Plugins for Photoshop, Elements, Lightroom, PSP & others
Plugins for Photoshop, Elements, Lightroom, PSP & others
Poll Results 2010
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.
conducted in November/December 2010 | ||||
Which is your favorite RAW Converter? | ||||
| 1. Photoshop (Camera Raw) | 34 % | |||
| 2. Lightroom | 17 % | |||
| 3. Photoshop Elements (Camera Raw) | 6.4 % | |||
| 4. Paint Shop Pro | 6 % | |||
| 5. Other | 4.3 % | |||
| 6. Nikon Capture (NX) | 4.1 % | |||
| 6. CaptureOne | 4.1 % | |||
| 7. DxO Optics | 4 % | |||
| 8. Aperture | 3.2 % | |||
| 9. Raw Therapee | 3 % | |||
| 10. Silkypix Developer Studio | 2.5 % | |||
| 11. Bibble | 2 % | |||
| 11. Pixmantec RawShooter | 1.2 % | |||
| 12. Photo-Paint | 1 % | |||
| 13. Breeze Browser | 0.5 % | |||
| 14. LightZone | 0.3 % | |||
14. Lightbox/Sagelight | 0.3 % | |||
14. RAW Developer | 0.3 % | |||
conducted in September/October 2010 | ||||
Do you use Lightroom as well as Photoshop for processing your photos? | ||||
| I only use Photoshop | 51 % | |||
| I mainly use Photoshop and occasionally Lightroom. | 12 % | |||
| I use Photoshop and Lightroom evenly. | 20 % | |||
| I mainly use Lightroom and occasionally Photoshop. | 15 % | |||
| I only use Lightroom. | 3 % | |||
conducted in July/August 2010 | ||||
Which is your favorite masking tool? | ||||
| 1. Photoshop | 42 % | |||
| 2. Paint Shop Pro | 15 % | |||
| 3. Topaz Remask | 7.2 % | |||
| 4. Photoshop Elements | 7 % | |||
| 5. OnOne Mask Pro | 6.1 % | |||
| 6. Photoshop's Extract plugin | 6 % | |||
| 7. AKVIS SmartMask | 5 % | |||
| 8. Vertus Fluid Mask | 4 % | |||
| 9. Corel Knock Out | 3 % | |||
| 9. Other | 3 % | |||
| 10. DFT EZ Mask / Power Mask | 1.4 % | |||
| 11. ImageSkill Background Remover | 0.7 % | |||
| 12. GrowCut | 0.5 % | |||
| 13. GML Matting | 0.2 % | |||
conducted in May/June 2010 | ||||
Which of the following features do you consider essential for filter plugins? | ||||
| 1. Before/after split preview options | 151 votes | |||
| 2. Resizable window and preview | 133 votes | |||
| 3. Descriptive tool tips or help box | 129 votes | |||
| 4. Brush tool for selectively applying the effects | 120 votes | |||
| 5. Option for applying the effect to a new layer | 119 votes | |||
| 6. Saving and opening presets | 116 votes | |||
6. Multiple Undo steps | 116 votes | |||
| 7. Simple as well as advanced modes | 115 votes | |||
8. Detailed manual | 101 votes | |||
9. Many step by step tutorials | 97 votes | |||
10. Support for layer masks | 96 votes | |||
11. Video tutorials | 78 votes | |||
12. Ability to use as a smart filter | 76 votes | |||
13. 200% and higher preview zoom | 74 votes | |||
14. Support for transparency / alpha channel | 70 votes | |||
15. Tab sheets if there are many controls | 62 votes | |||
16. Navigator box | 62 votes | |||
17. Histogram display | 55 votes | |||
18. Scripting support for recording settings in actions/scripts | 47 votes | |||
19. Displaying many controls without tab sheets for fast access | 43 votes | |||
conducted in March/April 2010 | ||||
From which companies or developers do you regularly use freeware plugins? | ||||
| 1. The Plugin Site (137 votes) | 14.5 % | |||
| 2. Xero Graphics (90 votes) | 9.5 % | |||
| 3. Flaming Pear (86 votes) | 9.1 % | |||
| 4. Redfield (80 votes) | 8.5 % | |||
| 5. Mehdi (75 votes) | 8.0 % | |||
| 6. Auto FX (61 votes) | 6.5 % | |||
| 7. Richard Rosenman (59 votes) | 6.2 % | |||
| 8. Optik Verve Labs (55 votes) | 5.8 % | |||
| 9. FilterForge (54 votes) | 5.7 % | |||
| 10. 8bf / Jim Clatfelter (48 votes) | 5.1 % | |||
| 10. Cybia (48 votes) | 5.1 % | |||
| 11. Van Der Lee (41 votes) | 4.3 % | |||
| 11. OnOne Software (41 votes) | 4.3 % | |||
| 12. Mura (40 votes) | 4.2 % | |||
| 13. Fantastic Machines (38 votes) | 4.0 % | |||
| 14. Photo-Plugins / George Fournaris (31 votes) | 3.3 % | |||
15. Imageskill (28 votes) | 3.0 % | |||
16. Red Paw Media (22 votes) | 2.3 % | |||
| 16. AmphiSoft (22 votes) | 2.3 % | |||
| 17. MV / Martin Vicanek (20 votes) | 2.1 % | |||
conducted in January/February 2010 | ||||
From which companies do you own commercial plugins? | ||||
| 1. Nik Software (206 votes) | 9.7 % | |||
| 2. Alienskin (199 votes) | 9.4 % | |||
| 3. The Plugin Site (178 votes) | 8.4 % | |||
| 4. OnOne Software (167 votes) | 7.8 % | |||
| 5. Flaming Pear (155 votes) | 7.3 % | |||
| 6. Auto FX (150 votes) | 7.0 % | |||
7. Other (142 votes) | 6.7 % | |||
| 8. Topaz Labs (140 votes) | 6.6 % | |||
9. Imagenomic (99 votes) | 4.6 % | |||
10. Andromeda (85 votes) | 4.0 % | |||
11. Kodak/AFS (83 votes) | 3.9 % | |||
12. Tiffen / Digital Film Tools (72 votes) | 3.4 % | |||
13. Fred Miranda (70 votes) | 3.3 % | |||
14. Digital Anarchy (64 votes) | 3.0 % | |||
15. Pixel Genius (58 votes) | 2.7 % | |||
16. PowerRetouche (54 votes) | 2.5 % | |||
17. Human Software (53 votes) | 2.5 % | |||
18. Fixer Labs (52 votes) | 2.4 % | |||
19. BenVista (50 votes) | 2.3 % | |||
20. PictoColor (49 votes) | 2.3 % | |||
