B&W Artisan Pro X 2021 v2.0.0 for Adobe Photoshop | 2 MB | Language: English
B&W Artisan Pro X is the latest evolution of the B&W Artisan Pro software panels and is a panel for Photoshop for pure and unrestricted B&W editing. It is software designed by a B&W fine-art photographer, educator and highly praised expert on B&W photography, for other B&W fine-art photographers who need powerful but easy to use tools to support and express their artistic vision without any technical restrictions. The panel is designed for both beginners and experienced professionals in B&W photography.
THE iSGM METHOD FOR SOPHISTICATED DIGITAL B&W EDITING COMPLETELY AUTOMATED
With this version X, Joel Tjintjelaar, the designer and internationally acclaimed photographer and educator, states that he has finally succeeded in automating his entire manual workflow, iSGM, into this software. A manual workflow that was developed by Joel in 2010 with the objective to completely control an image and create atmospheric and dimensional depth and has been adopted by thousands of B&W photographers ever since. Many of them have now become award-winning photographers and B&W instructors themselves. Now anyone can create the typical B&W photos that Joel is known for and have been emulated by many, with just a bit of practice with the panel. Your imagination is the only limitation.
THE POWER OF X
With the introduction of version X, the importance of steps/features has changed significantly, compared to all previous versions. The now by far most important feature since version X are the Creating depth, Special FX and Restore features that unleash the power, speed, efficiency, and subtlety of linear and reflected gradients, applied in a dynamic way, and always relative to the size and position of the selected part it is applied to. What was previously considered the most important features, Advanced Adjustments, and MicroZone adjustments, are now only secondary features, intended for fine-tuning tonality and contrasts locally.
NEW DYNAMIC GRADIENTS AND DYNAMIC RESTORE THE QUINTESSENCE OF iSGM FOR CREATING DEPTH
This software does what no other B&W editing software can do in an intuitive and easy way: creating dimensional and atmospheric depth using dynamic gradients and Joels method of restore to shape lighting effects with the touch of a button, with unmatched subtlety and accuracy.
NEW SPECIAL FX FEATURE
Special FX is a new and unique feature to add highlights, pool or rays of light, any type of lighting effect, to objects like buildings or cars in a technically superior way. It completes and enables the concept of creating depth and presence fully.
SMART ADVANCED ADJUSTMENTS WITH NEW DYNAMIC FEATHERING FOR INCREASED SUBTLE BLENDING:
1. Advanced Local Adjustments with dynamic feathering:
Enable accurate and subtle local darkening/lightening by carefree and form-free indicating with the lasso tool the target area to be adjusted. The adjusted area then blends in subtly and smoothly with the rest. Version X improves on the already available accuracy and subtlety by using automatic variable feathering that changes depending on the size of the selection.
2. Micro-Zone Local Adjustment with dynamic feathering:
The same as Advanced Smart Linear adjustment but now the local adjustments affect only a selected range of tonal values only, within the target area, to increase or decrease contrasts and textures, by using advanced 16 bits customized asymmetrical masks that work behind the scenes (no knowledge of luminosity masks is needed) for even more accurate and seamless tonal and contrast adjustments. Micro-Zone adjustments now also comes with dynamic feathering to enable even the smallest of adjustments that weren’t visible previously.
Intuitive B&W Editing Panel
An intuitive B&W editing panel, developed by award-winning photographer and educator Joel Tjintjelaar.
Advanced B&W Processing Without technical knowledge
No need to acquire technical knowledge and years of practice in PS. This panel unlocks Joels advanced B&W techniques, from his iSGM method, with the single click of a button, sometimes triggering over 100 steps in PS. The artist retains full artistic control as the presets don’t have an artistic effect, but only cover the technical part of adjustments.
Create Depth & Special Effects *NEW*
Easily add 3D depth and presence to buildings, skies, seascapes or any other object using the built-in dynamic gradients. Or add reflections or streaks of clouds to your images using the Special FX menu. With 200 new built-in functions, and with the highly customizable Special FX, anything is possible.
