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Ransen Repligator 8
Guide Rating -  
Pros  •  no skill required
•  useful for experimentation and generating ideas
Cons  •  effects and options are limited
•  effects vary widely in usefulness and quality
•  Windows only
The Bottom Line - Repligator 8 allows anyone to generate image ideas by applying a series of effects to an image or photo. It can't be beat for its ease of use, but some may question its usefulness. Its strong point seems to be for quickly creating unusual vignette edge effects. Fun to use for exporing image ideas.

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Product Description
•  Repligator 8 has a total of 60 effects, with 10 new effects from the previous version.
•  Each effect can be customized according to how the filtered image mixes with the original, how the original image infuences the effect, and the final image quality.
•  Any effect or sequence can be generated randomly (by hitting F7 repeatedly) or manually by choosing the effect from a list.
When you find an effect you like, you can create variations by altering the settings without changing the effect.
Up to 120 images are saved in a sequence so you can refer back to an earlier state at any time or generate new starting images from any image in the sequence.
Advanced selection settings changes how the effect is applied to the original image. For instance you can emphasize or de-ephasize various parts of an image according to hue, saturation, value, and so on.
New images generated in Repligator can be copied and pasted, printed, or saved as a BMP, Targa, JPEG, PCX, or PNG file.
Repligator 8 is distributed as shareware. A demo version is available for free download. The software costs $29.95 US to register.
 
 
Guide Review
Easy-to-Use Image Idea Generator
Repligator is very easy to use. You simply open any image and with a single keystroke you can generate endless variations of the image with Repligator's effects. Up to 120 variations are saved in a sequence which you can browse for images you'd like to save or customize further. The 60 effects included have names like colored balls, clouds, wood, ivy, mist, and pearls. They range from highly interesting, to unusual, to downright strange. I was not too impressed with most of the image effects when applied to an entire image, but using the automatic vignette feature, one can generate a variety of interesting border effects. The best way to get a feel for what Repligator can do is to browse some of the sample images [page 1 | page 2] or download the demo and try it out for yourself.
   
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