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Photo-enhancing tools add mystical dimension

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Have you ever seen a ghost? Had an out-of-body experience? Witnessed a person's aura? I know quite a few Mac users who have encountered something of the paranormal. As astonishing as these experiences may be, sharing them with others is often unsatisfying because there is no easy way to illustrate these phenomena.

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All that has changed with the launch of AutoFX's Mystical Lighting application (at www.autofx.com, US$179). Showing a person's aura in a portrait is a simple task for Mystical Lighting.

Or perhaps you would like to include a guardian angel hovering in the background of your photo. With Mystical Lighting the only problem is deciding how large or intense the spirit should be.

Mystical Lighting comes as both a stand-alone application and a plug-in for applications compliant with the Photoshop plug-in standard, such as Photoshop, Canvas or Elements.

Mystical Lighting adds dramatic lighting and shading effects to digitised photos or drawings. The effects simulate elaborate professional studio lighting techniques that previously required lots of time and money to produce. What makes Mystical Lighting so cool is that it can create these effects on photos you took years ago.

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Open a photo in Mystical Lighting, apply one of the preset effects, and voila, you have a new addition to your portfolio. If the preset is not perfect, you can shift, adjust, or tweak to your taste. A shadow here, a light beam there, or add a sparkle or halo - your photos will never be the same.

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