Photoshop plugins & filters - Transcendental

Photo shop plug ins & filters - Transcendental

A set of filters to transform colors using waves and pulses of a predetermined angle, amplitude, and frequency. In the free version, all filters are set to the angle of 0 degrees and the amplitude of 1.0 in all three channels. The frequencies are set differently for each channel: red = 2, green = 3, blue = 4.

Eight different transforms are included in the free version, twice as many in the Pro version. They are simply marked 1 - 16. Many options are available for each transform: It can be used either as a wave or as a pulse, with regular or reverse polarity, and it can apply a diagonal mirror.

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Here are just four examples of what you can do with transcendental filters:

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The beauty of these filters is that while the transforms produce a radical change in the appearance of an image, these changes are all natural. By that I mean, the changes are a result of common mathematical relationships applied to the channels of each color and nothing else. The transformation of each pixel depends on the color of that pixel alone, not on neighboring pixels as is often the case.

Why is that important? Because it means the transformed image is still an acurate representation of reality (at least in the case of photographs). It is a different representation from what we normally perceive, but just as real. Our perception of reality is filtered by the "wiring" of our brain. If we were wired differently, we might perceive reality differently. These filters effectively "re-wire" our brains and allow us to extend the way we perceive reality.

The Transcendental family of filters allow us to find hidden details within an image. For example, it is ideally suited for various applications of scientific imaging, including the analysis of images of the outer space, X-rays in medical diagnosis, forensic analysis of pictures taken at a crime scene, or finding a subtle, but potentially deadly, material fault in the photograph of an engine.

Take a look at this NASA photograph of the Moon:

The entire surface of the Moon is of the same hue. We can see some detail, but for proper analysis we need to use various transcendental transforms to discover much more detail in the image.

Here are just three randomly selected transcendental transforms of the same image which allow us to find many details we could not see before:

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To acquire the same "second look" (and third, fourth...) without transcendental transforms, a scientist would have take a personal trip to the Moon--not exactly a simple undertaking.

Should you get the FREE version, or the Pro version?

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These plug-ins are simple to use as they do not take advantage of the full flexibility of the library: Most work on all three channels using the same configuration. And they work with opacity set to 100%. They are ideally suited for the hobbyist, a person who needs to fix his images quickly and does not want to be bothered by too many options. These plug-ins are free. You can use them for your own personal work or pleasure. They never expire, and they will not pop up any messages trying to get you to register them
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