previamente mencionado Filtro IA Accent, Saturación e Intensidad, y Claridad. Al usar el Filtro IA Accent los usuarios obtienen increíbles resultados instantáneos, sin embargo, si se quieren aplicar más detalles, los otros dos filtros pueden ayudar a mejorar rápidamente la foto sin esfuerzos adicionales.

Luminar Neptune incluye muchas otras actualizaciones: laintegraciónde plug-in con Aurora HDR 2017 y el Creative Kit permite a los usuarios acceder a sus funciones favoritas de los otros productos de Macphun. Pincelado/máscaras con mayor velocidad, un filtro Vignette mejorado y una mejor administración de memoria son parte de otros cambios destacados.

La última actualización de Luminar está disponible para Mac únicamente. En julio, sin embargo, Macphun lanzará una “versión beta pública” de Luminar para PC para darles a los usuarios de Windows una degustación del poderoso editor de fotografía todo en uno para crear imágenes increíbles en segundos.

Para estar al tanto de las últimas noticias, y para registrarse para tener acceso a la prueba de versiones beta cuando estén disponibles, visita https://macphun.com/pc

Nuevas características destacadas en Luminar Neptune:

Filtro IA Accent: Usa inteligencia artificial para crear imágenes sorprendentes con un solo movimiento en un slider, accediendo al poder de decenas de filtros.

Espacio de trabajo Quick & Awesome: Un espacio consistente en el Filtro IA Accent, y los filtros Saturación e Intensidad y Claridad. Perfecto para alcanzar grandes resultados de forma fácil y divertida en segundos.

Integración de plug-in con Creative Kit y Aurora HDR 2017:Accede sin esfuerzo a las características favoritas de otras herramientas de edición fotográfica de Macphun.

Herramientas Pincel, Gradiente y Gradiente Radial: Un desempeño vitalmente más veloz que produce una edición selectiva más suave.

Filtro Vignette: La incorporación de los estilos Vignette, Place Center y modos Pre- y Post-Crop entrega incluso más flexibilidad a esta popular herramienta de acabado fotográfico.

Administración de la memoria:Desempeño general mejorado para archivos pesados y para 5 o más imágenes abiertas simultáneamente.

Cambios de interfaz de usuario: Amplias mejoras en la animación interna y en la transición de modos crean una experiencia de edición más placentera.

Actualización de la herramienta de recorte: La habilidad para especificar tamaños de recorte personalizados crean una máxima utilidad de recorte.

Historial local:La provisión de revisión separada del historial durante los modos Transform, Denoise, Clone & Stamp ayuda a optimizar la edición.

Acerca de Luminar

Este nuevo y potente editor de fotografía todo en uno es una moderna solución para crear imágenes hermosas sin esfuerzos. Luminar se adapta al nivel de conocimiento y al flujo de trabajo preferido del usuario, e incluye más de 300 robustas herramientas que hacen que arreglar, editar y perfeccionar una foto sea tan fácil como mover un slider. Con nuevas herramientas respaldadas por la tecnología de Inteligencia Artificial, Luminar ayuda a todos los fotógrafos a obtener resultados fantásticos fácilmente con sus fotos. Es verdaderamente un software de fotografía innovador hecho para cualquiera. En abril de 2017, sólo 5 meses luego de lanzamiento, Luminar para Mac ganó el prestigioso premio TIPA al Mejor Software de Imagen 2017. En noviembre de 2017, Luminar será lanzado en la plataforma Windows.

Precios

$49 / 49€ / £46 / AU$69 para cualquiera que ya posea el software de foto de Macphun $59 / 59€ / £55 / AU$84 para todos los nuevos usuarios

Pruebas gratis disponibles en macphun.com/luminar

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Luminar Neptune Introduces An AI-Filter, Accent

Macphun released an update to Luminar today - Luminar/Neptune, as it's called. If you've not tried out Luminar, check out what it can do with my set of FREE tutorials posted on my Luminar Learning Center. In about 30 minutes, I'll have you up and running.

Offer code: SDP10

And hey... if you are a Windows user, a public beta of Luminar is coming for Windows!

So what goodies are in the newest version of Luminar? The highlights are:

Accent - AI-filter – Uses artificial intelligence to create stunning images with a single slider movement, tapping into the power of dozens of filters.

Quick & Awesome workspace – A workspace consisting of the Accent AI, Saturation & Vibrance and Clarity filters. Great for achieving fast results in a fun and easy way.

Plug-in integration with Creative Kit and Aurora HDR 2017 – Seamlessly access Macphun’s other photo editing tools you own with Luminar as the host application

Brush, Gradient and Radial Gradient tools – Dramatically faster performance yields smoother selective editing.

