Plugins for Photoshop, Elements, Lightroom, PSP & others
Poll Results 2012
This page shows the results of polls on various topics that were conducted on this web site. 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.
conducted in December 2012 / January 2013 |
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Which versions of Photoshop and Photoshop Elements do you use under Windows and MacOS? |
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Photoshop for Windows (260 votes): | ||||
1.
Photoshop CS6 |
36.2%
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2. Photoshop CS5 | 27.7%
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3. Photoshop
CS3 |
10.8%
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4. Photoshop 7 | 7.7%
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5. Photoshop CS4 | 6.5%
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6. Photoshop CS2 | 5.4%
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7. Photoshop 6 or older | 3.1%
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8. Photoshop CS | 2.7%
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Photoshop Elements for Windows (126 votes): | ||||
1. Photoshop
Elements 10 |
26.9%
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2. Photoshop Elements 11 | 23.8%
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3. Photoshop
Elements 9 |
15.9%
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4. Photoshop Elements 8 | 7.9%
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5. Photoshop Elements 7 | 6.3%
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Photoshop Elements 6 | 6.3%
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6. Photoshop Elements 5 | 3.9%
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Photoshop Elements 4 | 3.9%
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7. Photoshop Elements 2 | 3.2%
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8. Photoshop Elements 3 | 0.8%
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Photoshop Elements 1 | 0.8%
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Photoshop for MacOS (44 votes): | ||||
1. Photoshop CS6 |
43.2%
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2. Photoshop CS5 |
38.6%
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3. Photoshop CS4 |
9.1%
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Photoshop CS3 | 9.1%
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4. Photoshop
CS2 |
0%
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Photoshop Elements for MacOS (18 votes): | ||||
1. Photoshop Elements 11 |
38.9%
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2. Photoshop Elements 9 |
27.8%
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3. Photoshop Elements 10 |
16.7%
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4. Photoshop Elements 6 | 11.1%
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5. Photoshop Elements 7 |
5.5%
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6. Photoshop Elements 8 |
0%
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conducted in September/October 2012 | ||||
For what purpose do you use Photoshop Plugins? | ||||
1. Creative Expression: Producing artistic images for their own sake | 41.7% | |||
2. Personal: Using images for personal matters | 32.8% | |||
3. Commercial: Creating or improving images for earning money with them | 10% | |||
4. Journalistic: Enhancing images for documenting something | 4.7% | |||
5. Other | 4.4% | |||
6. Educational: Editing images for teaching purposes | 3.8% | |||
7. Scientific/Technical: Processing images with the aim of gathering information | 2.3% | |||
conducted in July 2012 | ||||
From which companies have you purchased a Photoshop plugin (or its upgrade) during the last three years? | ||||
1. Topaz Labs | 10.6% | |||
OnOne Software | 10.6% | |||
2. nik Software | 8.3% | |||
3. The Plugin Site | 5.3% | |||
4. Alienskin | 4.5% | |||
HDRSoft (Photomatix) | 4.5% | |||
5. Akvis | 3.9% | |||
6. FilterForge | 3.2% | |||
Flaming Pear | 3.2% | |||
