You provide the inspiration. Eye
Candy will get you there.
Eye Candy 7 renders realistic effects that are difficult or impossible to
achieve in Photoshop alone, such as Fire, Chrome, and the new Lightning. Effects
like Animal Fur, Smoke, and Reptile Skin are rendered in exquisite detail down
to individual hairs, turbulent wisps, and shiny scales.
Eye Candy helps you quickly explore and design looks. In Eye Candy 7, effects
are chosen through easy to recognize icons rather than text menus. Presets are
rapidly previewed by simply mousing over them. The theme is less clicking and
more visual browsing.
What’s New
Even Easier
We completely rewrote the Eye Candy user interface to make it easier to explore.
The theme is less clicking and more visual browsing. Eye Candy 7 is now a single
entry in Photoshop’s filter menu. That means that you can explore all of our
effects without leaving the Eye Candy window. Instead of choosing an effect
category by reading a text list, you’ll see icons that show typical uses of each
effect. Click the image below to see the full size as it appears in Eye Candy 7.
Once you choose an effect, you can explore presets fast using the navigator,
which is a small preview that instantly updates. You don’t even have to click.
Just mouse over preset names and the navigator shows how the effect will look in
your design. In the screenshot below you can see the navigator in the lower
left. Click the image to see more detail.
In the preference panel you can choose how the effect is rendered in a new
layer. If you prefer the Eye Candy 5 approach, you can have the new layer
include just the effect and not a copy of your original artwork.
Many Eye Candy effects use transparency, so we moved the transparency display
control out of the preference panel and put it under the main preview. This lets
you quickly switch the background between checkerboard, black, white, or a
custom solid color.
New Effects
By popular demand, we rescued the best effects from our discontinued Xenofex
product: Lightning, Electrify (seen above), and Clouds. We rewrote them for our
new Eye Candy 7 framework, which provides faster previewing, better preset
management, and easier experimentation.
Xenofex owners can get Eye Candy at the upgrade price of $99. In our store you
can use a Xenofex license code to purchase the upgrade. If you can’t find your
12-letter license code then use our license code recovery page, or contact tech
support so we can look you up.
Zillions of Effects
Eye Candy has grown over 19 years to handle a huge range of graphic design
tasks, from subtle extruded edges to glitzy chrome. There are 32 effect
categories, over 1000 presets, and controls to let you create an unlimited
number of your own styles. Take a look at our examples for just a sample of what
Eye Candy can do.
1. Realistic Effects
Realism sets Eye Candy effects apart from the generic filters built into
Photoshop. Effects like Animal Fur, Smoke, and Reptile Skin are rendered in
exquisite detail down to individual hairs, turbulent wisps, and shiny scales.
Eye Candy helps designs look natural and organic.
2. Adaptation
Eye Candy scales effects to match the size of your current artwork. That makes
it less likely that you will have to tweak a preset to make it look good.
3.Non-Destructive Editing
Effects are drawn into a new layer, leaving your original artwork untouched. Eye
Candy can also work as a Smart Filter, which lets you modify or remove the
effect later. You can save presets to consistently recreate your favorite looks.
4. Professional Features
Eye Candy can handle images in CMYK mode and 16-bits/channel, which are needed
for professional print work.
