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Getting Started
Welcome | How to Use This Manual | Installation | Host Requirements | Macintosh Installation | Windows Installation | Running Exposure | Registration

Welcome

Exposure is a Photoshop plug-in that makes digital images look like they were shot on film. With Exposure, you can imitate the look of a film stock, such as Velvia, apply special effects like selenium/sepia toning, or do some basic image enhancement.

Exposure takes the form of two entries in the Photoshop Filter menu, one for color film and one for black and white film. The Color Film filter works on RGB images. The Black and White Film filter can be used on RGB images or Grayscale images. Both filters work with 8 or 16 bits/channel images.

Exposure can be used in Photoshop actions, making it easy to modify multiple images in a single operation.

Either filter will function as a Smart Filter, which means that it can be applied non-destructively on Smart Object Layers in Photoshop CS3. Read the description of Smart Filters in your Photoshop documentation for more information.

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How to Use This Manual

The Getting Started chapter covers installation and running Exposure for the first time.

The User Interface chapter explains how to preview effects, apply them, and work with settings. To get the most out of Exposure, be sure to read this chapter. We have a lot of cool features that may not be obvious.

The Factory Settings chapter gives advice on when to use the zillions of settings that come with Exposure. Background on how the settings were created is in the Settings Discussion chapter.

The remaining chapters are devoted to tabs in the user interface. The Color tabs of the Color Film and Black and White Film filters are different, so there are two Color chapters.

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Installation

Installing Exposure is pretty quick and painless, but to be safe, follow these instructions.


Host Requirements

Exposure is a plug-in. That means that you must already have installed one of the following host programs. It is possible that Exposure will work with other image editors, but we have only tested with and support the ones below.

• Adobe Photoshop CS2 or later

• Adobe Photoshop Elements 4 or later

• Macromedia Fireworks CS3 or later

• Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo XI or later

Installing Exposure is quick and painless, but follow these instructions to be safe.

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Macintosh Installation

1. Shut down your graphics host program (usually Photoshop).

2. Insert the Exposure CD into your computer. Or, if you purchased an electronic version
of Exposure, locate the installation program that you downloaded from the online store.

3. Double-click the Install Exposure 2 icon in the Finder.

4. An authentication dialog will appear. Enter the user name and password of an
account with administrator privileges on your computer. For information on
configuring your user account for administrator privileges, talk to your IT guy or
consult your Mac OS X user manual.

5. The welcome screen will appear. Click Continue.

6. The License Agreement screen will appear.

7. After reading the License Agreement, click Continue. Click Agree.

8. The registration information screen will appear. Enter your name, company name (optional) and your registration code.

Note: The registration code is a 12-letter sequence inside the front cover of your manual. If you purchased an electronic version of Exposure, you will find the 12-letter code in the e-mail invoice sent with your downloaded software. Store this code in a safe place for future installations.

9. Click Register. The installer will search for all compatible graphics programs on your computer and display them in a list.

10. Highlight one program in the list and click OK. You can only install into one graphics
program at a time. Rerun the installer if you wish to install into another graphics program.

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Windows Installation

1. Shut down your graphics host program (usually Photoshop).

Note: To install Exposure, your Windows user account must have administrator privileges. For information on configuring your user account for administrator privileges, talk to your IT gal or consult your Windows user manual.

2. Insert the Exposure CD into your computer. Or, if you purchased an electronic version
of Exposure, locate the installation program that you downloaded from the online store.

3. Double-click the setup.exe icon.

4. The welcome screen will appear. Click Next.

5. The License Agreement screen will appear.

6. After reading the License Agreement, click Accept.

7. The registration information screen will appear. Enter your name, company name (optional) and your registration code.

Note: The registration code is a 12-letter sequence inside the front cover of your manual. If you purchased an electronic version of Exposure, you will find the 12-letter code in the e-mail invoice sent with your downloaded software. Store this code in a safe place for future installations.

8. Click Next. Our installer will search for all compatible graphics programs on your
computer and display them in a list.

9. Highlight one program and click OK. You can only install into one graphics program
at a time. Rerun the installer if you wish to install into another graphics program.

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Running Exposure

To run Exposure, first start up your graphics host program (usually Photoshop). In the Filter menu you should see a sub-menu named Alien Skin Exposure 2. Within that menu, choose either Color Film or Black and White Film. Then Exposure’s window will appear. Select one of the factory settings on the left side of the window and then read the next section if you need some guidance.

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Registration

You must register your software to receive technical support and critical product updates. Registration also qualifies you for upgrade pricing on future versions of Exposure. Register online at www.alienskin.com/register.

If you purchased Exposure directly from Alien Skin Software, you are automatically registered with us and do not need to register! You need to register only if you purchased Exposure elsewhere.

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