Adobe announces the launching of Camera Raw 7.1 Photoshop plug-in

Adobe, a leading provider of Graphic design software just introduced Camera Raw 7.1 Photoshop plug-in compatible with Photoshop CS6 on Mac and Windows. Adobe Camera Raw 7.1 RC provides support for 21 camera models from eight manufacturers and 24 new lenses which are not getting support in the Camera Raw version that dispatches with Photoshop CS6. The Photoshop CS6 users can freely download the Camera Raw plug-in.

This newly launch product also includes five new lens correction profiles, fixes different bugs. Camera Raw 7.1 has the capability to understand 16-bit, 24-bit, and 32-bit HDR files (TIFF/DNG,) and new Defringe controls for the aforesaid chromatic aberration phenomenon. Defringe has been woven into the Lens Correction panel.

In order to install and run Camera Raw 7.1 the users should require an Intel-based Mac running Mac OS X 10.6.8 or later.

New Camera Support in the Camera Raw 7.1 Release Candidate

Canon EOS 1D X

Canon EOS 5D Mk III

Canon PowerShot G1 X

Canon PowerShot S100V

Fuji FinePix F505EXR

Fuji FinePix F605EXR

Fuji FinePix F770EXR

Fuji FinePix F775EXR

Fuji FinePix HS30EXR

Fuji FinePix HS33EXR

Fuji FinePix X-S1

Nikon D4

Nikon D800

Nikon D800E

Olympus OM-D E-M5

Pentax K-01

Samsung NX20

Samsung NX210

Samsung NX1000

Sony Alpha NEX-VG20

Sony SLT-A57

The following bugs have been FIXED in Camera Raw 7.1:

Keyboard shortcuts for the point curve channel on Windows were not serviceable.

While applying lens corrections, local modifications are not restored. It happens on both TIFF and JPEG files with noise reduction disabled.

Point curve adjustments applied to a single R,G, or B channels in the Tone Curve tab can be reset a channel curve is fine-tuned.

Photoshop and Bridge illustrate dissimilar values for the image resolution in some particular images. Photoshop and Bridge are not altering the image resolution, but displaying diverse values.

Increased stability in metadata editing and point curve adjustments . Applying keywords to numerous files can occasionally create errors once writing the keyword metadata to file. This can happen when the “Save Image Settings in” preference within Camera Raw is set to the Camera Raw database.

Download Links:

Camera Raw 7.1 – Windows, Mac

DNG Converter 7.1 – Windows, Mac

Filter Forge – A high end Photoshop plug-in for creating stunning design

Filter Forge is a versatile high-end Photoshop plug-in that contains a multitude of filters that generate textures, special effects and image enhancements to generate a wide variety of realistic and abstract textures and effects.

Filter Forge come up with over 8141 free community-created filters in the online filter library. These high quality filters are easily downloadable, resolution independent and customizable.

The users can create diffuse, bump, specular and normal maps with the help of these filters.

One can create their own filters in the visual filter editor by assembling them from components such as blurs, gradients, color adjustments, noises, distortions, or blends.

Filter Forge 2.0

The 2nd version of filter forge is launched with some exclusive features like :-

Shadows via Ambient Occlusion

Point/Area Lights

New Lighting Options

Full HDR Support

Color Inspector

Bomber Component

Transform Components (Scale, Rotate and More)

Polygon and Ellipse Components

Free Gradients and Shapes

Lua Scripting

RGB Math Components

Instant Filter Search

Median, Minimum, Maximum and Percentile Components

Non-Seamless Filters

Supported host applications for Photoshop CS5 and Elements 7

Now the beta test version of Filter Forge 3.0 both for Windows and Mac OS X is launched with several major features and enhancements

Software:

Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7

Hardware:

Pentium III 733 MHz

128 MB RAM

50 MB free disc space

Screen Resolution 1024×768

Internet connection (for filter library and to submit filters)

Host Applications For Plug-in Use:

Adobe Photoshop 6.0 – CS5

Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 – 7.0

Corel Painter 8 – IX

Corel PHOTO–PAINT 10 – X4

Corel Paint Shop Pro X – XI

Jasc Paint Shop Pro 8 – 9

Ulead PhotoImpact 11 – 12

Trial Download for 2.0 version

Trial Download for 3.0 beta version