What they all have in common, besides the signature AKVIS interface, is that they allow the user to take photos that have no discernible focus and to manipulate clarity to do a controlled softening of various parts of it in order to concentrate the viewers’ eyes to a specific area or location in the image. The program has three distinct flavours, Refocus, Iris Blur, and Tilt-Shift. ( Michael Shaw, MaUsE DoubleClick, 2/2017) Second, the application offers a collection of artistic blur effects that can effectively draw focus to a targeted area of interest. First, and foremost, it enables automatic sharpening of out-of-focus images that possibly can avoid the cost, frustration, and inconvenience of reshooting an image.
263 v.20.3)ĪKVIS Refocus v.8.0, provided as both a Photoshop compatible plug-in, and a standalone application, performs two important functions. ( Michael Kleper, The Kleper Report in Digital Publishing, MMXVII, No.