![]() ![]() ![]() Professional Web designers, graphic artists and photographers - as well as hobbyists - will enjoy more creativity, control and power. Completely rewritten and now compatible with Mac OS X and Windows XP, Xenofex 2 gives designers four new filters, 10 upgraded classics and the user-friendly Eye Candy 4000 interface. Many years ago I wrote a review of Xenofex 1 and have used it ever since.Raleigh, NC (April 2, 2003) - Alien Skin Software LLC today announced the immediate availability of Xenofex 2, a plug-in offering 14 more phenomenal effects for Photoshop, Fireworks, Paint Shop Pro, and Photoshop Elements. I have reviewed a number of other Alien Skin software products and have been very happy with them. When I realized that there was a new version, Xenofex 2, I wanted to review it. There are 14 filters in Xenofex 2 four are completely new and 10 are totally rewritten from Xenofex 1. The new filters are: Burnt Edges, Classic Mosaic, Cracks, and Rip Open. The rewritten filters are: Constellation, Crumple, Electrify, Flag, Lightning, Little Fluffy Clouds, Puzzle, Shatter, Stain, and Television. I will be giving examples of how these filters work as well as discussing them. I tested this program on both the Windows XP platform as well as on Vista Ultimate although I did the majority of work on the former platform. I used Adobe Photoshop CS3 as the host program in both. It installed perfectly on both platforms. Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0.1 or later.Īccording to the company, Xenofex 2 must be used with one of the following host programs: This is taken from Alien Skin Software's website.*Adobe Fireworks compatibility note: Due to bugs in Fireworks’ support for Live Effects, we do not support using Alien Skin plug-ins as Live Effects in Fireworks CS3. Filters can be launched from Fireworks’ filter menu without problems."Īlien Skin has modernized the interface and made it more user friendly. They have, also, added more flexibility to the filters. While the difference in the filters cannot be seen from the above image, one can tell that there are more variations possible with Xenofex 2 than there were with Xenofex 1. The above shows the stain filter using the coffee preset as a default. The default for the Xenofex 2 preset has the stain having an irregular edge while in Xenofex 1 it had a straight edge. To show how three of the filters work in Xenofex 2, I used Stain with the ring effect selected, Crumple, and the new Burnt Edges. However, they were not built on top of each other in the program but had to be done one at a time.Īdding lightning to an image can look very artificial. Xenofex 2 has improved how it creates lightning. It can be created on its own layer so that it can be manipulated afterwards if desired. Also, the beginning and ending points of the lightning can be designated. There are many controls to use to create and fine tune the bolt of lightning. The following are screen captures of some of the many choices to create lightning. ![]() This filter has been tremendously improved since Xenofex 1 and I found it gave very realistic results. The Electrify filter radiates from the image. It can radiate from the whole image or from the center of the image. I would have liked it if there had been a control to just radiate it from the top, side, or back of the image. You can take an image and turn it into a constellation of stars with the Constellation filter. I like it because I could make my own star constellations in the sky. One can also add a few stars to an image and have them sparkle simulating points of light. The Little Fluffy Clouds filter can turn a nothing sky into an interesting sky. Once again, there are many controls available including sky colors and cloud colors. With the sky, you can choose the colors for both the zenith and the horizon. ![]() You can, also, take the colors from another image. The last two filters I will show are two of the new ones - Cracks and Classic Mosaic It can give some interesting effects to an image.
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