![]() Singlehandedly my most requested feature for all of onOne Software’s applications has been a brush that has an auto masking feature, similar to Lightroom’s Adjustment Brush with the “Auto Mask” box checked. You can also use the zoom options at the top right of your main image (Fit, Fill, 100, 50, 25) to zoom in as well. ![]() Zoom (Z) – Allows you to zoom into your image to observe details. Let go of the space bar to return to the adjustment you were using. If you are already zoomed in and are using one of the other localized adjustment options, you can hold down the space bar to temporarily change your cursor to a hand to move around. ![]() Hand Tool (H) – Allows you to move around an image once zoomed in. Selective Color Brush (M) – Allow you to easily paint in selective color back into your black and white images (based on the colors of the original image that was imported into Perfect B&W. Click on an area and drag the mouse left or right to increase or decrease brightness for all pixels that are similar to the area you originally clicked on. ![]() Targeted Brightness (I) – Allows you to control how bright a specific set of pixels is. In order from top to bottom an including the keyboard shortcut:īrightness Brush (O) – Allows you to paint in or paint out brightnessĬontrast Brush (T) – Allows you to paint in or paint out contrastĭetail Brush (D) – Allows you to paint in or paint out details (sharpness/texture) The localized adjustment options in Perfect B&W allow you to do just that. I do not always want to add contrast to an entire image, but instead just to a mountain, or maybe I want to subjectively add sharpness to a woman’s eyes and not her entire face. However in learning to understand and appreciate the art of post processing, one begins to realize the importance of selectively making adjustments to certain parts of an image. One of the biggest problems I find with most aspiring photographers is that they focus almost entirely on making global adjustments to their image that effect every pixel. Located to left of your image, you will find the Perfect B&W localized adjustments, which is generally where I spend most of my time. In the very near future, you will find my own B&W Preset Collection for sale in the onOne Software marketplace which will contain 10 of my favorite B&W presets for a variety of scenarios. You can then share presets with your friends and colleagues with ease. To save a preset, simple click on the “Preset” menu item in the top navigation bar and then click on “Save Preset”. Under “My Presets” you will find all of your saved custom presets. My Presets – One of my favorite new features is the ability to save your own custom presets.Favorites – You can easily flag your favorite or most used presets, along you to save time from flipping through each section every time you want to use the application.They are easily separated into different sub-sections such as “True Film”, 19th Century Classic Silver” and so on and so forth. Effects – Here you will find all of the standard onOne Software presets for B&W conversion of your images.The best part about the entire preset section, is that you are provided with true to life preview of your image under each of the presets, so that you have an idea of how the application of that preset will look before you even click on it. On the left hand side of the screen, you will now notice the Present panel (formally found at the bottom of the screen in past onOne Software products). The new look of onOne Software’s Perfect Photo Suite 7 Features New Preset Panel Even the color scheme was chosen to match. If you are familiar with Adobe Lightroom, you should instantly feel at home. One of the first things you will notice with Perfect B&W, as with all of the new applications found in Perfect Photo Suite 7, is the new layout and look. Now that the final version of the Suite has been released, I am stoked to give you a brief walk-through of Perfect B&W, showcase some of its best features and give you my honest review of the app itself. While it contains many improvements, layout changes and general fixes to the highly popular Perfect Photo Suite 6 (Perfect Effects, Perfect Layers, Perfect Mask…) it also introduced one of the most exciting new photo editing applications that I have been looking forward to, a new black and white conversion program called Perfect B&W.įor months I have been part of the onOne Software beta program, testing out all of these applications, suggesting changes, filling out bug reports and helping to shape the overall feel of the new suite. At the Photoshop World Expo in Las Vegas back in September, onOne Software officially announced their new Perfect Photo Suite 7, which is now available to purchase as of today.
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