ON1 Effects

Thanks to modern software applications, you no longer have to feel the regret that you haven't taken a photo with certain camera settings. However, modifying a photo requires some degree of knowledge, depending on how different you want to make it look. ON1 Effects lets you add an artistic touch to your photos, without any difficulties. It places a vast range of preset effects and filters at your disposal, which you can apply on your photos at a moment's notice. You can make your pictures look different in less than a minute, without getting caught in complex menus and options.

ON1 Effects is free to try, without any significant restrictions. Its setup package is rather large, so you may have to wait a bit if you have a slow Internet connection. The installation process is slightly faster and it doesn't involve any confusing options or unwanted applications you may need to watch out for. The software is available for Windows and Mac and it doesn't ask for any special tools or services or for a large amount of resources.

Adding an artistic touch to photos is quite easy. Once you load a picture on the program's user interface, the software will present a wide range of effects, neatly categorized in a collapsible structure, on the left side of the window, right next to the image preview. They are all displayed as thumbnails, which make it easy to figure out how your image will look with a certain effect. All you have to do is select one of these effects and the software will apply it right away, without asking for any further user input.

ON1 Effects is far from being limited to simply loading images and clicking and effect. Once you apply an effect, a wide range of controls will appear on the right side of the interface. You can use these controls to adjust every modification that led to the selected effect. You may increase or decrease brightness and exposure levels, tweak shadows and highlights, adjust the image vibrance and much more, by simply clicking and dragging a series of sliders.

A few drawing tools are available on the left edge of the user interface, which give you a good degree of flexibility when working with special effects. Besides applying an effect on an entire picture, you can also use a brush or other tools to apply a visual effect only to specific parts of a picture. If you have to work around difficult elements, like a tree's branches, the Perfect Brush will definitely come in useful. It automatically detects colors and tones, which gives you the possibility of using the brush over everything, while affecting only a certain element.

With the smart functionality that ON1 Effects has to offer you can turn your pictures into impressive works of art, without any difficulties.