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Poll Results 2005

This page shows the results of polls on various topics that were conducted on this web site. So always keep in mind that the results are only representative for the visitors of this site and can't be generalized. Placing these polls on other sites could produce totally different results.

RAW Converter Poll
conducted in November 2005

Which is your favorite RAW Converter?

1. Photoshop CS 2

27 %

2. RAWShooter Premium

19 %

3. Photoshop CS

10.3 %

4. RAWShooter Essentials

9.8 %

5. Capture One Pro

6 %

6. Canon Digital Photo Pro

5 %

7. Nikon Capture

4 %

8. Other

4 %

9. Paint Shop Pro 9

3 %

10. Capture One LE

3 %

11. Paint Shop Pro X

2 %

12. Photoshop 7 + Camera RAW 1.0

2 %

13. BreezeBrowser

2 %

13. The Software supplied with my Camera

2 %

14. Power Shovell

1 %

0% votes: Apple Aperture, Bibble, QImage, SharpRAW, Silverfast DCPro

Total of votes: 377

Photo Effects Poll
conducted in October 2005

Which of these photo effects do you like best?

1. Soft Focus, Blurry, Diffusor, Dreamy

127

2. Skin Softening, Skin Cleaning

120

3. Painted, Painting, Brush, Pencil, Sketch, Drawing

115

4. B/W

5. Photo Frame, Vignette

5. Fog, Mist, Dust

6. Colored B/W, Sepia, Monotint, Duplex

7. Selective B/W, e.g. Red Rose in B/W photo

8. Colorize, Creative Color, Color Filter, Color Tint

9. Film Grain, Old Photo, Faded Photo

10. Cool/Warm, Color Temperature Effects

11. Selective Color, Color Replace

12. Diffuse Glow, Highlights

13. Light Beam, Light Spot, Light Ray

14. B/W Infra-Red, Color Infra-Red

15. Polarizer

16. Creative Contrast, Extreme Contrast, High-key, Overexposure

17. Color Gradient Filter, ND Grad Filter

18. Solarization, Posteriation, Thermal Camera, Nightvision

19. Cross Processing, Bleach Bypass

Total of votes: 1400

Lens Correction Poll
conducted in September 2005

Which is your favorite lens correction tool?

1. Photoshop CS2 Lens Correction

29 %

2. PTLens

16 %

3. Paint Shop Pro Barrel/Pincushion Distortion Correction

15 %

4. Other

11 %

5. DxO Optics Pro

6 %

6. Andromeda LensDoc

5 %

7. 55mm Lens Correction

3 %

7. Rosenman Lens Distortion Corrector

3 %

8. Helmut Dersch Panorama Tools

2 %

8. DCE Tools Lens Distortion Correction

2 %

8. Photo-Plugins Lens Correction

2 %

8. Powerretouche Lens Correction

2 %

8. Rosenman Lens Corrector PRO

2 %

9. Flo's UnDistort Filter

1 %

9. HumanSoftware PhotoFixlens

1 %

9. ImageAlign Pro

1 %

10. Kekus Panotools LensFix

0 %

10. The Imaging Factory Debarrelizer

0 %

Total of votes: 143

Selectrive Brightness Tools Poll
conducted in August 2005

Which is your favorite tool for selective brightness corrections?

1. Photoshop (Elements) Shadow/Highlight

32 %

2. Other

24 %

3. PaintShopPro Highlight/Midtone/Shadow

13 %

4. LightMachine

10 %

5. ColorWasher

6 %

6. PaintShopPro Fill Flash/Backlighting

5 %

7. Digital SHO Pro

4 %

8. FredMiranda SR Pro

1 %

9. Shadow Fixer

1 %

9. Shadow Illuminator

1 %

9. AKVIS Enhancer

1 %

9. Dynamic Range Compression

1 %

10. LittleInkPot Xpose

0 %

10. FiddaFilters Luminosity

0 %

10. Digital SHO

0 %

10. ChromaSoft Shadow/Highlight Control

0 %

Total of votes: 160

Photo Effects Poll
conducted in July 2005

Which of these commercial photo effects plugins do you like best?

1. Other

33.7 %

2. Auto FX Mystical Tint Tone and Color

18.2 %

3. nik Color Efex

13.8 %

4. Andromeda Photography Filters

11.6 %

5. ChromaSoftware Photographic Filters

7.2 %

6. PowerRetouche

4.4 %

6. The Imaging Factory

4.4 %

8. PixelGenius PhotoKit

3.3 %

9. DFT 55mm

1.7 %

9. DFT Digital Photo Lab

1.7 %

Total of votes: 181

Plugin Number Poll
conducted in June 2005

How many plugin products do you use more or less regularily?

1. 3 or 4 plugins

23.3 %

2. 5 to 10 plugins

22.8 %

3. Up to 20 plugins

20.1 %

4. Up to 50 plugins

9.6 %

5. 1 or 2 plugins

8.7 %

6. Too many to count them

5.5 %

7. More than 100 plugins

4.1 %

8. My graphics tool doesn't support plugins

3.2 %

9. Up to 100 plugins

1.8 %

10. I don't need any plugins

0.9 %

66% of all people use 3 to 20 plugins
46% of all people use 3 to10 plugins
20% of all people use 20 or more plugins
9% use only one or two plugins
4% use no plugins

Total of votes: 219

Plugin Management Poll
conducted in May 2005

How do you manage your plugins?

1. I just set the plugin paths in my graphics application.

42.3 %

2. I just install and uninstall plugins. That's all.

19.5 %

3. I use a freeware tool.

14.9 %

4. I use a commercial tool.

11.5 %

5. I have no idea.

6.5 %

6. I only use Windows Explorer or MacOS Finder.

5.4 %

Total of votes: 264

Image Enlargement Poll
conducted in April 2005

Which of the following image enlargement plugins do you use?

1. Genuine Fractals

35.7 %

2. Other

30.8 %

3. PhotoZoom/S-Spline

10.4 %

4. SmartScale

8.2 %

5. Stair Interpolation Pro

4.9 %

6. X-File

2.2 %

6. Resize Magic

2.2 %

6. SizeFixer

2.2 %

6. DOP Upsizing

2.2 %

10. ResizeIT

1.1 %

Total of votes: 182

Color Correction Poll
conducted in March 2005

Which commercial color correction plugin do you use?

1. ThePluginSite ColorWasher

29.2 %

2. Other

27.5 %

3. PictoColor iCorrect

10 %

4. Extensis Intellihance

8.3 %

4. AutoFX AutoEye

8.3 %

6. Kodak DigitalROC

7.5 %

7. PhotoTune 20/20 Color MD

5 %

8. Powerretouche White Balance

2.5 %

9. TwoPilots Color Pilot

0.8 %

9. TheImagingFactory Color Correction

0.8 %

Total of votes: 120

Sharpening Plugins Poll
conducted in February 2005

Which commercial sharpening plugins do you use?

1. The Plugin Site FocalBlade

30.1 %

2. Other

23.7 %

3. nik Sharpener

13.3 %

4. Photokit Sharpener

8.9 %

5. Acclaim FocusMagic

5.9 %

5. Extensis Intellihance

5.9 %

7. Fred Miranda CSpro

5.4 %

8. UltraSharpen

4.43 %

9. Powerretouche Sharpness Editor

1.48 %

10. The Imaging Factory Unsharp Mask Pro

1.0 %

Total of votes: 203

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