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Contents

1 The Stats
2 Description
- 2.1 The 55mm set of plug-ins includes
3 Press Releases
4 Reviews
5 55mm Support Forum

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The Stats

Developer: Digital Film Tools
Version: 7.0 (released Nov 13, 2006)
Platforms: Macintosh, Windows, Irix
Host Applications: Adobe Photoshop 5.5 and above, Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 and above, Jasc Paint Shop Pro, Ulead PhotoImpact, Adobe Photoshop Compatible Applications (Windows), Adobe After Effects 5.0 or above, Apple Final Cut Pro 3.0 or above, Apple Motion, Avid Editing Systems, Adobe After Effects Compatible Programs, Discreet Combustion, Eyeon Digital Fusion, Discreet Flint, Flame, Inferno, Smoke and Fire
Compatibility with After Effects 7 and Mac Universal Binary

This Product has been Discontinued Now part of Tiffen Dfx Digital Filter Suite

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Description

55mm is the definitive set of digital optical filters meant to simulate popular glass camera filters, specialized lenses, optical lab processes, film grain, matte generation, exacting color correction as well as natural light and photographic effects--all in a controlled digital environment with either 8 or 16 bits per channel processing.

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The 55mm set of plug-ins includes

Black Mist - The Black Mist filter creates atmosphere by reducing contrast, but with minimal glow around highlights.

Black & White - Black and White converts color images to black and white simulating the look of Black and White photographic filters.

Bleach Bypass - Bleach Bypass is a film laboratory technique where, by skipping the bleach stage in the color processing sequence, silver is retained in the image along with the color dyes. The result is effectively a black and white image superimposed on a color image. Bleach Bypass images have increased contrast, reduced saturation, often giving a pastel effect.

Center Spot - Diffuses and blurs distracting backgrounds while keeping a center spot in focus. The center spot can be moved, sized and the amount of blur can be controlled.

Color Correct - Color Correct manipulates red, green and blue values of the overall image and separately in user definable shadow, midtone and highlight areas. Hue, Saturation, Brightness, Contrast and Gamma controls allow for further control.

Color Compensating - Color Compensating filters control color by attenuating specific parts of the spectrum. They can be used to make changes in color balance or compensate for deficiencies in the image's spectral quality.

Color Conversion - Color Conversion filters correct for significant differences in color temperature between your light source and recording media.

Color Grad - Color Grad colors and or darkens only a portion of the image giving you the ability to simulate any Color Grad or ND (Neutral Density) Grad filter. Presets for your favorite color grad filters are provided as well as the ability to create custom colors. There is a graduated transition for a smooth color blend between the colored/darkened portion and the original image. Color Grad is especially good for changing and enhancing the color of the sky.

Color Temperature - Color temperature is a way to characterize the spectral properties of a light source. Low color temperature implies warmer (more yellow/red) light, while high color temperature implies a colder (more blue) light. Presets for a number of different light sources and conditions are provided in degrees Kelvin, the standard unit of measure for color temperature.

Cross Processing - Cross-processing is a photographic technique where print film (C41) is processed in the set of chemicals usually used to process slide film (E6) or vice versa. The final result yields images with oddly skewed colors and increased contrast and saturation. Different film stocks produce different results, so we have created what we feel is a representative look.

Day for Night - Day for Night simulates a technique used for shooting exteriors in daylight made to look like they were photographed at night. Typically, it involves underexposing by two to two-and-a-half stops and using a filter to provide a tint, that is often a lavender-blue, as it mimics twilight and appears to emulate the mood of moonlight.

Defocus - Defocus replicates a true camera defocus by blooming highlights as the image is blurred.

Defog - Using advanced deweathering algorithms, Defog restores clear day contrasts and colors of a scene taken in bad weather such as fog and mist. It is also successful in removing the effects of optical Fog and Diffusion filters.

Diffusion - Diffusion creates atmosphere by reducing contrast while creating a glow around highlights or shadows. It simulates diffusion and fog filters as well as glows. In addition, a pre-built texture library allows you to add realistic diffusion to scenes as if you were adding diffusion directly to your camera lens.

Dual Tint - Dual Tint applies two tints to the image which are blended together with an adjustable gradient.

Enhancing - The saturation of reds, oranges and rust browns are isolated and enhanced with minimal effect on other colors. This filter is frequently used to capture strongly saturated fall foliage, but is also ideal for faded barns, earth colored rock formations and architecture where red, orange and brown need to be boosted and enhanced.

Fast Blur - Can you guess what this one does? That's right, it blurs the image with individual horizontal and vertical controls. It's fast, high quality and blurs outside the frame which removes the dark inward bleeding edges of most blurs.