Vignette filter – Addition of Vignette Styles, Place Center and Pre- and Post-Crop modes deliver even more flexibility to this popular photo finishing tool.

Memory management – Increased overall performance for large files and 5+ simultaneous open images.

User Interface changes – Extensive improvements to in-app animation and mode transitions make for a more pleasing editing experience.

Crop tool update – Added the ability to specify custom crop ratios.

Local history – Provision for reviewing separate history while in Transform, Denoise, Clone & Stamp modes helps optimize editing.

The Accent filter is really interesting. I'm on the road at the moment. I have only briefly experimented with the Accent filter. I can see how useful it will be for quickly enhancing photos that need just a little kick.

Another nice addition is using other Macphun apps as plugins to Luminar. The puzzle piece icon on the right hand toolbar is where you access those. I tried a round trip through Aurora HDR. The Aurora edits are placed on a new layer in Luminar.

This update is a FREE update for all current users of Luminar. To celebrate the update, Macphun is running a deal for new customers. Get Luminar and bunch of extras (a $309 value) for $59 USD ($49 is you are an existing Macphun customer). Make sure to use the offer code SDP10 to get the extra price break.

Luminar, The Supercharged photo editor for Mac that adapts to your skill level. ($69 Value)

Photography Fundamentals Video Training - In this series, you'll learn all about the essential concepts of photography from professional photographer and educator Richard Harrington. ($99 Value)

The Grand Landscape eBook by Ian Plant - In this eBook, Ian Plant shows you how to make great landscape photos in no time, helping your work to stand out from the rest. ($19 Value)

2 Luminar Preset packs - ($45 Value)

Over 500 Overlays - ($49 Value)

The Black and White Landscape & Candid Portrait eBooks from Andrew Gibson ($28 Value)

Offer code: SDP10

Offer available Thursday June 15th through Sunday June 25th, 2017.

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Skylum has released Tonality Mega B&W Pack, a massive free collection recreations of the looks from Tonality, the company’s legacy black-and-white aka monochrome plug-in cum standalone application named Tonality CK.

Tonality CK is part of the Creative Kit 2016 collection from the days when Skylum traded under the name of Macphun.

The Tonality Mega B&W Pack has been created for Luminar, Skylum’s image editing and raw conversion powerhouse application cum plug-in, available in versions for macOS and Windows. 

Skylum’s film simulation subset of the Tonality Mega B&W Pack presets pack for Luminar.

I have been hoping for some time that the many excellent film simulations, photochemical toning looks, HDR renderings and more would find their way from Tonality CK into Luminar so the arrival of the Tonality Mega B&W Pack for Luminar is welcome indeed.

The Tonality Mega B&W Pack can be traced back to the Nik Collection’s Silver Efex through Creative Kit 2016’s Tonality CK component via the Nik Software company, several of whose former employees joined Macphun.

Google bought Nik and thus the Nik Collection, apparently for the sake of the company’s Snapseed mobile and desktop image editing application.

Google discontinued the desktop version, sadly, then sold Nik Collection to DxO where it is being developed as a set of Photoshop plug-ins and soon, hopefully, as a plug-in for DxO PhotoLab.

The free Tonality preset collection for Skylum’s Luminar image editing software

Skylum’s Luminar is undergoing development in leaps and bounds with an artificial intelligence-driven Sky Enhancer filter being released shortly, followed not long afterwards by the long-awaited Luminar Libraries module aka media management application that will be released free.

Recent and coming Luminar upgrades are being built with AI technologies developed by Skylum side project Photolemur, an application useful in its own right especially when batch processing large sets of images from events.

I am very excited by the potential of the Tonality Mega B&W Pack for processing raw images I visualized as monochrome when shooting.

Although several image editing applications and plug-ins contain film simulations, can import film simulation styles  and presets or are based entirely upon them, having them contained within Luminar in the form of the Tonality preset pack is handy for keeping it within the same application rather than jumping from one to another and back again.

Tonality Mega B&W Pack contains ten preset categories and over 170 monochrome looks and styles:

Tonality Street

Tonality Vintage

Tonality Toning

Tonality Dramatic

Tonality Film Emulation

Tonality Outdoor

Tonality Portrait

Tonality Architecture

Tonality Basic

Tonality HDR

I hope that the Skylum team will look into releasing emulations of great colour films of the past as well as a range of silver-based and non-silver printing processes.

Meanwhile I am excited by the prospect of trying out the Tonality Mega B&W Pack, especially in combining emulations of some of my favourite classic monochrome films with emulations of some of my favourite monochrome split-toning processes.

