PixageFX Studio

PixageFX Studio is a photo / video(?) editor filled with hundreds of modules (read as: variable filters) (some even involving AI) which can be stacked upon one another to manipulate your source image in various ways, and it does a good job of what it sets out to do, especially for the extremely low cost -- not to mention the wonderful importing-from and exporting-to clipboard feature. However, there are a few drawbacks; some of the algorithms / modules produce wildly unsightly visuals (CRT Arcade, Retro LCD), while others take so long to render on a medium-tier system that you're better off not even using them at all (AI, Smart Filters) -- I'm equally scared to try this software on videos of any size for fear that my computer will BSOD in an instant, so I'm leaving moving pictures out of my review on purpose. With that said, PixageFX Studio hands you a lot of juicy math (RGB Space swapping, Palette creation, unique filters) that not a lot of Photo editors really have on tap, and for that, it's extremely worth picking up on sale and adding to your graphics-manipulation toolbelt, if you're into that sort of thing. I know I am!

Really fun to transform images into something more interesting, can be used for general art or creating sprites with a unique or retro look. The new additions are a welcome boost and lets hope for more presets and fancy filters, I'm fast finding it a must have and its great just to kill some time too while it inspires creativity just while messing around with the numerous choices available. Had the rare one or two crashes so do save often, I feel this was more my own fault though for having numerous filters added, removed, settings changed and this must have built up a temp file or ram resources, again this has been only a couple of occurrences so don't fret it on considering to make the plunge, it's definitely a worthwhile purchase in my opinion.