Press Release: Alien Skin Software Ships Eye Candy 5: Impact
Raleigh, NC (July 12, 2005)—Alien Skin
Software today announced the release of Eye Candy®
5:
Impact (Impact), a set of 10 plug-in filters
for Adobe® Photoshop® and other compatible
host
programs. Impact creates chrome, bevels,
glass buttons, perspective shadows, and more. The third
of
three upgrades to Eye Candy 4000, Impact
features three new filters—Backlight, Brushed Metal
and
Extrude—and seven reincarnated Eye
Candy classics. Graphic designers, digital photographers,
and
Web content creators will appreciate
Impact’s versatile and beautifully rendered
effects.
Backlight projects dramatic light beam
and spotlight effects from behind any selection.
NEW
Bevel carves and embosses, creating buttons
and eye-catching text with custom bevel shapes
and
surface textures.
Brushed Metal simulates textured metal surfaces
such as brushed aluminum and polished brass.
NEW
Chrome creates a reflective, embossed
effect, simulating chrome, liquid metal and other
shiny
surfaces.
Extrude
gives 2D objects a classic 3-D look, adding thickness and perspective.
NEW
Glass renders a colorful, gel layer over
selections and makes great translucent
buttons.
Gradient Glow creates soft glows or
hard outlines around any selection, including subtle single
color
effects and complex
gradients.
Motion Trail creates the illusion of
rapid movement, even in a curved
line.
Perspective Shadow renders an easy-to-use
array of drop, perspective and cast
shadows.
Super Star generates a wide variety of
shapes, including stars, flowers and
gears.
Version 5 refines the features of Eye
Candy 4000 and supports the latest digital imaging
innovations.
Impact uses familiar keyboard
shortcuts and is scriptable with Photoshop actions. Presets provide
over
200 quick and easy effects. An improved
settings management system makes it easier to
browse,
share and add presets. Impact works
with 16-bit and CMYK images. So color transitions are
smoother,
with less banding, and print
documents reproduce colors more accurately. Unlimited undo and
redo
make experimentation painless, while
context-sensitive help addresses user
questions.
Impact is the third Eye Candy 5
plug-in collection. The first, Eye Candy 5: Textures, was released
in
2004 and produces a variety of seamless
textures such as snake and lizard skin, fur, brick, stone
and
wood. Eye Candy 5: Nature followed in 2004
and creates fire, smoke, rust, ice, snow and
more.
Pricing and Availability: The estimated
street price for Impact is $99. Registered users of other
Alien
Skin Software products receive discount
pricing when ordering direct. Online delivery is available
at
the Alien Skin Web site:
http://www.alienskin.com. Impact is also available worldwide through
stores,
catalogs and
resellers.
Host Requirements: Impact is a
plug-in; it must be used with one of the following: Adobe Photoshop
7
or later (including CS 2), Adobe Photoshop
Elements 2 or later, Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004
or
later, Jasc Paint Shop Pro 8 or later, or
CADlink SignLab 7.5.
System Requirements:
Windows users must have at least a 1 GHz Pentium III processor, 256 MB
RAM
and Windows 2000 or Windows XP. Macintosh
users must have at least a 500 MHz PowerPC
G3
processor, 256 MB RAM and Mac OS X 10.2.6 or
later (including Tiger).
Makers of
award-winning plug-ins since 1994, Alien Skin Software writes and sells filters
that users love.
Copyright © 2005 Alien
Skin Software, LLC. All rights reserved. Alien Skin Software is a trademark of,
and Eye Candy is a registered
trademark of
Alien Skin Software, LLC. All other trademarks are properties of their
respective owners. We will never wear suits.
Posted: Tue - July 12, 2005 at 10:51 AM