Poll Results 2005
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. RAW Converter Poll conducted in November 2005
| Which is your favorite RAW Converter? | | | 1. Photoshop CS 2 | 27 % | | | 2. RAWShooter Premium | 19 % | | | 3. Photoshop CS | 10.3 % | | 4. RAWShooter Essentials | 9.8 % | | | | | 5. Capture One Pro | 6 % | | | 6. Canon Digital Photo Pro | 5 % | | | 7. Nikon Capture | 4 % | | | 8. Other | 4 % | | | | | 9. Paint Shop Pro 9 | 3 % | | | 10. Capture One LE | 3 % | | 11. Paint Shop Pro X | 2 % | | | 12. Photoshop 7 + Camera RAW 1.0 | 2 % | | | 13. BreezeBrowser | 2 % | | | 13. The Software supplied with my Camera | 2 % | | | 14. Power Shovell | 1 % | | | | | 0% votes: Apple Aperture, Bibble, QImage, SharpRAW, Silverfast DCPro | | | | Total of votes: 377 |
Photo Effects Poll conducted in October 2005
| Which of these photo effects do you like best? | | | 1. Soft Focus, Blurry, Diffusor, Dreamy | 127 | | | 2. Skin Softening, Skin Cleaning | 120 | | | 3. Painted, Painting, Brush, Pencil, Sketch, Drawing | 115 | | | | | 4. B/W | 98 | | | 5. Photo Frame, Vignette | 97 | | | 5. Fog, Mist, Dust | 97 | | | 6. Colored B/W, Sepia, Monotint, Duplex | 87 | | | 7. Selective B/W, e.g. Red Rose in B/W photo | 78 | | | | | 8. Colorize, Creative Color, Color Filter, Color Tint | 66 | | | 9. Film Grain, Old Photo, Faded Photo | 63 | | 10. Cool/Warm, Color Temperature Effects | 62 | | | 11. Selective Color, Color Replace | 60 | | | 12. Diffuse Glow, Highlights | 59 | | | 13. Light Beam, Light Spot, Light Ray | 55 | | | 14. B/W Infra-Red, Color Infra-Red | 54 | | | 15. Polarizer | 50 | | | 16. Creative Contrast, Extreme Contrast, High-key, Overexposure | 47 | | | | | 17. Color Gradient Filter, ND Grad Filter | 40 | | | 18. Solarization, Posteriation, Thermal Camera, Nightvision | 30 | | | 19. Cross Processing, Bleach Bypass | 16 | | | | | Total of votes: 1400 |
Lens Correction Poll conducted in September 2005
| Which is your favorite lens correction tool? | | | 1. Photoshop CS2 Lens Correction | 29 % | | | 2. PTLens | 16 % | | | 3. Paint Shop Pro Barrel/Pincushion Distortion Correction | 15 % | | | | | 4. Other | 11 % | | | 5. DxO Optics Pro | 6 % | | | 6. Andromeda LensDoc | 5 % | | | | | 7. 55mm Lens Correction | 3 % | | | 7. Rosenman Lens Distortion Corrector | 3 % | | | 8. Helmut Dersch Panorama Tools | 2 % | | | 8. DCE Tools Lens Distortion Correction | 2 % | | 8. Photo-Plugins Lens Correction | 2 % | | | 8. Powerretouche Lens Correction | 2 % | | | 8. Rosenman Lens Corrector PRO | 2 % | | | 9. Flo's UnDistort Filter | 1 % | | | 9. HumanSoftware PhotoFixlens | 1 % | | | 9. ImageAlign Pro | 1 % | | | 10. Kekus Panotools LensFix | 0 % | | | 10. The Imaging Factory Debarrelizer | 0 % | | | | | Total of votes: 143 |
Selectrive Brightness Tools Poll conducted in August 2005
| Which is your favorite tool for selective brightness corrections? | | | 1. Photoshop (Elements) Shadow/Highlight | 32 % | | | 2. Other | 24 % | | | | | 3. PaintShopPro Highlight/Midtone/Shadow | 13 % | | | 4. LightMachine | 10 % | | | | | 5. ColorWasher | 6 % | | | 6. PaintShopPro Fill Flash/Backlighting | 5 % | | | 7. Digital SHO Pro | 4 % | | | | | 8. FredMiranda SR Pro | 1 % | | | 9. Shadow Fixer | 1 % | | | 9. Shadow Illuminator | 1 % | | | 9. AKVIS Enhancer | 1 % | | | 9. Dynamic Range Compression | 1 % | | | 10. LittleInkPot Xpose | 0 % | | | 10. FiddaFilters Luminosity | 0 % | | | 10. Digital SHO | 0 % | | | 10. ChromaSoft Shadow/Highlight Control | 0 % | | | | | Total of votes: 160 |