Faux Film - The Faux Film filter gives video the look of film. It reduces contrast, creates a soft mist around highlights and adds film grain.

Fluorescent - The fluorescent filter removes the greenish tone caused by photographing under fluorescent lights.

Fog - Using advanced weathering algorithms, the Fog filter creates a soft, misty atmosphere over the image and glows highlights.

F-Stop - F-Stop manipulates red, green and blue values of the overall image and separately in user definable shadow, midtone and highlight areas using F-Stops as the unit of measure. In camera terminology, F-Stops measure the size of the lens opening, otherwise known as aperture. Each F-Stop is twice as bright as the next and is calculated using a logarithmic scale.

GamColor Gels - Photographers, cinematographers and lighting designers use colored filters or gels in front of lights. Whether they want to create a romantic moonlit setting or a vicious, angry fight, they have the colors they need to achieve the effect. DFT has created digital equivalents to the lighting gels created by GAMPRODUCTS, INC. and these same exact colors can now be applied to the entire image or inside a gradient. These three GAM plug-ins contain digital gels from the GamColor, CineFilters and Naked Cosmetics collections.

Gels - Photographers, cinematographers and lighting designers use colored filters or gels in front of lights. Whether they want to create a romantic moonlit setting or a vicious, angry fight, they have the colors they need to achieve the effect. DFT has created digital equivalents to these lighting gels and these same exact colors can now be applied to the entire image or inside a gradient.

Glow - The Glow filter creates glows around selected areas of the image.

Gold Reflector - One of the oldest and still most popular means of lighting a set is by taking a reflective surface and redirecting sunlight or artificial light exactly where it is needed. Unfortunately, it is nearly impossible for actors to keep their eyes open when looking into a reflector resulting in a lot of squinting eyes. The digital reflector allows you to add gold light into shadow areas without the squinting.

Grain - Grain simulates film grain with individual control of red, green, and blue grain size and intensity. In addition, a Film Response parameter allows the adjustment of where you will see grain in the image.

Halo - Halo causes dark areas to glow into bright areas and bright areas to glow into dark areas along with a bit of diffusion.

Infra-Red - The Infrared filter simulates the effect of infrared photography by making the image black and white and blooming highlights.

Lens Distortion - Lens Distortion corrects for pin-cushioning and barrel distortion of camera lenses. It is also useful for creating the look of a wide angle lens or placing the image into a television set.

Light! - Light! can be added into scene where none existed before just as if you were adding a light at the time of shooting. Relying on special selection techniques, isolation of specific parts of the image is quick and easy. Once isolated, light or shadow is introduced. In addition, a pre-built light library that includes windows, doors, leaves and abstract patterns allow you to add realistic lighting and shadow to scenes.

Light Balancing - Light Balancing filters correct for minor differences in color temperature between your light source and recording media.

Low Contrast - Low Contrast spreads highlights into darker areas, lowers contrast and keeps bright areas bright.

Mist - The Mist filter creates atmosphere by reducing contrast while creating a glow around highlights.

Mono Tint - Mono Tint converts color images to black and white while applying a color tint.

ND Grad - The ND or Neutral Density Grad darkens only a portion of the image using a graduated transition between the darkened portion and the original image. It selectively adjusts brightness without affecting color balance. The most likely use for the ND Grad would be to balance the difference between the sky and the ground.

Night Vision - The Night Vision filter creates the effect of a Night Vision lens--that green, glowy, grainy look.

Overexpose - Overexpose simulates the overexposure that occurs when a film camera is stopped.

Ozone - The Ozone filter allows you to manipulate the color of an image with incredible flexibility and accuracy. Inspired by Ansel Adams Zone System for still photography, DFT has created "The Digital Zone System". The Digital Zone System takes the spectrum of image values and divides them into 11 discrete zones, using proprietary image slicing algorithms. Each zone is twice as bright as the previous zone, proceeding from black towards white. With Ozone, the color, brightness, contrast and gamma of each zone can be independently adjusted until you=92ve painted a new picture. Your adjustments occur on a zone by zone basis, but you view the result of all color corrections simultaneously.

Photo Filters - The most complete line of Kodak AE filters for photographic uses is available in the form of gelatin films and are known as Wratten=AE Gelatin Filters. Photographic Filters are digital equivalents of the Wratten set and were created using the spectral transmission curves for each optical filter.

Polarizer - The greatest use of polarizing filters is to achieve a darkened, deep blue sky. Our digital version of the Polarizer is designed to do just that. Through the use of a selection and an adjustable gradient, the color of the sky can be adjusted.

Printer Points - Printer Points manipulate the red, green and blue values of the overall image and separately in user definable shadow, midtone and highlight areas using motion picture laboratory printer points as the unit of measure.

