Final image after applying the “Wet Plate” filter and a few other small adjustments to give the image a vintage look. Exposure X5 allows several preview options including vertical and horizontal split-screen views, so you can quickly try out different effects. There are also new image flip options and support for grayscale TIFF and JPEG images. Newly added film presets in X5 include Ilford FP4 Plus, Ilford Pan F Plus, Kodak Recording 2475, and Polaroid Chocolate and there are now several new general editing presets such as “light and airy” and season inspired presets. Original capture before adjustments in Exposure X5.īut what we like most about Exposure are its over 500 customizable presets including a trove of film simulations from vibrantly colorful Fujfilm Velvia to classic black-and-white Agfa Scala. You’re also now able to assign custom camera profiles in X5, which is great if you have multiple camera bodies that each produce slightly different RAW image looks. Other handy new features in Exposure X5 include lens correction tools for reducing chromatic aberrations and vignettes.
#Adding preset in alienskin exposure 4 skin
This complex but powerful tool lets you, for instance, tweak skin tones in a portrait while leaving the rest of the shot untouched or adjust the color of a distant sunset while not affecting the foreground of the image. Primarily used for processing RAW images (but also compatible with JPEGs, TIFFs and other formats), Exposure X5 offers a buffet of creative editing tools including some excellent new features such as 3D color masking, which lets you select specific areas of an image to adjust hue, saturation and luminance.
#Adding preset in alienskin exposure 4 upgrade
One of our favorites is Exposure X5 from Exposure Software (formerly Alien Skin Software).Įxposure X5 is an excellent image editor you can purchase as a perpetual license for just $119 (or $89 as an upgrade from the previous version of Exposure). The good news is there are several cheaper but still solid alternatives to Lightroom that you can own outright for a one-time fee. Just the film emulsion presets are worth it.The imaging software landscape is still dominated by Adobe’s Lightroom and as much as we appreciate that ubiquitous editor and organizer, there are a few things we don’t like: namely, Adobe’s hefty subscription pricing. If you are looking for more choices in your editing, check it out. The image at top is the final result.Īlien Skin Exposure X4 is $119. This added grit to the image, and made it feel even more vintage. Once again I scrolled down the various options and chose a texture that I liked. Next, I added some texture to the shot to enhance the weathered feel of the truck. Now I had the bleached New Mexico sun I wanted. What is great is you can move the beams around and reduce their strength. Then I grabbed the circle point (where the sun beams originate from) and placed it to the side of the image on the right side. The list of options has really expanded in Exposure X4, so I chose a sun effect I liked. The screenshot above shows the image opened in Exposure X4.įirst, I decided to add a light effect. I did an ‘Auto’ edit in PS, along with adding some texture and saturation. I decided I wanted to enhance the morning sun and ‘abandoned’ feel of the image.
The sun was just coming up, so there was some nice light coming through the window of the truck. I found a abandoned truck and old sign in Tucumcari along the road.
Here is a simple edit I did in Exposure X4 for a Route 66 image from last week. Their list of presets has continued to grow, as well as the editing options offered. If you want your image to look like Fuji Velvia 50, just click on that action to get the effect. They made their mark by labeling some of their presets based on film emulsions. Now called Exposure X4, the program offers a host of features including non-destructive editing and database management. One editing package I have used for years is Alien Skin Exposure. Just as Adobe has improved their algorithms, so have other processing programs. But thankfully the math has improved behind many of the processes, and now you can get terrific results. Some plugins create pixelated over processed results. The biggest issue with plugins has been the quality of the final image. While you can do most everything in LR and PS, sometimes it is just nice to click a few button and call it good. There is a lot of great editing software out there these days.
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