Photo Effects Poll conducted in July 2005
| Which of these commercial photo effects plugins do you like best? | | | 1. Other | 33.7 % | | | | | 2. Auto FX Mystical Tint Tone and Color | 18.2 % | | | 3. nik Color Efex | 13.8 % | | | 4. Andromeda Photography Filters | 11.6 % | | | | | 5. ChromaSoftware Photographic Filters | 7.2 % | | | 6. PowerRetouche | 4.4 % | | | 6. The Imaging Factory | 4.4 % | | | 8. PixelGenius PhotoKit | 3.3 % | | | | | 9. DFT 55mm | 1.7 % | | | 9. DFT Digital Photo Lab | 1.7 % | | | | | Total of votes: 181 |
Plugin Number Poll conducted in June 2005
| How many plugin products do you use more or less regularily? | | | 1. 3 or 4 plugins | 23.3 % | | | 2. 5 to 10 plugins | 22.8 % | | | 3. Up to 20 plugins | 20.1 % | | | | | 4. Up to 50 plugins | 9.6 % | | | 5. 1 or 2 plugins | 8.7 % | | | 6. Too many to count them | 5.5 % | | 7. More than 100 plugins | 4.1 % | | | | | 8. My graphics tool doesn't support plugins | 3.2 % | | | 9. Up to 100 plugins | 1.8 % | | | 10. I don't need any plugins | 0.9 % | | 66% of all people use 3 to 20 plugins 46% of all people use 3 to10 plugins 20% of all people use 20 or more plugins 9% use only one or two plugins 4% use no plugins
| | Total of votes: 219 |
Plugin Management Poll conducted in May 2005
| How do you manage your plugins? | | | 1. I just set the plugin paths in my graphics application. | 42.3 % | | | | | 2. I just install and uninstall plugins. That's all. | 19.5 % | | | 3. I use a freeware tool. | 14.9 % | | | 4. I use a commercial tool. | 11.5 % | | | | | 5. I have no idea. | 6.5 % | | | 6. I only use Windows Explorer or MacOS Finder. | 5.4 % | | | | | Total of votes: 264 |
Image Enlargement Poll conducted in April 2005
| Which of the following image enlargement plugins do you use? | | | 1. Genuine Fractals | 35.7 % | | | 2. Other | 30.8 % | | | | | 3. PhotoZoom/S-Spline | 10.4 % | | | 4. SmartScale | 8.2 % | | | 5. Stair Interpolation Pro | 4.9 % | | | | | 6. X-File | 2.2 % | | | 6. Resize Magic | 2.2 % | | | 6. SizeFixer | 2.2 % | | | 6. DOP Upsizing | 2.2 % | | | | | 10. ResizeIT | 1.1 % | | | | | Total of votes: 182 |
Color Correction Poll conducted in March 2005
| | Which commercial color correction plugin do you use? | | | 1. ThePluginSite ColorWasher | 29.2 % | | | 2. Other | 27.5 % | | | | | 3. PictoColor iCorrect | 10 % | | | 4. Extensis Intellihance | 8.3 % | | | 4. AutoFX AutoEye | 8.3 % | | | 6. Kodak DigitalROC | 7.5 % | | | 7. PhotoTune 20/20 Color MD | 5 % | | | | | 8. Powerretouche White Balance | 2.5 % | | | 9. TwoPilots Color Pilot | 0.8 % | | | 9. TheImagingFactory Color Correction | 0.8 % | | | | | Total of votes: 120 |
Sharpening Plugins Poll conducted in February 2005
| Which commercial sharpening plugins do you use? | | | 1. The Plugin Site FocalBlade | 30.1 % | | | 2. Other | 23.7 % | | | | | 3. nik Sharpener | 13.3 % | | | 4. Photokit Sharpener | 8.9 % | | | | | 5. Acclaim FocusMagic | 5.9 % | | | 5. Extensis Intellihance | 5.9 % | | | 7. Fred Miranda CSpro | 5.4 % | | | 8. UltraSharpen | 4.43 % | | | | | 9. Powerretouche Sharpness Editor | 1.48 % | | | 10. The Imaging Factory Unsharp Mask Pro | 1.0 % | | | | | Total of votes: 203 |
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