#Macphun creative kit 2016 review for mac
Note: all Macphun products are made for Mac only. I’m a big fan of plugin suites that offer a soup to nuts solution for editing images, so when Macphun released its Creative Kit 2016, I was excited to give it a try. Always one for working smarter, not harder, I have often employed plugins with Photoshop to make the work of editing my images a bit easier. With the advent of the digital age, those processes moved to the digital darkroom. Back when film was king, I spend a lot of time in the darkroom, learning and mastering darkroom techniques, and printing my work. My philosophy on photography has always been that photography starts with the push of the shutter button, but it does not end there. Edited in Macphun Intensify Creative Kit.
#Macphun creative kit 2016 review pro
Photo professionals will want this Tonality Pro version.Boneyard Beach, Botany Bay Plantation, South Carolina. There is also a Pro version, priced at $69.99 that extends the abilities of the regular version with additional layers, plug-in support for Adobe Photoshop, and other programs that use the plug-in structure. If you are serious about your photography, it should be on your hard drive as well. Tonality with its 160 one-click presets, ability to stack up to 5 layers and all the other powerful controls has earned a place on my hard drive. The agave images below that show that Tonality can also handle sepia toning.Ī wise man once said that turning a color photo into monochrome automatically gives it a dose of gravitas that it didn’t have before. This image is intended to look like a tourist post card from the late 1800’s. The first set of photos below, of a window and wagon wheel, are from Lee’s Ferry near the Grand Canyon. There are times when the desired effect is to make a contemporary photograph appear as if it were taken in an earlier era. There are many border styles available and can be adjusted for width and opacity. The border around the black and white image is just another feature in Tonality. The example below illustrates the before and after shot of an old tree from Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument. Sometimes it is desirable for some of the original color to show through the preset. Furthermore, each preset is fully adjustable with a set of controls to fine tune any aspect of the changes made by the preset. The effect of this layer can be reduced from 100% down to 0, showing as much or as little of the image below as desired. When a preset is chosen, it is applied to a layer that sits above the original image. Tonality is comprised of many presets or filters each in one of a dozen categories such as Basic, Vintage, Portrait, Toning, and Film Emulation. To me, color does not add to this image but rather detracts from it. The image is below both before and after enhancement with Tonality. I took a few pears from the kitchen to my studio to take a photograph in homage to Weston. This timeless image was made in 1930 but it could have been yesterday or during the Renaissance. The image that leaps to mind is Pepper No. Sometimes the story you are telling is not about color but rather about texture, form, and contrast. The easy to discover and use tools available in Tonality will assist photographers and graphic artists of all skill levels to explore this age-old tradition.Įven in this age of color film and digital sensors there is still a place for black and white imagery. Tonality by Macphun works to bring this longstanding artistic practice forward into the current century.
Chauvet Cave in France is credited with having some of the earliest, dating back 30,000 years or more. There is a long history of monochromatic images created by humans.
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