Links

DxO – Nik Collection by DxO

DxO – DxO PhotoLab

Iridient Digital – Iridient X-Transformer

Photolemur

Skylum – AI Sky Enhancer: More Than an Innovation, It’s a Breakthrough

Skylum – Luminar

Skylum – Luminar with Libraries Lets You Sync and Batch Edit Multiple Images

Skylum – New Luminar with Libraries, No Paid Upgrades, and MORE!

Skylum – Tonality Mega B&W Pack

Skylum – Tonality styles come to Luminar.

Skylum – Working with Presets

Wikipedia – Snapseed

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Skylum Releases Tonality Mega B&W Pack, Huge Free Monochrome Presets Collection for Its Luminar Image Editing Powerhouse Software Skylum has released Tonality Mega B&W Pack, a massive free collection recreations of the looks from Tonality, the company's legacy black-and-white aka monochrome plug-in cum standalone application named Tonality CK.

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How to use MacPhun plug-ins with Luminar 1.2 Neptune

How to use MacPhun plug-ins with Luminar 1.2 Neptune

The Luminar 1.2 update has brought a whole bunch of useful additions and enhancements to MacPhun’s clever image-editing application. One of these is support for MacPhun’s own Creative Kit plug-ins. Even though Luminar has arrived on the scene, these are still being supported and do provide some effects and features not yet available in Luminar. MacPhun Luminar 1.2 Neptune review Just to be clear,…

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Macphun Accent: one filter to rule them all

The Accent AI Filter is part of the new Luminar Neptune – a major update to Macphun’s best-selling photo software. It’s a photo filter powered by artificial intelligence technology. Welcome to a brave new world!

Accent is the name of the new photo filter from Macphun. If you’ve been in video and photography long enough, you know that accent lighting focuses light on a particular area or subject, being used to help lead the eye of viewers to things you want them to see in the frame. Accents can be explored in different ways, sometimes as a subtle enhancement, even through the use of colored gels, to organize the hierarchy of elements within the frame.

Macphun’s photo filter, Accent, seems to follow the exact same logic. The Accent AI Filter in Luminar uses artificial intelligence to analyze different areas of an image based on its structure, objects, dark and light zones, colors and other parameters. As a user moves the slider, the filter intelligently and automatically “understands” what each area on the photo is lacking and improves it. Moving the slider can also adjust the intensity of changes, making the picture look more natural or revealing a more dramatic look, depending on the desired effect.

Macphun presents Accent as the smart filter that spares you from moving multiple sliders. While I praise the idea, I must admit, being old school, I am always afraid of many of those modern day technologies, that while making photography wizardry accessible to more people, sometimes seem to give us a “one size fits all” solution. Hopefully, this is not the case, something I will be able to try when the Luminar version for Windows comes, next July.

Accent AI Filter, in the mean time, is available for Mac users, as part of new Luminar Neptune – a major update to Macphun’s best-selling photo software. The most significant innovation in Luminar Neptune is exactly this new photo filter powered by the artificial intelligence technology developed in-house by Macphun’s Research and Development Lab.

According to Macphun, “the new Accent AI Filter allows anyone to create stunning images with a single slider instead of using dozens of adjustments and controls. It takes just a second and one swoosh of a slider to remarkably improve a photo.”

To put it simply: the Accent AI Filter in Luminar is a substitute for dozens of traditional controls like shadows, highlights, contrast, tone, saturation, exposure, details and many others. It eliminates tedious manual editing for hobbyists who want superb quick results and creates a fantastic foundation for further advanced image manipulation for pro photographers.

“Our mission to make complex photo editing tasks simple and fun led the team at our R&D Lab to explore Artificial Intelligence technology for image enhancement,” said Kevin La Rue, Vice-President at Macphun. “The Accent AI Filter emerged as a ground-breaking way to make perfect images instantly, incorporating the power of dozens of filters into one convenient tool. This is something other photo software is missing; and what’s more important, it’s something that all photographers will greatly benefit from,” concluded La Rue.

Luminar Neptune also introduces a new workspace called Quick & Awesome. As the name implies, the workspace consists of 3 essential filters which quickly create fantastic results: the aforementioned Accent AI Filter, Saturation & Vibrance and Clarity. Using the Accent AI Filter gives users amazing instant results, however if there is still fine-tuning to be done, the other two filters can quickly help improve the photo without any extra effort.

Luminar Neptune includes many other updates: plug-in integration with Aurora HDR 2017 and Creative Kit allows users to seamlessly access their favorite features from Macphun’s other products. Faster masking/brushing, an improved Vignette filter and better memory management are among other notable changes.

The latest update of Luminar is available, as mentioned, for Mac only. In July , Macphun will be launching a “public beta” of Luminar for PC to give Windows users the first taste of the powerful all-in-one photo editor for creating bold images in minutes.

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