#Xenofex 2 alien skin skin

The default for the Xenofex 2 preset has the stain having an irregular edge while in Xenofex 1 it had a straight edge. The above shows the stain filter using the coffee preset as a default. While the difference in the filters cannot be seen from the above image, one can tell that there are more variations possible with Xenofex 2 than there were with Xenofex 1. They have, also, added more flexibility to the filters.

#Xenofex 2 alien skin skin

Filters can be launched from Fireworks’ filter menu without problems.'Īlien Skin has modernized the interface and made it more user friendly. *Adobe Fireworks compatibility note: Due to bugs in Fireworks’ support for Live Effects, we do not support using Alien Skin plug-ins as Live Effects in Fireworks CS3.

Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0.1 or later.

According to the company, Xenofex 2 must be used with one of the following host programs: This is taken from Alien Skin Software's website. It installed perfectly on both platforms.

I used Adobe Photoshop CS3 as the host program in both. I tested this program on both the Windows XP platform as well as on Vista Ultimate although I did the majority of work on the former platform. I will be giving examples of how these filters work as well as discussing them. The rewritten filters are: Constellation, Crumple, Electrify, Flag, Lightning, Little Fluffy Clouds, Puzzle, Shatter, Stain, and Television. The new filters are: Burnt Edges, Classic Mosaic, Cracks, and Rip Open. There are 14 filters in Xenofex 2 four are completely new and 10 are totally rewritten from Xenofex 1. When I realized that there was a new version, Xenofex 2, I wanted to review it. I have reviewed a number of other Alien Skin software products and have been very happy with them. Many years ago I wrote a review of Xenofex 1 and have used it ever since. Review of Alien Skin Software's Xenofex 2