LucisArt verses Lucis Pro
LucisArt Pro is currently under development. It will have many of the features of Lucis Pro 5.0. It is scheduled to be released in August 2008, and it will cost $595. Any purchase of LucisArt after January 1, 2007 will be given a $70 credit towards the purchase of LucisArt Pro provided that LucisArt Pro is purchased within 6 months of its release.
LucisArt Pro will have the processing power of Lucis Pro 5.0 plus it will have a large preview window, it will process 16-bit grayscale and RGB images. It will allow each RGB channel to be processed individually.
The Macintosh version of LucisArt Pro will run natively on the Intel Macintosh computers in Photoshop CS3 and the Windows version of LucisArt Pro will run in Photoshop CS3 on Windows XP and Vista computers.
LucisArt is an Adobe® Photoshop® plug-in. It is a "lite" version of Lucis Pro 5.0. The key differences are summarized in the table below. Click here to be connected to the Lucis Pro web site. |
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Lucis Pro 5.0 is stand-alone Windows® XP and 32-bit Windows Vista software. |
LucisArt is an Adobe® Photoshop® Plug-in for Windows® and Macintosh®. |
N/A. |
Compatible with CS2. The Macintosh version works using Rosetta with the Intel Macintosh computers. |
Processes 16 bit grayscale images, 8 bit RGB images. Not compatible with psd format. Works with tiff and jpg formats. |
8 bit RGB and grayscale images. Processes numerous formats including psd, jpg and tiff. |
Full access to image content using 2 sliders. Sliders may be altered in increments of 2 intensity levels. Typically 125 settings to enhance detail and 125 settings to smooth detail. Both sliders present at the same time creating approximately 15,000 sculpture settings. |
Supplies preset operations developed from Lucis Pro. Ten settings to enhance detail (the effects Exposure and Whyeth). A slider to smooth the image (the effect Winslow-125 settings). Detail enhancement and smoothing operation separate. Preset settings for Sculpture. |
| Option to increase or decrease the number of "scanlines." This allows the creation of "Plaid" images. It also lets you remove radial artifacts which occur when extreme smoothing of an image has been applied. |
Preset Plaid special effect. No capability to remove radial artifacts which can occur when extreme smoothing of an image has been applied. |
Option to process each RGB channel separately (multi-luminance processing). Easy-to-use user Interface shows the grayscale information in each channel and the results of processing each channel. |
Only single luminance channel operation. Layers can be used to process each channel separately but this is a time-consuming, hit-or-miss process. |
A new image is created each time Lucis processing is used. |
LucisArt processing overwrites the original image. You can use layers to duplicate the image prior to processing. |
The Mix function lets you add and subtract any two images of the same size and type. |
A Mix slider that lets you add a percentage of the original image to the LucisArt image. |
Batch processing in single-luminance channel mode. |
N/A |
Image resize, print, rotate, copy, paste and other functions. |
N/A- handled by Photoshop. |
Synchronize mode scales and moves all open images making it easy to compare images. |
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$595 US |
$169 US for the downloadable version, $199 plus shipping for the CD. |
