Colorwasher

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Photo Wiz is a series of professional plugins for correcting, enhancing, restoring and editing photos. With these plugins we set a new standard for photo correction tools as far as effectiveness and usability are concerned. With the help of these plugins beginners will be capable of achieving effects that only experts were able to produce in the past.

As we have just started with the PhotoWiz series, there are currently only two plugins called ColorWasher and FocalBlade and a collection of freeware plugins available. But more PhotoWiz plugins will become available in future.

ColorWasher is a plugin for correcting the colors, the contrast and the exposure of photos. It is a Photoshop-compatible plugin which can be used in dozens of graphics applications including Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, PhotoImpact, Photo-Paint, Fireworks and Photoshop Elements.

Overview

ColorWasher features a wide range of automatic, semi-automatic and manual tools for correcting, enhancing and restoring photos. It is very easy to use as it offers interactive explanations and hints for each feature, incorporates a Quick & Easy Mode and detailed step-by-step instructions in the manual. ColorWasher lets you do professional photo corrections within seconds and also offers a Cloak mode for processing dozens of images very quickly.

ColorWasher can be used on digital photos as well as scanned photos. It even achieves great results on old and faded photos. But you can also use ColorWasher to enhance web graphics, drawings, cartoons, paintings or screen shots. Moreover, if you want to create artistic and stylish color or b/w effects, ColorWasher lets you correct photos and apply impressive color effects in one step.

Revolutionary Algorithms

ColorWasher's revolutionary algorithms help you to turn even the worst photo into a delightful visual experience. Unlike other tools ColorWasher contains six sophisticated methods called Cast Types for reconstructing lost colors and details in photos. It also features built-in mechanisms for hiding image noise, camouflaging overexposed areas, keeping chromacity constant, fixing chopped histograms and increasing the number of colors in photos. To make ColorWasher that effective a lot of time has been invested for research, evaluation and testing.

An Arsenal of Tools

ColorWasher provides four different automatic methods for achieving perfect results with photos that have a wide range of different color problems. Even more powerful is the semi-automatic sample area feature, which lets the user select a white or gray image area for correcting the color cast. Additionally there are twelve different Split View modes that let you visually perform photo corrections with the help of color or exposure stripes and grids that are laid over the image. The manual controls include source and target color boxes, three sliders adjustable to five different color models, a color picker, a color dialog and a lightness balance button. You can also manually enter the color temperature of the photo or film type used as well as open and save color presets.

As far as Contrast and Exposure are concerned, ColorWasher offers Auto Contrast and Exposure Fix features, which can be set in five steps from Mild to Extreme. In addition to these two automatic features, you can also adjust the contrast and exposure manually and amplify or suppress the highlights, midtones or shadows in an image. There is also an optional feature for keeping the chromacity constant while correcting contrast and brightness.

Why ColorWasher is Different

ColorWasher was developed because of the lack of color correction tools that combine precision, speed and ease of use. Many available tools have insufficient automatic modes, don't manage to remove color casts completely or demand expert knowledge to be used properly. Some even make photos look worse or seduce the user to overdo the correction. ColorWasher is the first tool that performs 100% precise corrections within seconds and is flexible as well as very easy to use. It also guides the user with interactive comments and explanations. Additionally ColorWasher makes it very hard for inexperienced people to unintentionally apply destructive corrections. Best of all, ColorWasher saves you precious time when correcting photos and is available for an affordable price.

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