Eye Candy 4000


Eye Candy 4000 is a set of 23 special-effects filters from Alien Skin Software. They can be found on the Web at www.alienskin.com.

Eye Candy 4000 contains improved Eye Candy 3 filters, plus several new ones. Some Eye Candy 3 filters have been combined into single, new Eye Candy 4000 filters.

Getting Started

Eye Candy 4000 contains setup programs for both Macintosh and Windows. It attempts to locate known graphics programs and allow installation for any program it recognizes. When it doesn t recognize a program (such as a too new version of Photoshop), you can manually select it to be installed in its own subdirectory for Windows under the Plug-Ins subdirectory in your Photoshop directory.

After it is correctly installed, restart Photoshop and you should see the list of Eye Candy filters in the Filter menu (see Figure A.1).

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Figure A.1: The Eye Candy submenu

The Filters

To show the transformations performed by Eye Candy 4000, a simple graphic of letters with a gradient fill has been created (see Figure A.2). This Normal graphic is the starting point for the following transformations, and has both white and black backgrounds to better highlight some features.

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Figure A.2: We ll use this base image to apply the various filters.

Antimatter

The Antimatter filter inverts a selection, but gives more control over a simple Photoshop invert. Adjustments allow tweaking of the inversion for better results. One use is for creating dramatic rollover images.

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Bevel Boss

Bevel Boss enables you to create a wide variety of beveled images.

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Chrome

Chrome does what the name says. Using a variety of textures and options, a wide range of shiny metal effects are easily created.

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Corona

Corona easily creates the effect of solar flares, gaseous clouds, and other astronomical effects around your selections.

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Cutout

Cutout creates the effect of cutting out your selection, complete with shadowing. Here I cut through the black layer to reveal the white layer below.

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Drip

This filter does what it says, with a wide variety of options to control the final results.

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Fire

Set your image on fire for dramatic effect.

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Fur

Fuzzy, wavy, or curly. Long or short, it s up to you.

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Glass

Create the effect of transparent or colored glass over a selection.

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Gradient Glow

Create mild to wild gradients around selections. There are many options for every situation.

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HSB Noise

HSB Noise enables you to add textures based on the underlying image. It s easy to use, and the results are hard to duplicate with standard tools.

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Jiggle

Distort entire selections far more than you can easily do with Photoshop alone.

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Marble

Create marble textures in a variety of colors, sizes, and features.

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Melt

This one does what you expect, with a variety of different settings available.

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Motion Trail

This filter provides dramatic variations on motion blurs. Create your own roadrunner effects.

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Shadowlab

This provides far more flexible shadowing ”including perspective shadowing ”than you can achieve using layer styles.

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Smoke

Heat up your presentations with some smoke. It also creates haze, fog, and fume effects.

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Squint

Blur the areas outside your selection to create the effect of poor vision.

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Star

Create all kinds of stars quickly and easily.

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Swirl

Smear your selection with randomly placed whirlpools for an amazing variety of texture effects.

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Water Drops

Apply water drops to your image more easily than leaving it out in the rain.

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Weave

Weave re-creates a selection, giving a woven appearance.

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Wood

Turn a selection to wood with great control over rings, knots, and grain.

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Photoshop CS Savvy
Photoshop CS Savvy
ISBN: 078214280X
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 355

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