# Ohanaware turbo charges their (OS X) photo lighting effects app Shine **URL:** \ **Category:** Announcements\ **Created:** [September 9, 2013, 2:41pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/ohanaware-turbo-charges-their-os-x-photo-lighting-effects-app-shine/10806 "2013-09-09T14:41:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dana\_Brown](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/dana_brown/32/15210_2.png) [@Dana\_Brown](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Dana_Brown)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 2:41pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/ohanaware-turbo-charges-their-os-x-photo-lighting-effects-app-shine/10806/1 "2013-09-09T14:41:32Z")
Jhangle, Pingtung, Taiwan (September 9th, 2013) – Ohanaware Co., Ltd. Release version 1.1 of their photo enhancing application “Shine” for OS X. Shine has been designed to illuminate digital photos by using lighting & color effects, such as Light Rays, Lens Flares, light Source, Dynamic Contrast, Tinting & Vignette. The new version includes some new functions and a refactored processing engine, improving rendering speed, while using less memory. Large images (100+ megapixels) can now be processed via Shine. ## What the media, professionals & customers say about Shine TUAW - “Shine does what it advertises, and does it well.” MacFormat - 4 Stars - “Capable of creating good looking results, this deserves a place in the kit of keen photo geeks.” HDR360Pro - “Shine is a godsend for stock shooters! God rays on demand! Thanks Ohanaware!” 5 Star average rating on the Mac App Store (U.S.) ## Light Rays Capturing real Light Rays, takes a lot of skill and the correct conditions. Shine, allows realistic looking light rays to be added after the scene has been photographed. ## Lens Flares Modern cameras and lenses often contain elements to eradicate lens flares. Shine enables photographers to add lens flares to a photo during post processing. Most of Shine’s lens flares are based upon real lenses to produce a more natural lens flare look. ## Professional Level Functionality Shine offers a great deal of control over the Light Rays and Lens Flares, to enable a photographer to add in realistic or unrealistic effects. Version 1.1 reduced rendering time by nearly half and improves memory usage by a third. The refactoring for the latest version has allowed Shine users to apply these effects and more, to images over a 100 megapixels in size. Being able to output the images as a Photoshop document, allows photographers to add Shine into their workflow. ## Features of Shine • Cutting Edge, Turbo Charged “Light Rays” engine. • Selection of Lens Flares (many modeled on real lenses). • Large Retina compatible preview, with Full Screen support. • Tinting for altering the colors or mood of an image. • Dynamic Range adjustment using the custom contrast effect. • Alter or add a light source to the image. • Light Fall Off (Vignette) & Image Glow effects. • Original comparison. • Maximizes CPUs & GPUs usage to generate near real-time updates. • Share images online with built-in sharing. • Export illuminated photos directly to other photo apps. • Smart Saving, protects original image, includes all undos and previous saves. • Compatible with OS X 10.6, 10.7 & 10.8 ## What’s new in Version 1.1 • Now supports large images. • Rendering speed is up to twice as fast. • Uses 1/3 less memory. • Improved interface. • New Lens Flares. • New Light Sources. • Improved Sharing support on 10.8. • Improved Retina performance. • Improved QuickLook. • Improved Full Screen experience. • New interface animations. • Improved Sandboxing support. • New graphical selectors for Lens Flares & Light Sources. • Can now continue editing the photo when comparing with the original. • Minor bug fixes & stability improvements. ## Pricing and Availability Shine is available today from the Mac App Store & Ohanaware’s website. Shine is currently $9.99 USD (Before tax) per single user license, discounted for a limited time from $19.99. A free (watermarking) trial can be downloaded from the Ohanaware web site. ## System Requirements Shine requires a Intel based Macintosh computer, running Mac OS X 10.6 or later. It is recommended to have at least 2 gb of RAM. Please note that users of the Intel HD Graphics 3000, should disable “Use hardware acceleration” in Shine’s preferences for best performance. ## About Ohanaware Ohanaware is a husband & wife team living in the southern tip of Taiwan. Sharing a passion in Mac’s and amateur Photography. Their first product ‘Funtastic Photos’ went on to win 4 star awards from both MacWorld and MacFormat. HDRtist Pro won 5 stars from MacFormat. Their previous games company had a top ten hit with Recyclorama. Joy Sha has a history in the design industry with experience as a 2D and 3D artist, she also holds a masters in 3D animation. Sam Rowlands has been writing software since 1990 and is an award winning software developer. ## Contact Sam Rowlands [info@ohanaware.com](mailto:info@ohanaware.com) [http://www.ohanaware.com](http://www.ohanaware.com) product info: [http://www.ohanaware.com/shine/](http://www.ohanaware.com/shine/) direct download: [http://www.ohanaware.com/shine/Shine.zip](http://www.ohanaware.com/shine/Shine.zip) direct purchase: [https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/shine-enlighten-photos-hyper/id504464061?mt=12](https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/shine-enlighten-photos-hyper/id504464061?mt=12) screenshot: [http://ohanaware.com/shine/v110Images/topSplash800.png](http://ohanaware.com/shine/v110Images/topSplash800.png) second screenshot: [http://ohanaware.com/shine/v110Images/concentrate.png](http://ohanaware.com/shine/v110Images/concentrate.png) example 1: [http://ohanaware.com/shine/v110Images/lightRays.png](http://ohanaware.com/shine/v110Images/lightRays.png) example 2: [http://ohanaware.com/shine/v110Images/lensFlares.png](http://ohanaware.com/shine/v110Images/lensFlares.png) example 3: [http://ohanaware.com/shine/v110Images/wideBoy.jpg](http://ohanaware.com/shine/v110Images/wideBoy.jpg) example 4: [http://ohanaware.com/shine/finalExamples.jpg](http://ohanaware.com/shine/finalExamples.jpg) icon: [http://www.ohanaware.com/2013homePage/shineIcon256.png](http://www.ohanaware.com/2013homePage/shineIcon256.png) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.xojo.com/uploads/default/original/1X/455b4dcc0e61630e9f81940004ddffa49c432a46.png) [@system](https://forum.xojo.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/ohanaware-turbo-charges-their-os-x-photo-lighting-effects-app-shine/10806/2 "2020-10-29T16:50:30Z")