LucisArt 2 was incredible image-processing software that professional photographers and digital artists have used for years to quickly and easily create beautiful artist effects.

LucisArt 3 has two versions, LucisArt 3 ED (Enhance Detail) and LucisArt 3 ED/SE (LucisArt 3 ED bundled with LucisArt 3 SE (Special Effects)).

LucisArt 3 ED provides greatly increased ability to fine-tune how you enhance detail. LucisArt 2 had 12 settings to enhance detail (7 settings for the effect Exposure and 5 settings for the effect Whyeth). LucisArt 3 ED provides a slider that you can alter in increments of 2 intensity levels. That is 125 settings for an 8-bit image, and these settings include the LucisArt 2 Exposure and Whyeth settings.

LucisArt 3 SE gives you the LucisArt 2 Special Effects Winslow, Sculpture, and Plaid. Winslow is a watercolor effect, Sculpture enhances contrast patterns in the image, and Plaid also enhances contrast patterns but adds texture (radial lines).

Click here to compare software versions (LucisArt 3 ED, LucisArt 3 ED/SE, Lucis Pro 6.0, and the now obsolete LucisArt 2).

Visit the Usage Tips page to see how to achieve the LucisArt 2 effects with LucisArt 3.

Other LucisArt 3 Product Improvements:

1) User-defined presets. Easily save, name, rename and organize your favorite LucisArt 3 settings.

2) Greatly improved output image quality. LucisArt processing is very computationally intensive. Each pixel is compared to every other pixel along hundreds of radial lines called scan lines. The number of scan lines has been doubled for LucisArt 3. So you will see fewer or no radial artifacts for most LucisArt 3 settings. This is particularly important for the LucisArt 3 SE effects.

3) An improved, scalable user interface. The User Interface opens to the same size it was when you used it last. It also has improved zoom controls.

4) Process huge images. LucisArt processing is very computationally intensive. Now you can process up to 4 GB images.

5) Expanded operating system compatibility. Intel Macintosh compatible. Windows XP and Vista 32-bit and 64-bit operating system compatible. Photoshop CS4 and Photoshop Elements 7 compatible.

LucisArt 3 processes 8-bit grayscale and RGB color images. The Macintosh LucisArt 3 requires an Intel Macintosh computer with OS 10.5 or higher. For more information please System Requirements.

Click here to see one image example for each of the LucisArt 3 special effects.

LucisArt 3 is a “lite” version of the high-end Lucis Pro 6.0 plug-in.

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LucisArt 3 Benefits:

Creativity: With LucisArt you will quickly and easily explore the creative potential of your image. Once you see a version of your image that you like you may be able to determine how to approximately duplicate that LucisArt artistic effect using other methods. But that is time consuming. And you would not know that the LucisArt version of your image was even possible except for LucisArt revealing it to you. Use LucisArt multiple times or in conjunction with other image processing methods to even further expand the variety of artistic effects.

Time savings: Professional photographers need to quickly repair images and create salable artistic effects. LucisArt lets you quickly explore your image and see what it could become. You will create artistic effects in a few minutes that would take much longer to even approximately achieve with other image processing methods (if those artistic effects could be achieved at all). This could save hours of image-processing time for professionals processing a few dozen images.

Effectively no learning curve: The LucisArt controls are intuitive and easy to use. There is no manual. Create your first LucisArt image in as little as 5 minutes.

Value: Professional photographers are looking to differentiate themselves from their primary competition - their customers. In addition to the time savings, professional photographers could charge for adding LucisArt special effects and secure artistic image sales from customers no longer interested in purchasing realistic photography.