Melancholytron - $20

(or $50 when purchased in the Photography Pack, bundled with Aetherize, , Flood, and Mr. Contrast)
 

For my final filter review today, I’ve decided to talk about Melancholytron.  This filter isn’t a really heavy-duty effect module like some of the others mentioned above, but it is a lovely addition for those who want to give a bit of an ‘old timesy’ look to a photo by blurring out photo edges and adding a sepia vignette to an image.  It works just splendidly on images that are already heading toward sepia tone, or even on b/w images as well.  For this example I am using a photo that I ‘borrowed’ from a fellow Redbubble member, Australian photographer Michael Rowley, who captured a wonderful photo of a pair of glasses on an open book.  I felt that this image would really be terrific with the addition of the Melancholoytron filter.  See the example:

Melancholytron has many different presets you can choose from, and as in the other filters discussed here, also allows you to tweak as much or as little as you like using the settings sliders.  For Michael’s lovely photo, I decided on a round vignette with a dark sepia tone to it, which enhances the tinting in the lenses, while gently blurring out the edges of the picture.  Below is the finished photo after I also adjusted the levels slightly using Image>Adjustment>Levels.  I felt like this image had a whole different feel to it after applying the filter.

Wrapping up

With so many plug-in effect filters out there, it was really difficult to pick out just a few to review and discuss, and I barely just scratched the surface here by covering only one plug-in software developer.  However, I do plan to acquire more effect filter plug-ins in the near future, and I will certainly share some input with you on those as I work my way through them!  It is just amazing how many terrific tools are available to us that are just a few clicks and a free trial download away! 

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written by Mukesh Srivastava, August 18, 2009

I liked the description about different types of filters. Thanx for sharing!!!!!

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