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At least try compressed PNG - not lossy. Not as small as JPG, but can be quite a bit smaller than BMP. I use the ALL filtering option which almost always results in the smallest filesize. I've also had good luck with the lossless JPEG2000 - though that requires that a viewer have a JPEG2K plugin for...

Before there was digital darkroom there were image-bending photographers. This is a continuation of that. I thought it was good then, and am diggin' it now.

Good stuff!

I was putzing about last night with an outdoor shot of a couple of hikers, a torso shot with a great foliage and rock backdrop. The lady had some odd reflections in the otherwise shadowy area around her neck, so I placed my analysis rectangle there and processed only the areas of her that were not c...

PNG with its six filtered/compressed options (as long as you are in 24-bit or less) is nice too : }

Might not hurt to look at a couple photoshop actions that are already out there for this. I'm sure you could improve on them and in plugin format. What I've often done when seeing, for example, backlit tree branches, is to find the average color value for the flares, and then for the sky around them...

I also should mention that I appreciated the nearly instantaneous and courteous reply to my query yesterday, Vlad : }

Here's what I'm saying in the Ulead PhotImpact forum, along with a couple of links to an example image set: http://phpbb.ulead.com.tw/EN/viewtopic.php?p=4844#4844

Seems the other major trouble for prosumer/sub-SLR enthusiasts these days is purple-fringing or some variant, with more of these cameras stuffing greater-ranged lenses and more megapixels onto a smaller sensor space.

Sure would love to see the same ease of use and quality results for this purpose!

I've been running the Neat Image Home+ 4.4 plugin through its paces in PhotoImpact 10 - I'm thrilled with the speed and the results! Great program, haven't found any bugs yet after a fair amount of changing things and around 100 images from a variety of sources. Even scans from old newspaprer clippi...