onOne Essentials 2 for iPhoto Software with Color Correction, Blur It & Frame It Tools, Macintosh

Essentials 2.1 for iPhoto is a collection of four tools to help you correct color, add depth of field by realistically blurring the background, add creative borders and resize your photos to get a larger print. You'll spend less time behind the computer and more time behind the camera! Plus with its built-in tutorials and easy to use interface you'll be up and running in no time.

Simply compare color, contrast and brightness adjustments side-by-side and pick the best looking images to adjust your image. This module combines the power several image adjustment dialogs that you would normally expect to find in image editors that cost hundreds of dollars into a single interface. This allows all users to make complex image adjustments without the need to understand the complex image controls or color theory.

Rather than cryptic sliders like thresholds and radius the user simply answers a series of visual questions to pick the best settings. Advanced users still have access to fine-tune controls for color cast removal, brightness, contrast, dynamic range and saturation. You can even create presets that you can use over and over again.

Essentials for iPhoto features the Blur It tool provides enthusiast photographers with a way to create realistic depth of field control, plane of focus controal and selective focus to any digital image after it is photographed allowing for more control and precision. The controls in Blur It have a tangible feel very similar to using a lens. You can quickly define the sweet spot either in a round shape or in a plane then control how much and what kind of blur you want to add. This is a great technique to use to help you give your images some depth or visual separation between a foreground subject and the background.

The Frame It tool really puts you into the digital darkroom. Now it is easy to add realistic film and darkroom edge and border effects to your images. But why stop at the darkroom, you can add artistic edges like torn paper, brush strokes or even realistic frames and mats you would hang on the walls. You can even stack multiple edges and frames to create your own unique look. It comes packed with over 500 edges and frames too choose from. Use the built-in browser to browse or search for your favorites.

The creative possibilities are limitless with the Frame It tool. Essentials for iPhoto includes the Enlarge It tool which can increase image size without the loss of sharpness and detail that you would normally expect. It can resize your images up to 4x and still maintain sharp edges and minute details. That's like taking a 4x6 print and making it as big as a poster. It is a must for any photo enthusiast who makes big prints or needs to crop a section out of an image to get just the right composition. the Enlarge It tool is also great for printing images from camera phones and even digital video camera still frames.