AKVIS Chameleon Plug-in: Photo collages in a few clicks
Creating photo collages can be a lot of fun. Especially if you use AKVIS Chameleon. This ingenious software makes the process easy and entertaining. As the name of the program suggests, the plug-in pastes a copied object into a picture in such a way that the object adapts to the new color range and blends with the background, the way chameleons do. The tool does not require precise selection of the copied object and can be helpful to home users who are not very experienced in image editing. You can create customized postcards for your loved ones; make a wedding album using all kinds of photos and backgrounds; correct closed eyes (by implanting open eyes from another photo of the series), change the appearance of a person, etc. Check the Tutorial page at http://akvis.com to get a dozen of original ideas. Designers will appreciate this tool as it allows them to combine images with entirely different color ranges or to create the effect of drawing on a texture surface (crumpled paper, wood, etc), and all that with only a mouse-click. The new version of AKVIS Chameleon fixes the bugs on Macintosh and the bug that caused the program to crash on images with certain size. Besides, the Help files now show how to work with the program in Paint Shop Pro, Corel Photo-Paint and Ulead Photoimpact. Earlier there was only an instruction on working in Adobe Photoshop. AKVIS Chameleon is compatible with Adobe Photoshop and Photoshop Elements, Paint Shop Pro, Ulead PhotoImpact, Corel Photo-paint and other popular software. Chameleon V. 4.3 for Windows runs on Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. For a free trial, AKVIS offers 10 days of fully functional use. The users who tried the previous version of Chameleon and have their version expired, now have the opportunity to test the software again. Registered users of previous versions of AKVIS Chameleon can upgrade to V.4.3 for free.
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