By Shutterbug Staff

November 28, 2006 — Image Trends has announced the Fisheye-Hemi Plug-In. This Adobe Photoshop Plug-in compatible filter renders an aesthetically pleasing and natural view of people. Human faces and bodies are natural and undistorted, even on the edges. Fisheye-Hemi corrects the extreme distortion of people, which is common with rectilinear methods. Fisheye-Hemi preserves more of the original resolution, displays the intended composition and framing as seen in the viewfinder, and straightens vertical lines.

This Photoshop plug-in filter is optimized to be fully automatic with full frame hemispheric fisheye lens images. Full frame fisheye is defined as conforming to the industry standard “equal area projection”, mounted on a camera resulting in an image that covers 180 degrees diagonally. The use of Photoshop tools, as outlined on the Web site www.ImageTrendsInc.com, will allow the user to create actions to automatically correct for other camera and lens combinations, such as legacy fisheye lenses on APS sized DSLR sensors and fisheye adapters on point and shoot cameras. Fisheye-Hemi creates an aesthetically pleasing and natural view of the image using this inventive mapping technology.

The fisheye lens provides a unique way of viewing the world, with Fisheye-Hemi the photographer now has a new way to capture, share and sell incremental images. Any time people appear in a scene, such as in weddings, portraiture, sports, and events, a fisheye lens now can be a valuable addition. The photographer can now use the fisheye lens for underwater, commercial, product and fine art photography and be confident of their results.

Image Trends has a try before you buy policy, individuals are encouraged to download a free trial version (watermarks the image – do not save) from the Web site www.ImageTrendsInc.com. The Fisheye-Hemi Plug-In is available for secure purchase on-line for $29.95 US.

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