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Software Review: Adobe Photoshop Plug-In FocalPoint From onOne Software

Written by T. Michael Testi
Published June 23, 2008
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• 3D tilt – lets you tilt the sweet spot aperture in 3D simulating the tilt effect of a view camera or a tilt shift lens. It allows you to increase or decrease the amount of feather or blur across a plane.

• Blur types – allow you to vary the blur style that is used. You can select from a standard defocused look, or add a little motion to simulate the look of certain types of lenses.

FocalPoint • Layers – FocalPoint always returns its results into a new layer in Photoshop. This protects your original image for additional editing. It can even add a layer mask so you can adjust the effect in Photoshop.

I found that FocalPoint is very easy to install and use. It gave surprisingly good results. The available resources via the help and the video tutorials make this easy to learn as well. I also liked the fact that you could go into the Fine-Tune panel to take more control over your image correction

I found that FocalPoint was very easy to use and apply. You take your image in Photoshop and select FocalPoint from the onOne Menu. Then you start with a FocusBug that you place on the image. By changing the four shorter extender bars you control the size of the sweet spot, and by changing the longer bars you control blur, opacity, and the feather. You also have slider bars on the side panel that you can control as well. Once you are done, you select apply and you are then returned to Photoshop with your image in a new layer. You can even save the effect as a preset to recall it later. The FocusBug will recall prior settings so you can apply it to a number of images easily.

FocalPoint really makes it easy to get professional results from outside the camera and the lens. If you have images that you want to have that selective focus feel, but cannot go back and re-shoot, if you don't the right equipment to get the look, or don't have the time to set everything up, then I can easily recommend FocalPoint 1.0.

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T. Michael Testi is a photographer, writer, software developer and ardent fan of fantasy football and horse race handicapping. He also blogs at PhotographyTodayNet and at All This and Everything Else.
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Software Review: Adobe Photoshop Plug-In FocalPoint From onOne Software
Published: June 23, 2008
Type: Review
Section: Sci/Tech
Filed Under: Sci/Tech: Software, Sci/Tech: Computers, Culture: Photography, Culture: Arts
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