posted July 25th, 2008
Naked touch is still going strong, so I’m picking some easy stuff to knock of the Naked light to do list: filters. I’ve recreated a bunch of Core Image filters in Anatomy.
As always, filter requests are very welcome: if you use one a lot—whatever program it’s in—just leave a comment and I’ll try to put it in.
Filters are fairly easy to just crank out, so expect a tiny flurry of Preview 4.2.x releases until around when Naked touch comes out and I can focus more fully again on Naked light. Sorry; I know some people don’t like too many releases. You don’t have to download them all.
Shadows + Highlights
This is absolutely one of the most useful Photoshop adjustments, and it’s not at all easy to do manually. So here it is.
Pixellate + Crystallize
Pixellate, Hexagonal Pixellate, and Crystallize.
Less useful, but always fun.
Bloom and Gloom
Camera bloom is a great filter, and the algorithm I’ve used is much closer to an actual camera bloom than the one provided by Core Image.
I’ve also copied the Gloom filter—again with a different algorithm, however.
July 26th, 2008 at 4:54 am
RE: Filter requests. I work a lot in film/TV, and could really use a true defocus filter (as opposed to a normal blur). One that gives reasonably accurate ‘circles of confusion’. If blur/defocus could be controlled by a greyscale map (i.e. depth map) that would be even more useful.
Great work so far - prepurchased nakedlight today
Scribbler
August 1st, 2008 at 9:38 am
Since a few versions NL crashes during startup. deleting preferences and library didn’t help. do you have any suggestions ?
christian
August 1st, 2008 at 9:58 am
Christian:
Yes, I do have a suggestion.
Email me the crash logs!
My email is brandon@naked.la
August 4th, 2008 at 11:21 am
I have to be honest, Naked Light is impressive in its innovative approach to image editing. It was instantly intuitive what was going on when I was editing the image. Nothing at all like the complete confusion I face every time I open Photoshop.
That said, I am disappointed in your chosen price point of $100. I know you can pre-purchase for $50, but I think a price point that really sticks it to Adobe would be a breath of fresh air. I have seen other alternative photo-editing programs for around $60.
As it is, Naked Light will need some serious beefing up to be worth the full $100. More graphical design elements (vector shape drawing, complex gradients, etc. It’s going to be hard to break into the market so steeped in Adobe-ism, and I believe a lower price point might help you achieve that penetration.
All-in-all, great work. Very good ideas. I am waiting with bated breath for the final release. Who knows? Maybe Apple will buy you up and finally release a good graphic/photo editing program.
August 6th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
I have a request. I make a lot of abstract art w/ photoshop and would love to have the distort -> wave filter. Very useful!
Can’t wait for both versions of Naked to come out! Thanks!