Human Software announced the immediate availability of HSC Toolbox, an effect plug-in for Adobe Photoshop and Photoshop Elements, Lightroom, Apple Aperture in 32 or 64bit mode. With the HSC Toolbox users can build their very own effect and apply it across multiple images.
How It Works
1. More than 50 basic “blocks”
The HSC Toolbox starts with 50 powerful blocks like ‘legos’ that can be combined together through masks and channels to create any effect you can imagine. Those effects can be saved and recalled later on. Among the basic blocks you will find a Channel mixer, but also an film grain, Black&White Photo, octo-posterizer, blur tools, mosaic, deinterlace, USM, noise, fractal plasma, wind, gradient and much much more.
2. ‘CHOP’ it
CHOP is for CHannel OPerations. The toolbox combines the basic blocks through channel operations. You apply an image effect on a channel, then through a script you apply an other effect according to the first channel.
Sounds complicated but it is really not, just very powerful. It is very easy to achieve your own effect and apply it again. And since it is not destructive, you can tune it to your heart desire. This is ‘smart’ layers pushed to the extreme.
3. Combine through a Virtual Lens
To make it even easier and fast the HSC Toolbox layers the group of effects and you can create very fast a selection through a virtual brush, a virtual lens or a tilt lens on your image. This provide a level of control and an unsurpassed speed for achieving sophisticated effects.
4. Enjoy a Toolbox of hundreds of effects
We have already prepared a library of 150 advanced effects using those basic blocks. Featuring Glow effects, different Kodak/Fuji films simulation, Tungsten, polarizer, infrareds, histogram equalizer, etc.
Host Requirements
Toolbox is available as a standalone and as a plug-in to Photoshop CS3 to CS5 in 32 or 64bit, Adobe Lightroom, Aperture 2.1 and 3.
Toolbox is offered for Mac X5 or X.6 or Windows XP/Vista/7
Price & Availability
Toolbox sells for $89.95 and is available through selected retail stores and can be ordered directly by calling Human Software at (910) 4710106 or on-line via our secure ordering system at HumanSoftware’s Website.
This article was last modified on January 6, 2023
This article was first published on August 25, 2010
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