COMPANY: PixPlant/FaronStudio | URL: www.pixplant.com | TYPE: Plugin | PLATFORM: Windows | PRICE: $99 (promo)
					Above: Original full-frame source image Below: Seamless tiling created with PixPlant
		PixPlant is a smart texturing tool that creates high quality seamless textures from plain photos. Based on ubiquitous photos, PixPlant will add an unlimited choice of realistic textures for your projects: Just pick an interesting photo, run PixPlant and get a perfect seamless texture. Why PixPlant? A good photo of a surface can invoke feelings and in a certain sense "tell its story". Think about a photo of an old wall with cracked paint, of the rust on a corroded metal door, of an old wood bench marked with decades of wind. However the very thing that can make realistic photos so dramatic - their detail and "realism", is often an obstacle when you need to apply them to particular situations, say when you need a tileable version 1024x1024 or a horizontal background image of 4000x2000. The problem with realistic photos is that one is in a sense trapped by its characteristics: size and proportions, whether it can be tiled or not... The motivation behind PixPlant was to create a way to transform realistic images into useful textures, preserving the beauty and drama of the source photo. PixPlant Benefits Save Texturing Time PixPlant reduces to almost zero the time and repetitive work of preparing tiling textures and backgrounds. Diversify your Textures: With PixPlant you can quickly turn photos into usable textures, adding realism, variety and value to your projects. Benefits for 3D visualization, architecture and games •Quickly create unique seamless textures, horizontally and/or vertically tiled. •Based on real-life photos, PixPlant generates realistic textures without the complication of procedural texture generation tools. •Avoid repeated texture surfaces by creating larger textures with less repetition. For graphics and multimedia design •A creative "image alchemy" tool: Create high resolution, high quality images with the same characteristics as the photo sources. •Easily create unique images that can be used as backgrounds, patterns or brushes. •Expand or complete existing images by adding detail from themselves or from other images. PixPlant includes the following features: •Create textures from almost any photo, thanks to advanced straightening and seed pattern controls. •Highly automated with most textures created in 1-4 clicks. And high performance with usually a few seconds per texture. •Generate complete images or refine and expand existing ones. Out-select parts of the seed image for fine grain control. •Carefully designed easy-to-use interface with interactive help and fullscreen tiling preview. •Available as a standalone application and as a plug-in for Photoshop and compatible applications. Free Public Domain and Commerical Use Allowed seed images for PixPlant are available on the developer's website to get you started immediately. PixPlant is available as Electronic Software Download. After your order is processed a personal registration code will be immediately provided, with complete instructions on how to access the private download area. PixPlant is also available for physical delivery in a CD version at a small extra fee.