Have you ever taken a picture that looked flat and had no depth of field? You wanted the mountains, for example, to look as if they went on forever. Or have you taken a picture of a group of buildings unknowingly tilting the camera to capture their tops. The newest of Andromeda's filters, The Perspective filter will allow you to change the perspective of these pictures- to add interest to one and correct the other.

Some of the features of this filter are listed below. The filter can:

• act as a "virtual" camera in 3D space
• view and manipulate your image through various perspective lenses
• introduce consistent perspective in multiple images and strings of text
• make 2D-image orientation more dramatic

It comes with many presets in a preset library with visual displays (thumbnails) as well as allows the user a space for comments on how the filter was used, for what purpose, etc.

The Windows requirements are minimal. All that is necessary is Adobe Photoshop 4 or higher or a another host program that accepts Photoshop Plug-ins. Also, a pentium processor and a 4x CD drive.

The manual comes in pdf form on the CD as do example, etc.

The manual explains about the filter, describes the different settings and walks the reader through various examples of how the filter works. The manual is written clearly and uses illustrations very well. The filter is designed for easy use due to its excellent interface as well as good manual.

Not only is the manual easy to understand, but the interface of the filter is arranged so that the user knows easily how to arrive at each effect.

Some of the Controls on the Interface
Example of a Preset	Examples of How the Original Will Look	Manual Settings

I decided to see how I could gain a different perspective of a picture of a bird that I had placed on a sky background. See the illustration below.

This filter can also be used very effectively with letters.

I, also, used this filter to straighten an image that was badly distorted when the photograph was taken with the camera pointed toward the sky. The following illustrations demonstrate two methods for accomplishing this. I added this demonstration to show the many facets in this filter program.. I found that with one step in the Perspective filter program, I could accomplish what it took 2 steps to do in Photoshop. The manual offers examples of how to simplify one's work.

Steps to Correcting an Image Using Andromeda Perspective Filter - 2 Examples

Original	Perspective Filter

Modified in Photoshop			Modified with Filter
Image Stretched to the Side in Photoshop	Image Stretched Down in Photoshop		Completed only in Perspective Filter

My last examples that I will show are two changes to the original water picture. Initially this review did not have so many illustrations, but I began having fun seeing the changes that I could make.

Original	Perspective Change # 1	Perspective Change # 2

I found this filter easy to use and useful as well as fun. Many interesting effects can be accomplished with this filter. It's cost is only $44.00. I had to look twice at the price because I thought I was mistaken. It appeared to be too low. For this price, you are getting at least triple what it's worth.

All of Andromeda's filters are reasonably priced. I have used them for years. As my operating systems have advanced, I have been able to keep my favorite filters since Andromeda upgrades them when necessary for again a very reasonable amount. It is very nice to know that those that I really like to use will never be outdated. Andromeda's URL is: http://www.andromeda.com . They can also be reached at: 1-800-547-0055.