Powerful Local Adjustment features
24 presets Precise and fast local lightening/darkening, using automatic variable feathering (NEW with X), are enabled by quick, free-form selections with a lasso tool, and then clicking darken/lighten for subtle and seamless adjustments
Advanced Micro Zone Local Adjustments
154 presets For advanced local contrast/texture adjustments, the Micro-Zone adjustments only affect the tones in the range you have selected within the target area using 16 bits advanced custom-built asymmetrical masks and dynamic feathering.
Mask Optimization Feature
The panel has an automatic mask optimization feature that will reduce fringing and halos substantially.
10 B&W conversion presets and 4 *NEW* random B&W generator presets
10 B&W conversion presets, from neutral to advanced fine-art presets that trigger over 200 signature steps in PS. Or use one of four random generator presets to give your images a unique look each and every time, or just to gain some inspiration.
22 Toning Buttons and 4 *NEW* random toning generator presets
22 single and split-tones based on Joels advanced toning method for unmatched subtlety. Or try out one of two new generator-presets to have a different random look. Also useful to color grade color images and acquire a cinematic look.
35 Luminosity Masks + 31 micro zone masks *NEW*
35 luminosity masks and 31 custom built zone masks covering the 11 tonal zones for far more isolation than regular zone masks. All in 16 bits.
Release Notes:
Artisan Pro X 2021 v2.0.0 Release November 26, 2020 Whats New?
The new panel is based on the latest PS CC2021 version and will only fully work with the latest PS CC versions. It will also work with PS CC versions from 2019 and higher but you won’t be able to take full advantage of the new advanced Styling feature in that case.
New Styling section:
This new section can be used as a starting point after B&W conversion or as an endpoint or as inspiration. What it does is that based on the subject matter architecture, landscape, or still life the panel will automatically detect a sky or subject and then the panel will automatically apply a style to the image. Since the panel uses the new PS CC 2021 algorithm to automatically detect skies or subjects, this feature can only be used in PS CC 2021 or higher. As the panel also offers the option to load your own pre-created hard masks to generate a style, the user can use this option also in older PS versions. Obviously, the advantages of this new feature are more explicit when used with PS CC 2021.
New Color Grading section:
This new section will apply a specific color scheme to your photos to give it a look thats based on the color palettes of well-known movies, hence making it more uniform and harmonious. There are 18 presets that should be applied to color photos and generates a folder with 5 layers covering the 5 major tonal zones in an image that can easily be adjusted to your personal preferences: e.g. less or more saturation. The generated color palettes are taken from various scenes of the motion pictures and extracted to 5 dominant colors per zone and then automatically applied to a tonal zone.
New Local Contrast adjustments:
Contrast adjustments were always global in the previous versions of Artisan Pro X, but are now also available in the Advanced Adjustments section as local contrast adjustment presets. It works similarly to the Advanced Adjustment darkening/lightening features in that the adjustments within a random free form selection blend smoothly with the adjacent areas so no correction or masking with feathering is needed. Local contrast adjustments are ideal if more than just darkening or lightening is needed and also the contrast needs to be decreased or increased.
More luminosity masks granularity:
1/4 values for automatic creation of luminosity masks have been added giving even more accuracy and granularity to the already available 16-bit full and half values for luminosity masks.
Added diagonal restore features:
The restore features under Creating Depth are a very important feature in this panel. We have now added the diagonal restore with 16 new presets to make the restore even more versatile, resulting in any type of restore.
Added Global Contrast High Key:
A new preset has been added to the Global Adjustments section, that works similarly to the Global Contrast Low Key preset in that it first removes the contrast and makes if flatter and then makes it darker (existing Low Key preset) and now also lighter for a high key effect with low contrast with the new Global Contrast High Key preset. This preset is also available as a local adjustment as described in the New Local Contrast adjustment features. Furthermore, the Quick Access menu now has 2 quick access buttons with Save Selection and Add noise.
System Requirements:
– PS 2021 or higher is required for B&W Artisan Pro X 2021
– Make sure that your computer can run the latest Photoshop version.
– The panel runs language independently.
