Fisheye-Hemi Plug-in Reinvents
Fisheye Image Correction
New company Image Trends,
Inc. harnesses skills and knowledge of former Applied
Science Fiction talent
Professional
Photographer Online, October 30, 2006
Press Release—Image Trends, the provider
of innovative digital imaging tools, has announced the
Fisheye-Hemi Plug-In. This Adobe Photoshop Plug-in 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 that 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 fish-eye 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 fish-eye lenses on APS sized DSLR sensors
and fish-eye adapters on point-and-shoot cameras. Fisheye-Hemi
creates an aesthetically pleasing and natural view of
the image using this inventive mapping technology. |
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The fish-eye
lens provides a unique way of viewing the world. Fisheye-Hemi
allows the photographer to use a fish-eye lens to photograph
scenes that include people—like weddings, portraiture,
sports and events—without fear of the unattractive
bulbous look of an uncorrected fish-eye capture.
Image Trends has a try before you buy policy. Individuals
are encouraged to download a free trial version (watermarks
the image) from the Web site www.ImageTrendsInc.com.
The Fisheye-Hemi Plug-In is available for secure purchase
on-line for $29.95 US.
"When we put this company together our goal was
to reassemble the core group of founders and employees
of the former Applied Science Fiction Company, to utilize
their vast knowledge and development skills in bringing
inventive new imaging products to market," said
Dan Sullivan, president and CEO of Image Trends, Inc.
"This announcement confirms that this group can
get a product to market quickly, launching our company
into the realm of inventive digital imaging companies.
This product is from the mind of our Chief Scientist,
Dr. Albert Edgar, the holder of over 80 U.S. patents
and the recipient of the PMDA Technical Achievement
Award in 2003, and an accomplished wedding photographer.
Fisheye-Hemi is the first of many new products that
are planned for 2007 and beyond.”
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