Filters are an essential part of your photographic equipment. They help you to correct or embellish the colors of a scene, put people or objects in the center of attention, bring out the beautiful contrast in a stormy sky or make that wedding picture extra romantic. In short; no photographer either professional or amateur can do without lens filters.

But to manipulate the color, you'll need one filter for every possible correction, if you want to apply it to only part you'll need graduated or spot center filters, you'll need soft-focus and/or motion blur filters for the romantic shots, a polarizer to bring out the clouds; the more flexible you want to be with your filters, the more of them you need to drag along with you.

And let's not even start about the hassle of constantly screwing on and off those filters; the last thing a photographer wants is to spend valuable seconds or even minutes when the perfect shot is disappearing right in front of your eyes.

With FilterOptix , you can shoot first and ask questions later. Frame that perfect shot, push the shutter button and worry about using the right filters later.

Infinity filters in one
FilterOptix comes supplied with a complete set of filters for you to use immediately. All the essential filters are here; a polarizer, color filters, graduated filters, infrared, soft-focus, center spots, motion blurs and many more.

Just like the real thing
Controlling a filter in FilterOptix is just like in real-life; slide in a filter, rotate it however you want and move it about to achieve the perfect look.

16 different effects
FilterOptix filters are created from "effects". These effects are the basic building blocks of most of the filters common in photography. With 15 of these effects supplied and eight effects in each filters, you can create any filter you need.

Stars
Special effects are often used to accentuate parts of photographs; to create a mood and evoke emotion in the viewer. You'll be glad to know FilterOptix comes complete with a set of the most common special effects filters.

Blur effects
FilterOptix comes with a set of optimized blur effects. Motion blur (along a line), radial blur (along a circle) and zoom blur (radiating from a spot) are all included.

Close-up
Close-up zooms into the image. In itself not much use, but combined with mask effects you can distort perspective in many subtle ways. Make your images flatter or deeper at will, bring attention to any spot you want or create distorted perspective for funny pictures.

Infrared
Infrared filters are hard to do digitally, but FilterOptix comes supplied with effects which successfully simulate the effect of both these filters for most common cases. You'll be surprised by how well it works!

And more...
Obviously, the list doesn't end here. There's also a polarizer, a soft-focus effect which you've already seen in the wedding picture above,, black & white (works outstanding with color gradients) and exposure, an effect that increases or decrease exposure to combine with other effects.

Image modes
1. Supports both 8-bit and 16-bit images.
2. Supports RGB, grayscale and duotone modes for all image depths.
3. Supports any image resolution (dependant on memory requirements).

Effects
1. 16 different effects.
2. 8 effects per filter possible.
3. Change or correct color.
4. Motion, radial and zoom blur.
5. Special effects such as polarizer and infrared.
6. Apply split field and center spot masks to any other effects.

Presets
1. Store your own created filters as a preset.
2. Up to 1000 presets loaded at a time.
3. Save and load entire sets of presets to maintain many more.
4. Share your presets with the rest of the world.

Preview
1. Adaptive progressive previews give you instant feedback of any changes you make, no matter how complex the filter.
2. Scales to image size. Designs created for a small image scale to large images.
3. Accurate and reliable at any zoom level.
4. Optional crosshair/horizon line to help you position the filter perfectly.

User interface
1. Standard user interface; no "toy" controls.
2. Preset selector visible at all times
3. Intuitive controls with popup menu's for the most common changes.
4. All controls easily accessible from a single window.
5. Resizable to full screen. Size remembered between sessions.
6. Tabs, so you only see the options you need.

Help
1. Illustrated help system using Windows -standard HTML Help format, accessible from within the plug-in.
2. Automatic tooltips for most controls, so you get help immediately.

Quality
1. High precission calculations; the best possible image quality on any color depth.
2. No shortcuts; all effects are calculated mathematically accurate for top image quality.
3. Optimized for quality first, performance second.

And more...
1. Many options to customize the way FilterOptix looks and feels.
2. Remembers the last filter you were working on; start to work immediately.
3. Remembers window size and position.

The license of this software is Free Trial Software, the price is $29.90, you can free download and get a free trial.