Introduction - Version 5.6.3 26 Jul '04

The Power Retouche plug-ins are a comprehensive set of photographic retouching tools for use with Photoshop. They are also compatible with Paint Shop Pro, Corel Draw, Illustrator, Fireworks. Jan Esmann, the developer, provided me with a copy for review.

There are plug-ins for:

Anti-alias Black Definition Brightness Colour Correction Contrast Dynamic Range Compression Edgeline Exposure Golden Section Lens Correction

Noise Filter Posterise Radial Density Correction Saturation Sharpness Soft Filter Studio B&W Toned Photos Transparency White Balance

Most of the filters work on images that are 8- or 16-bit in RGB, Grayscale, Duotone, CMYK, Multichannel, or Lab. One or two are more restricted, but the limitations are clearly shown on the pricing page.

16 Feb '06:

Approach to Review

Rather than try to tackle the PR plug-ins en masse, I shall treat each plug-in separately and post each "mini-review" as it is completed. This almost certainly means that the whole business will take some time, but hopefully, the phased approach will yield some benefit for readers. It also means that I reserve the right to go back and change things I have previously written because I've found something new or changed my mind.

Hot links in the table above will indicate which mini-reviews are complete, though drafts may be available through the contents list on the right.