Re: [Digital BW] Re: Two "new" GREAT Photoshop Filter Picks...
2002-09-06 by Editor P.O.V. Image Service
jimhayes361 wrote: >--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Editor P.O.V. Image >Service" <editor@p...> wrote: > > > > > >>The second product I first heard of, I believe, through Jerry Olson. >> >> > > > >>Right now I am evaluating it prefatory to a full review, but I have >> >> >to > > >>say I AM impressed. It's called Buzz Pro 2.0 and has a series of >>filters that in some sense simplify raster images, similarly to the >> >> >way > > >>Adobe Streamline would in converting them to vector format. In this >>case, the images remain raster images though. >> >> > >One question prior to trying out: Will it work on greyscale, not just >RGB files? I'd expect speed to be faster on a greyscale? >Jim H. > > > > Well, I was going to cover those issues in a fuller review, since I'm not the vendor, nor do I, in ANY way, represent them.. The filters work natively ONLY on RGB images.. Although one can convert to RGB, appply them and return to Greyscale, etc, the downside is that running them in RGB greatly increases the necessary memory... If you want to do a quick download, I'd suggest the Buzz Lite 2.0 download, as I find myself using combinations of their "Simplifier One" and "Edges Mono" filters most often.. Keith [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]