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".. even the new efforts from CS2 come nowhere near close .. there is no replacement to ShadowFixer" Bob Brind-Surch

"You don't realise how much you need it till you see what a good job it does." Digital Photography Techniques - October 2003

"nothing short of miraculous! " Andrew Phang, Creative Director - Pagesetters, Singapore

"Bearing in mind that this is the company behind FocusFixer it should come as no surprise that the results are very good ..." MacWorld UK - October 2003


ShadowFixer has been developed to correct the problem of different exposure requirements within one image. A dark corridor in the foreground leading to a light garden in the background, shadows across a subjects face or a photograph taken in bright sunlight of a subject in shadow, the type of problems that photographers and image makers face daily.	See more examples of ShadowFixer in action.
Corrects under exposure in images New - support for much larger images New - much reduced memory requirements Produces better results than correcting using the brightness/contrast tools Enhances detail in corrected areas for excellent finished images Designed to be used on the whole picture - ShadowFixer calculates which areas contain shadows Seamless integration with your image editing workflow Easy installation - just download and install as instructed Works on both 8-bit (24-bit RGB) and 16-bit images (48-bit RGB) PC and Mac OS X compatibility	See more examples of ShadowFixer in action.
Previously one of the few ways of dealing with digital images with under exposed areas or dark shadows may have been to correct using the brightness and contrast controls, which has the affect of lightening the whole image and lightening the areas that were already correctly exposed. ShadowFixer is designed to be used on an entire image or a large region of an image which has boundaries that lie along those of an object or shadow in the image, blending the over/under exposed regions into the whole picture, whilst enhancing the detail in the fixed areas.

	The control panel explained.. Once installed ShadowFixer will appear as a Filter option in Photoshop. To use it you first select an image or image region. The control panel will display the original image in the left window and the adjusted result in the right hand window. To move around the image you drag the mouse to the preferred location. To adjust the level of zoom select the + or -icon. The primary control is the Radius slider, which can be adjusted from 0 to 100. The slider will remember your setting from the last time you used ShadowFixer. You can fine tune your setting with the Up and Down buttons. Typically you use a large radius, larger than the size of the image details hidden within the shadow. Too low a value may limit the effectiveness of the light adjustment. The Amount slider may be adjusted from 0% to 100% and controls the degree of light adjustment. A value of zero will produce no correction, increasing as you adjust the amount value. Too high a values may produce saturation in your image. There's a sweet spot somewhere in between depending on your personal preference. Once you're happy that the preview panel is to your liking, click OK and the selected image or image region will be processed and the result returned to Photoshop.
Like all the plug-ins produced by FixerLabs, ShadowFixer is easy to use, just plug-in and go!
ShadowFixer is available for both PC and Mac OS X and is designed to be used with Adobe's Photoshop and compatible image editing suites, such as PhotoShop Elements and Jasc's Paint Shop Pro. Check compatibility here.
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