Rosco Gels - Photographers, cinematographers and lighting designers use colored filters or gels in front of lights. Whether they want to create a romantic moonlit setting or a vicious, angry fight, they have the colors they need to achieve the effect. DFT has created digital equivalents to the lighting gels created by Rosco and these same exact colors can now be applied to the entire image or inside a gradient. These four Rosco plug-ins contains gels from the Calcolor, Cinegels, Cinelux and Storaro Selection.

Selection - Selections can be used to manipulate, isolate and protect specific parts of an image when making adjustments or applying filters. Using advanced image slicing algorithms, selections are created using luminance, hue, saturation, average, red, green, blue, cyan, magenta, and yellow values.

Selective Color Correct - Colors can be selectively isolated through the use of a selection and adjusted using Hue, Saturation, Brightness, Gamma, Contrast, Red, Green, and Blue controls.

Selective Saturation - The saturation of the image can be adjusted independently in the shadows, midtones and highlights.

Selective Soft Focus - Selective areas of Soft Focus can be added into a scene by isolating and blurring only a portion of the image.

Skin Smoother - Skin Smoother softens wrinkles and blemishes producing smooth skin textures while retaining detail in larger features such as the eyes, nose and mouth.

Silver Reflector - One of the oldest and still most popular means of lighting a set is by taking a reflective surface and redirecting sunlight or artificial light exactly where it is needed. Unfortunately, it is nearly impossible for actors to keep their eyes open when looking into a reflector resulting in a lot of squinting eyes. Digital reflectors allow you to add light into shadow areas without the squinting.

Soft Effects - Soft Effects diffuses the image in such a way that minimizes facial imperfections while retaining overall clarity.

Star - Star patterns are generated on highlights in the image.

Streaks - The Streaks filter creates horizontal or vertical streaks around highlights in the image.

Sunset/Twilight - Sunset/Twilight applies three tints to the image which are blended together with a gradient.

Temperature - Temperature manipulates the temperature, cyan/magenta and brightness values of the overall image and separately in user definable shadow, midtone and highlight areas.

Tint - Tints the entire image with a selected color.

Ultra Contrast - Ultra Contrast lowers contrast evenly throughout the image by brightening shadow areas and darkening highlights. It is useful for correcting dark foreground subjects due to strong backlighting as well as highlights that are slightly washed out.

Vignette - A vignette, or soft fade, is a popular photographic effect where the photo gradually fades into the background, usually in an oval or square shape. The vignette can be any color as well as thrown out of focus.

Warm/Cool - Warm/Cool adjusts the color temperature of the scene to be either warmer or cooler.

Warm Mist - The Warm Mist filter creates atmosphere by reducing contrast while creating a warm glow around highlights.

Chromatic Aberration - Chromatic aberration is caused by a lens having a different refractive index for different wavelengths of light and is seen as fringes of color around the edges of the image. This fringing is removed by un-distorting the individual color channels.

Color Infrared - Color Infrared simulates infrared filters used in conjunction with infrared sensitive film or sensors to produce very interesting false-color images with a dreamlike or sometimes lurid appearance.

Cool Mist - The Cool Mist filter creates atmosphere by reducing contrast and glowing highlights in combination with a cooling filter.

Defringe - Purple or blue fringing around overexposed areas is a result of sensor overloading in video as well as digital still cameras. Defringe isolates and removes the various types of color fringing.

Edge Glow - Edge Glow isolates lines and edges in an image and then adds glow only to these areas resulting in a stylized look.

Fog - The Fog filter creates a soft, misty atmosphere over the image and glows highlights.

Old Photo - Images are treated to look like a variety of historical photographic processes including Cyanotype, Kallitype, Light Cyan, Palladium, Platinum, Sepia, Silver, Silver Gelatin and Van Dyck.

Pencil - Pencil converts your image to a pencil sketch.

Split Tone - Shadows, midtones and highlights can be individually tinted with the Split tone filter.

Three Strip - Known and celebrated for it ultra-realistic, saturated levels of color, the Technicolor Three Strip process was commonly used for musicals, costume pictures and animated films. It was created by photographing three black and white strips of film each passing through red, green and blue filters on the camera lens and then recombining them in the printing process. Our Three Strip filter was created under the direction of Academy Award Winning Visual Effects Supervisor Rob Legato.

Two Strip - The Technicolor Two Strip process was the first stab at producing color motion pictures and consisted of simultaneously photographing two black and white images using red and green filters. This look creates an odd but pleasing hand-painted look where faces appear normal and green takes on a blue-green quality, while the sky and all things blue appear cyan. Our Two Strip filter was created under the direction of Academy Award Winning Visual Effects Supervisor Rob Legato