Redfield Plugins | 3.2% | |||
7. Imagenomic | 2.8% | |||
8. AutoFX | 2.8% | |||
Corel | 2.8% | |||
9. Portrait Professional | 2.4% | |||
Mehdi Plugins | 2.4% | |||
10. Neat Image | 1.9% | |||
1.5% and below: Tiffen 1.5%, Lucis Art 1.3%, Red Giant Software 1.3%, DxO Labs 1.3%, PixelGenius 1.1%, Postworkshop 1.1%, Richard Rosenman 1.1%, DFT (Digital Film Tools) 1.1%, | ||||
conducted in July 2012 | ||||
What user interface do you prefer for Photoshop plugins? | ||||
1. A dark gray or black user interface | 33% | |||
2. A standard Windows/Mac user interface | 19% | |||
3. Similar to the host application | 14% | |||
4. A mid gray user interface | 13% | |||
5. I do not care | 10% | |||
6. A light gray user interface | 6% | |||
7. It depends ... | 5% | |||
8. A colored user interface (blue, green, red etc.) | 1% | |||
conducted in June 2012 | ||||
Photoshop plugins of which companies do you regularly use? | ||||
1. Topaz Labs | 11.46% | |||
2. nik Software | 9.73% | |||
3. OnOne Software | 8.82% | |||
4. The Plugin Site | 7.83% | |||
5. Alienskin | 6.43% | |||
6. Flaming Pear | 5.03% | |||
7. Redfield Plugins | 3.87% | |||
8. AutoFX | 3.79% | |||
9. Xero Graphics | 3.3% | |||
10. Akvis | 2.89% | |||
11. Mehdi Plugins | 2.72% | |||
12. Corel | 2.64% | |||
13. <Other> | 2.31% | |||
14. FilterForge | 2.23% | |||
15. Richard Rosenman | 2.14% | |||
16. Imagenomic | 1.98% | |||
17. Cybia | 1.65% | |||
18. Andromeda | 1.48% | |||
19. Tiffen | 1.32% | |||
DxO Labs | 1.32% | |||
20. PixelGenius | 1.15% | |||
Van Der Lee | 1.15% | |||
Below 1%: I C Net 0.99% (12 votes), Neat Image 0.99% (12 votes), EPaperPress 0.91% (11 votes), AV Bros 0.91% (11 votes), Lucis Art 0.91% (11 votes), Fred Miranda 0.82% (10 votes), Fantastic Machines 0.82% (10 votes), Red Giant Software 0.66% (8 votes), Mediachance 0.66% (8 votes), FocusMagic 0.66% (8 votes), DFT (Digital Film Tools) 0.58% (7 votes), Imageskill 0.58% (7 votes), Digital Anarchy 0.58% (7 votes), FixerLabs 0.49% (6 votes), Human Software 0.49% (6 votes), Panopticum 0.49% (6 votes), PictoColor 0.49% (6 votes), Picture Code 0.49% (6 votes), PowerRetouche 0.41% (5 votes), namesuppressed 0.41% (5 votes), GraphicXtras 0.41% (5 votes), Alpha Plugins 0.33% (4 votes), BenVista 0.33% (4 votes), Kodak ASF 0.16% (2 votes), Two Pilots 0.16% (2 votes), Frischluft 0% (0 votes), Outbackphoto 0% (0 votes). | ||||
conducted in April/May 2012 | ||||
What is the pixel size of the screen that you use for image processing? | ||||
800x600 | 3% | |||
1024x600 | 1% | |||
1024x768 | 8% | |||
1152x864 | 0.4% | |||
1280x720 | 1% | |||
1280x768 | 0.4% | |||
1280x800 | 1% | |||
1280x960 | 1% | |||
1280x1024 | 8% | |||
1366x768 | 3% | |||
1440x900 | 3% | |||
1600x900 | 2% | |||
1600x1200 | 5% | |||
1680x1050 | 13% | |||
1920x1080 | 23% | |||
1920x1200 | 20% | |||
2560x1440 | 5% | |||
3840x2160 | 1% | |||
Other | 0.4% | |||
conducted in February/March 2012 | ||||
For which application(s) are you interested in buying plugins and add-ons? | ||||
1. Photoshop | 25% | |||
2. Paint Shop Pro | 13% | |||
3. Photoshop Elements | 11% | |||
4. Lightroom | 8% | |||
5. GIMP | 5% | |||
6. Photo Filtre | 4% | |||
6. Irfan View | 4% | |||
7. XnView | 3% | |||
7. Bibble/After Shot Pro | 3% | |||
8. Paint.NET | 3% | |||
8. Painter | 3% | |||
9. Photo-Paint | 3% | |||
10. Other | 3% | |||
11. Aperture | 2% | |||
11. ACDSee | 2% | |||
12. Nikon Capture | 2% | |||
13. PhotoPlus | 2% | |||
14. PhotoImpact | 2% | |||
15. Photoline | 1% | |||
15. iPhoto | 1% | |||
conducted in February/March 2012 | ||||
Do you edit photos on a mobile device? | ||||
1. No, and I am not interested in doing that in future. | 54% | |||
2. No, I do not do that, but may do in future. | 30% | |||
3. Yes, from time to time. | 11% | |||
4. Yes, I do that often. | 5% | |||
conducted in December/Januray 2012 | ||||
In what format(s) do you usually shoot digital photos? | ||||
1. RAW | 45% | |||
2. JPEG | 30% | |||
3. JPEG and RAW | 21% | |||
4. DNG | 2% | |||
5. I don´t know | 1% | |||
6. JPEG and DNG | 0.3% | |||