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Alien Skin: Exposure - Tried it?

RustyB
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Aug 3, 2007, 3:58 PM

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Saw this posted by someone on another forum: https://www.alienskin.com/exposure/index.html

Looks pretty cool, for automated imitation of specific film characteristics, and other commonly used effects.

Looks like there's a fully functional 30-day trial download, but I'm waiting until I do my next big picture taking adventure before I try it....because if I find I gotta have it...it's $199. Shocked

Seems a little steep for a plug-in, but it would be convenient, and nice to purchase on an actual software CD, instead of fishing around the internet for a crazy assortment of home-grown plug-ins like I currently do.

Anyone else using it?

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Shadow
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Aug 3, 2007, 7:29 PM

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Looks pretty cool - I'd be interested to hear what people think of it.

Brackish
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Aug 3, 2007, 7:45 PM

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Hey, Rusty. What's shakin'? Gonna hit the bars at all tonight?

As it happens, just yesterday I ran across a users group for
that program. The group is pretty new, I think, so not
a real lot of activity but they did have some of their pictures up
and I took a look. Some of the color pics did seem to be going in the
direction of looking like film but I wouldn't say they actually
did look just like film. So, my initial impression is that
it may be analogous to what many videogs do in attempting
to make their video lose that crappy "home video look" and
look more like film. The result with video is that there is
some movement toward looking like real film but in the
end it doesn't look identical to film - doesn't have the
magic of film.

I have to laugh when I see videogs here say that they
can get a look that looks just like film in their NLE.
Some of them are just talking about applying
an "old film look" with scratches and dust. Laugh

I actually do shoot real movie film at some of
my weddings but none of the clients I run across
value film enough to pay for it - they're perfectly
happy with videotape. You know how you
occasionally see comments that videogs have
had clents request movie film shot at their weddings?
Well, I've been trying for a couple years now
to get a client who would want this but no takers.

Like I said, that Exposure users group was pretty new so maybe
some photogs could get more realistic results. From
looking at their "discussions", some of them thought
that Alien Skin Exposure worked quite well for black and
white - and some of the black and white pics they
posted did look pretty good.

RustyB
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Aug 4, 2007, 12:15 AM

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Hey, Rusty. What's shakin'? Gonna hit the bars at all tonight?
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Weddings on Friday and Saturday night this weekend....ending my season with a bang. Fortunately, since I changed my package to 4 hour+hourly, I'm getting some awesome easy bookings. Tonight, the ceremony was at 7:pm, followed by a cake and punch reception (groom was minister's son). They cut the cake before the guests were even allowed in the reception hall (tiny room in the back of the church), took pictures, toss the garter, toss the bokey, and jumped in the limo. I was on my way home at 9:30pm. Cool

The majority of my bookings are now 4 hour packages...it's awesome.

Starting next weekend, and bar-hopping and boozin' until the end of September. Laugh

Thanks for the info on what you read about Exposure. If deposits keep rolling in, I might just have to order the CD! Depends on what the judge does to me in traffic court on Monday. I'm scared I may piss off the judge for some reason and go to jail. That's just been my luck lately. Laugh

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DarrenS
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Aug 4, 2007, 5:56 AM

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bar-hopping and boozin' until the end of September.

I hear The Jefferson's theme playing off in the distance! Laugh

Seriously, glad to hear you're keepin' busy dude. And good luck in court. Grovel. Been there/done that quite a few times (although not in the last fifteen years or so). Kissass like there's no tomorrow - I've found it can help a great deal. Last time I was in traffic court it was over a big ugly tree that hit my innocent little vette. The cop ruled it my fault even though it was the tree's. I got in court and groveled just like my uncle coached me (also cut off the motley crue hair Laugh

). It was very close but I got off scott-free in the end. Had a very nice woman Judge and was thankful for that. Hopefully your Judge isn't this guy:

P.S. I've had the alien skin filters but rarely used any of them.

RustyB
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Aug 4, 2007, 12:30 PM

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..... Last time I was in traffic court it was over a big ugly tree that hit my innocent little vette. The cop ruled it my fault even though it was the tree's. .....

What happened? Did the tree file charges against you?

This trial could end badly. I was coming home from a wedding, just after midnight, and cops had setup a speed trap at the bottom of a freeway exit ramp (really chicken-sh*t, IMHO, clocking people coming off the freeway...fishing for drunks I guess). Clocked me going like 50 in a 40. SPEED DEMON! Anyways, I had no idea I was being stopped...I thought there was a wreck, and someone was re-directing me with a flashlight to detour around my turn home...so I slowed to a stop...and went around the scene. Big mistake...the cops thought I was running from them. They jumped in their car and stopped me a block away. The cop nearly whipped my arse, threw me against the back of my car, kicked my legs apart, searched me, and threw me in his car. He cursed me out, threatened to hit me with his Tazer, and said he was taking me to jail. The whole time, I was completely clueless. I thought I had been misidentified as a serial killer. After they ran my license, and realized I wasn't a 35 year old honky car-jacker, he wrote me a speeding ticket and a ticket for ignoring a traffic signal? My hands were shaking so badly I couldn't even hold the pen to sign my name.

I hired a lawyer that charges $45 per ticket, and charges nothing extra if the case goes to trial. For $45, I guess the lawyer counts on the fact the cop won't show up at court. Otherwise, how the heck does a lawyer make money on $45 trials?

Since then, I've started carrying my tiny palmcorder in the front seat when coming home from weddings. I'm gonna pick up a small belt pouch at the camera store, and start carrying it with me all the time. Videotaping an jergoff hardhead redneck cop might guarantee an extra arse-beating, but it would look great on YouTube...and in court. Laugh

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DarrenS
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Aug 4, 2007, 12:55 PM

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Oh man lol...I would have been shaking too. Holy crap. All you can do is tell the story and hope they believe it. The intent wasn't there, and that's all that should matter. Hopefully the cop don't show up or has at least softened up on it. Best of luck.

Regarding the tree...a friend named Santo paid a little visit - coincidently it decided not to press charges the next day.

Brackish
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Aug 13, 2007, 12:51 AM

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I happened across another post (on a different
forum) where Alien Skin Exposure is mentioned.
Basically, someone said that film looks better than
digital and then some guy piped in that he
bought Exposure to try to get his pictures to
look like film and he added that he "hasn't
been able to get anywhere near" the look
of film using that program.