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At the beginning of each month we get a pretty good idea of what’s happening financially with the site, and we were sad to see that we were down about $200 per month in Team AWT donations. That’s still one of the big sources of Apple World Today revenue, so we decided to make it easier for people to join — you can now pay with Apple Pay!
It’s easy – just click the button below to be charged for a full year’s subscription to Team AWT and you’ll go to a page with one big button. Click it, then click the Purchase button and follow the simple instructions.
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Categories of effects include: Lo-Fi, Grunge, Art, Vintage, Tilt-Shift, Sketches, Hollywood FX, Color Splash, Blurs and more. Some of the effects are really great; among my favorites are Charcoal Sketch, Ancient Canvas, Aged, Sepia. Then there are some effects that are silly but fun, such as the False Mirror effects, the Symmetry Effects, Pencil Paints and Old TV. Others such as Altamonte, Bilbao and Daytona are, well, interesting, though I’m not sure what you’d use ’em for. puzzle me as to what you’d use ’em for.
Even after you select an effect you like you can adjust its settings, such as the radius. FX Photo Studio’s Compare feature is very handy as you can compare two different versions of the same photo. You can also rotate and crop photos.
What’s more, the software’s interface is customizable so you can label favorites and even save combinations of effects as presets. Masking and color splash tools allow you to apply effects and colors to a part of the image only. Once you’ve tweaked your image to your liking, you can share it via Facebook, Tumblr, flickr, Twitter or email.
FX Photo Studio has some features that are practical, some that are just fun, and others that are plain weird. But if you like playing around with your photos, the software can keep you occupied for hours at a time.
FX Photo Studio for Mac is available as a standalone app or as a plug-in. It requires macOS 10.9 or later.
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