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StarSpikes Pro 4 is a plug-in for Adobe Photoshop, Corel PaintShop / PHOTO-PAINT, and other 8bf-compatible image editors that you can use to add strikingly beautiful star filter effects to your astroimages digitally!

This plugin offers you the ability to create and control every aspect of beautiful, realistic effects, based on mathematical simulation of light diffraction, resulting in attractive 3D-looking images.

Sparkling, Realistic Effects.
Rich Set of Adjustments Gives You Ultimate Artistic Control.
Spikes, Soft Flare, Ring Flare Individually Adjustable.
Basic and Advanced Modes.
Optional Output of the Effect Only; Maximum Creative Control.
Content-Aware - Smart Recognition of Stars.
Effect Editor - Adjust Individual Effects or Add New.
Sets of Favorite Parameters Can Be Stored and Retrieved.
Works With Popular 32 and 64 Bit Image Editors and Viewers.
8, 16, 32 Bit Per Channel Color and Grayscale Image Support.
Internal Math is 32 Bit Floating Point for Highest Quality.
Fully Color-Managed, Works with Calibrated and Profiled Displays.
Scrollable, Zoomable Interactive GPU-Accelerated Preview.
Familiar Photoshop-Style Usability.
Rich Set of Standard Keyboard Shortcuts.
Full Editor Integration; Works with Selections, Layers, Masks.
Supports Photoshop Actions and Use as a Smart Filter.
Resizable Dialog Remembers Where You Put It.
Customizable UI - Dark and Light Choices.
High DPI Display Scaling Support.
Mouse-Over Help - Hover Over the Controls to See Quick Help.
F1 Help - Rich, Complete Manual and Help Resources.

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Requires Windows 7 or newer, OpenGL 2.1 or newer.