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Technical overview

Topic	Details
Filters included	Auto Contrast Bright to Opaque Bright to Opaque White Brightness/Contrast Custom Dark to Opaque Dark to Opaque Black Fill Fill Opaque Fill Transparent Gaussian Blur Invert Limit Noise Posterize Unsharp Mask
Supported Image modes	Supports both 8-bit and 16-bit color depth. Supports RGB, CMYK, grayscale, duotone and LAB color modes. Supports selection masks. Supports image resolution of over 32.000 x 32.000..
Scripting support	Smart Objects - Use AlphaToys™ and ordinary Photoshop™ filters together and change filter settings at any time. Actions - Record AlphaToys filters in actions or macro's. Batch processing - Apply AlphaToys filters automatically to multiple images; ideal for processing large numbers of movie stills. Scripting - Programmatically call the AlphaToys filters in your own scripts (depends on graphics application).
Quality & performance	Native support for CMYK and LAB color modes; no internal conversions. Native support for 16-bit color depth. Multithreading support for any number of processors and cores (for Gaussian Blur, Unsharp Mask and Custom filters).
User interface	User interfaces use standard controls. No frills, no gimmicks. No user interface for filters without settings (about half of them). Integrates with the standard user interface conventions of graphics applications. All controls easily accessible from a single window. Resizable to full screen for bigger preview. Size remembered between sessions for each individual filter. Zoom into and out of the image. Accurate and reliable preview at any zoom level. Remembers window size and position.
Help	Complete help system using Windows™-standard HTML Help format, accessible from within the plug-ins or a special "Help" filter.. Automatic tooltips for most controls, so you get all the information you need instantly. Context sensitive help browses to the right information automatically; no need to search through the manual yourself.

System requirements

Operating system: Windows 95 or above (including all versions of NT, 2000+, XP, Vista™ and Windows 7).
32-bits operating system or 64-bits operating system running a 32-bit graphics application.
Processor: Intel, AMD of VIA x86 compatible, 80486 or newer.
Memory: 128MB or more. Recommended at least 1GB.
Harddisk: 20MB of free disk space or more. Additional disk space required if installed for multiple graphics applications.
Screen color-depth: 24 bit or better.
Screen resolution: 1024 × 768 or higher.

Our plug-ins work with all major graphics applications for Windows.

Adobe™ Photoshop (32-bit only), Photoshop Elements, ImageReady, Illustrator™, PhotoDeLuxe and After Effects™.
Corel™ Paint Shop Pro™ (formerly by JASC™), Painter™ (formerly by MetaCreations), PhotoPaint and Bryce.
Macromedia Freehand and Fireworks™
ACD Systems Canvas™ (formerly by Deneba™) and Photo Editor
ULead PhotoImpact™ and GIF Animator
Serif PhotoPlus
Xara
Satori PhotoXL
Right Hemisphere Deep Paint
Equilibrium DeBabelizer Pro
...and many others. Click here for a full list of compatible graphics applications.

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Technical overview

System requirements

Our plug-ins work with all major graphics applications for Windows.