Helps render them natural and appealing, without infrared. Gets it right almost every time, and it doesn't clip blacks or whites.īumps it up when it needs to, and I've seen it knock it back down if I shot a portrait with my saturation set way too high. The key is that it's smart enough to know just how much of each to add or subtract depending on the image - this intelligence is why we pay for this software. I don't bother with RAW images, however this plug-in will work on anything after you open it in Photoshop or Lightroom.įor all of these, the defaults are where you want them, and you can adjust if needed. Photoshop plugins are usually a pain to get installed, but I followed the obvious click path, and all I needed to remember to do was close Photoshop and reopen it for it to appear in my FILTER drop down.Ĥ.) Also gets rid of noise if I need it to.īecause it leaves great photos alone, it works great for batch processing.īecause it works without needing a new layer, when I'm done and use my Photoshop Action to resize, sharpen and brand as ©, I don't have to drag my © text layer above any adjustment layers, saving me even more time. This is critical to saving me time if I wanted to move sliders and use masks, I'd just do it without the plugin.ģ.) It's very easy to install.
I really like this software over all the others I've tried because:ġ.) It works fast its defaults are smart enough to correct what they can, and leave good photos alone.Ģ.) Usually gets everything right on the first default click. If you want to reduce noise, hit the Noise Reduction box. If you want it to fix tints usually caused by poor white balance, just click the Tint Correction box.
It corrects exposure and contrast by default. Sure, I can and have been doing what this software does manually in Photoshop since the early 1990s, but when time is money, Perfectly Clear lets me get a lot more done in a lot less time. For this, I check the Correct Tint box, and Bingo!, I usually get what I need far faster and better than if I piddled around in Photoshop with curves adjustment layers and masks. Important to me is the ability to fix color shifts caused by less then perfect white balance. Perfectly Clear either makes my pictures better, or leaves them alone. Perfectly Clear by Athentech is a Photoshop or Lightroom plugin and a mobile app that just goes. People are always trying to get the me to think that they just invented the world's best and only magic software that just makes everything just look perfect, and I've finally found one that really works and saves me a lot of time. I've seen people peddling automatic photo correction software since the 1980s, when makers of photo minilabs all claimed to have better abilities than the next maker. If you have no mouse, here's the "after" picture:įor you mobile people without mice, this is the same file after automatic correction, all at default values.
( Canon 5D Mark III, Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L II, Auto ISO 100, auto white balance A4, f/2.8 at f/60, +4 saturation, 6 sharpening). Roll mouse over or tap to see results after Perfectly Clear fully-automatic correction at defaults. If you have no mouse, here's the "after" picture:įor you mobile people without mice, this is the same file after automatic correction, all at defaults except I checked the box for Tint Correction, also left at its default. ( Canon 6D, Canon EF 35mm f/1.4 L, Auto ISO 200, auto white balance, 1/125 at f/5). Roll mouse over or tap to see results after Perfectly Clear automatic correction. Ryan walking to school, 12/12/12, as-shot.
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