Focus 2 for OS X: Master the art of focusing

One company with a photo editor Intensify Focus 2 app came out, with which you can easily and quickly be applied to the finished pictures the effect of selective focus, including the simulation of a very popular now receiving tilt-shift. There are at least 7 reasons why this product should pay attention.

1. preset modes

In fact, the tool is a sample image blur operates in two modes: linear and circular. But the creators of Focus 2 rightly decided to make the program five modes, which differ from each other by a number of additional parameters: the size of the transition region and the blur strength (aperture), the degree of vignetting and intensity colors.

From a functional point of view, these modes are designed to handle portraits (with function face recognition), landscapes, cityscapes, as well as for the "transformation" of photos in macro shots and imitation tilt-shift effect(Creating the illusion of miniature scenes, the scale of which in reality described by the words "big" and "giant" - stadiums, airports, residential areas in the city, etc...)

. In addition, in any mode, you have access to the automatic adjustment of levels and convenient means of framing.

2. manual focus

In the sixth mode Focus 2 gives you a brush with adjustable diameter parameters and definition of boundaries that can be distinguished that area of ​​the image that you want to leave a clear - everything else is blurred according to the sidebar settings programs.

3. Quick work

Strict style Focus 2 emphasizes smoothness all graphic interface elements, and the effect of blur changes in real time in parallel with the setting thereof in the sidebar. No jerks and pauses in the work program was not observed even when downloading very large images.

4. Support for touch-gestures on the MacBook

Guide instrument blur (linear or circular, without difference) can be controlled by the usual the touch gestures on the trackpad "apple" notebook: Focus 2 supports two-finger gestures, pinch, rotate, scroll.

5. Support for system options OS X 10.9

The number includes those full-screen mode, the system diversification data Versions (with the restoration of the file at the time of the last closing of the program) and cloud storage iCloud. By the way, in contrast to Intensify Pro, Focus 2 is able to work simultaneously with multiple photos.

6. Versatility

The number of supported "Focus" includes not only the formats JPEG, but also more "professional" TIFF, RAW numerous variations and even PSD (in single-image mode).

7. Support for third-party software and online services

Processed images Focus 2 allows you to publish to Facebook, Twitter and Flickr, stored in iPhoto, Aperture, or another graphics program, send an e-mail. Additionally, if a file is stored in Ayoblake, you can copy it to a public link.