Corel KPT Collection [Old Version]

by Corel

Product Features

• Enhanced color picker: enter precise values to get the exact color you want
• User-controlled preferences: set global preferences for all plug-in filters
• Improved accuracy: gain greater control by manipulating control points and handles precisely
• Remarkable images and effects: Fluid, FraxFlame II, Gel, Goo, Ink Dropper, Lightning, Materializer, & more

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 2 x 9.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B000094ADG
• Item model number: KPTCENGPCM
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 29, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,603 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

KPT COLLECTION

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Plugins to die for!, June 5, 2005

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Gillian Buchanan "Classical Music Editor at B... (London, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Corel KPT Collection [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

This is a wonderful collection of 24 plugins for graphics programs such as Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro. My favourites are KPT Fibre Optix and KPT Hyper Tiling, but they are all fun to play with.

The interface is quite complex, beautifully designed and very different from other computer programs to look at. Each function comes in a floating window which you can move to anywhere within the dialogue box that suits you, and the functions are accessed via drop down menus in the floating windows. Each window can save presets and there is in addition a preset button which allows you to access the overall presets for the relevant plugin. A full PDF file manual is included on the disk and it's a good idea to read it.

Each plugin is a computer program in itself and can be used to create many different effects. I love the spray brush in the Gel plugin which creates a bubble effect when dragged across the image!

I had wanted this set of plugins for some time before I took the plunge and purchased, and I have not been disappointed. It's well worth the money.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Filter Mania, March 31, 2004

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Simone Lange (Anchorage AK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Corel KPT Collection [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

Great plug-in for PhotoShop. There are 24 filters to work with.
The effects ranged from very outlandish like the Goo filter to the world of Frax 4D. There were many subtleties in some of the filters that took a little while to figure out. Some of the effects distorted the original photo to the point that you could not honestly say what it was which in some cases was pretty spectacular. You could take simple objects like a colored circle and make some very awesome designs. You could create a whole world of effects just using the filters and something simple or you could subtly or greatly alter a picture.

The sliders weren't quite as responsive for minute tweaks so I would just click on the numbers in the white control panel and type in what I wanted. Each filter came with a set of presets that you could expand upon. You could create your own preset then save simply by telling it to Save Preset. You could export and import presets into this program also.

Some of the filters had a bit of a learning curve to figure them out. There was a question mark in the upper right hand corner of the workspace that would take you to the Acrobat file of that specific filter and it would give you some great information on how it works. I found this very valuable for the filters that were not as straight forward.

Some of the filters like "Fluid", "Goo" & "Projector" you could make short animations with them and export them out as a Quick Time Movie Or Pict Sequence. So you could make a modification record it in one of the film strips make another modification and so on to make a mini movie. I loved this feature a lot. (I only wished that Frax 4D had this feature my absolute favorite filter followed closely by Frax Flame II.)

While the program might be a little pricey for some for a plug-in it is well worth it. I loved these filters. I spent so many hours playing with them that my mouse finger developed a callous.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Corel KPT - no show, February 17, 2010

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Arthur Chandler "ABC" (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Corel KPT Collection [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

Note the previous review dates for this product. I tried installing it on my new 27" Mac, with no success. Photoshop does not recognize the plugins. I loved the old KPT filters; but they will evidently not work on the new Macs, and Corel has apparently made no effort to inform customers of this fact.