However, only three of those are truly useful. Aetherize is the standout of the bunch. Imagine yourself at bat in the big leagues and suddenly getting beaned by a fastball. Adjusting controls labeled Dreamyness, Haze, and Blur can liven up drab imagery with color. For portraits or product shots, specifically those with white backdrops, it's an upbeat effect.
Glare brightens image highlights to create a blinding sheen, great for portraits and landscapes.
Lacquer coats your shots with a glistening varnish, while at lower settings photos come out looking like stylish color-pencil etchings. Not everything in this package has a silver lining. Swerve and Twist specialize in warping images, but at moderate to high settings both plug-ins can quickly obliterate a photo completely. Swerve initially produces droopy distortions, but if you turn up the controls, images are diced into cryptic graffiti-like shapes and ultimately pur ed. Similarly, Twist dapples an image with impressionistic strokes, but when you slide the controls to the right, the image streaks and twirls into an unrecognizable knot of fibrous grooves.