COMPANY: Shapiro Consulting Group | URL: www.asiva.com | TYPE: Plug-in | PLATFORM: Mac, Windows | PRICE: $69
		Asiva Sharpen+Soften gives the user the most control over sharpening or softening areas of an image than any other plug-in on the market. No masks are necessary when using the Hue, Saturation and Luminance curves to select which pixels in the image you would like to sharpen or soften. The almost infinite ability to change these curves also leaves you with natural effects. * All 16-bit per component processing gives you 256 times the bandwidth and precision of 8-bit. * Sharpen or Soften precisely, without time-consuming masks. * Flexible control over how shifting or gaining is applied to an image using adjustable maps (curves) on the Hue, Saturation and Luminance components. Control the roll-off on the maps so all effects appears completely natural. * Apply Sharpen or Soften to HSL/RGB or HSL/CMYK components of the image, individually or in any combination. * Control not only the distribution but also the quality and quantity of the effects applied. * Built-in Color Sampler Tool allows for accurate sampling of the colors in the image that the filter is to be applied. * A simple interface and a thorough manual make for a sensible learning curve. Theory of Operation * Define the source colors you wish to operate on using the built in Hue, Saturation and Luminance (HSV) curves or maps. Sampling the colors in the area/s or an image you wish to affect with the built in Color Sampler Tool is a simple way of selecting these values. * Adjusting the curves in the maps allows you to include or exclude certain H or S or V (Luminance) values from softening or sharpening. * The slope of the curves will define how softening or sharpening is transitioned. A near vertical line on your Map will create defined boundaries between where the Operation is applied and is not, and a gently sloped curve on the Map will make the boundaries less defined or ‘feathered’. * As there are three maps (Hue, Saturation and Luminance) to work with, you will be able to 'feather' those boundaries based on their Hue, Saturation or Luminance value differences. The Softening or Sharpening Operation may then be applied to HSV/RGB or HSV/CMYK components of the image, or Photoshop selections.