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(More customer reviews)Let me start by saying "take a pass on this!" The software is very buggy and dramaticly slows down the computer. Certain programs also complete shuts down Adobe Photoshop CS3 when you try to apply an effect. It is FAR TOO EXPENSIVE FOR WHAT IT IS! Basicly using Photoshop's own tools in their interface to create the result.
There are several programs in the suite but I find them disappointingly simple and basic in execution. For example, Skin Tunes basicly just warms up ALL skin tones to try and make subjects look more appealing regardless of their 'presets' of 5 different skin types. Absolutely no varying from that formula, VERY LAME!
Focal Point does NOT provide any better or more 'out of focus' area than can be done with Photoshop alone with just a little more work. Very Disappointing!! Also file sizes become prohibitively HUGE!
Photo Tools is basicly Photoshop filters but in OnOne's interface and is no where near as usable as NIK's Color Efex Pro 3.0.
Genuine Fractals has yet to give me noticably better results when cropping and enlarging than doing it without using the software. Again, interface is SLOOOOOOOOOW!!!!
As others have mentioned, you will need a high end video card that is OpenGL 1.5 or better. So if you don't have it in your computer already that's at least another $160 upgrade. Making this software even more expensive!
I didn't buy the software here. I wish I had because Amazon has a much better return policy. The retailer I did purchase it from will not take it back and refund my purchase. So currently fighting the situation. But I wanted to keep others, like me, looking for ways to speed up their retouching workflow from making the same mistake of purchasing this product. I would tell you to spend a solid weekend or an hour a day for a solid week or so learning and doing tutorials on Photoshop and go that route. ****I am adding to this comment to this review because I am impressed enough to make mention that the company personnel read this review and contacted in effort to help me. This has NEVER happened before and frankly I am quite pleased by the gesture to make things better. It is the company I thought didn't exist anymore and one I will certainly do business with again in the future based on their effort to improve.
Thank you!!*****
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Plug-In Suite 4 - FullPlug-In Suite 4 includes 6 Photoshop plugins that help you maximize the power of Photoshop. Plug-In Suite 4 is CS2, CS3 and CS4 compatible, Universal Binary support, offering fast native support for Photoshop CS3 and Intel-based Macintosh computers. Plug-In Suite 3 installs all six tools with one serial number and includes new startup tutorials for each, making installation and getting up to speed a breeze. Combine that with new integratedShow Me Howvideo tutorials and automatic update checking and you have everything you need to be productive in Photoshop and Photoshop Elements so you can do what you really want to do: get back to shooting. Plug-In Suite 4 includes 6 Photoshop plugins that help you maximize the power of Photoshop. You get Genuine Fractals 5 Print Pro for high-quality enlargements, PhotoTools 1 Professional Edition, Mask Pro 4 for removing backgrounds, PhotoFrame 3.1 Professional Edition for the perfect finishing touch to your photos, PhotoTune 2 for professional quality color correction and FocalPoint 1 for adding selective blur and vignettes to your photos.
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