Remote Sensing Tools

I’m proud to announce and finally make the Remote Sensing Tools compilation of plugins for Photoshop® available. This marks an interesting turning-point for me, as I debated for quite a while about whether or not I wished to distribute certain things that I’d considered ‘proprietary’ from my personal tool-kit.

Visit the Shop, now listed above, for the following information and download/payment option. If in the event that there are any problems with attempting to make a payment or download the package after making a payment, please notify me using the Contact page here.

Remote Sensing Tools

Remote Sensing Tools is a small group, or family, of plugins compatible with Adobe® Photoshop®, designed as specific image processing solutions to enhance the production and editing of satellite and aerial imagery. Leveraging the flexible editing features within the Photoshop environment, adding value to the already nearly limitless combinations of techniques that can be executed by any knowledgable user, these tools aim to bridge the gaps between what capabilities that Remote Sensing and GIS tools may currently lack, and the commanding needs that anyone working with remotely sensed imagery might require.

The emphasis on these tools is precision and sometimes unique methods of solving problems in imagery processing where they exist, or where custom algorithms may be required. These tools have also been developed with the consideration that they can be used as a seamless enhancement to the already powerful capability of the only geospatial plugin for Photoshop of its kind, Avenza’s Geographic Imager.

Version

Build 1

(Currently Windows only.)

Additional Compatibility Testing

• Photoshop — Compatible with versions 5 through CS3.
• IrfanView 4.0 — Remote Sensing Tools have been tested as compatible with the .8bf filters extension. Make sure you read the IrfanView documentation on how to load and run Adobe .8bf filters.
• The Gimp 2.2 with PSPI.exe extension (to run Photoshop .8bf files) — is NOT compatible. PSPI.exe produces errors, claiming that a category for each plug-in cannot be found.
• JASC PSP 9, Corel’s Paint Shop Pro XI — have been tested and confirmed as compatible with Remote Sensing Tools.
• Macromedia Fireworks MX — Tested as compatible, though not recommended unless for small imaging or marketing tasks. (Tested due to availability and to test how the program adheres to the Photoshop Plug-in architecture.)

Additional testing will be forthcoming as time allows. If you have a program you wish to recommend, please contact me and I’ll take it into consideration.

Additional Information

The downloadable package contains the following plug-ins, listed within these categories:

Remote Sensing Tools - Alpha
(Transparency layer required.)

• Cut Intensity
• Cut Null (Black, RGB 0,0,0)
• Extract Maximum (Black - Inverted)
• Extract Maximum (Black)
• Extract Minimum (White - Inverted)
• Extraxt Minimum (White)
• Vegetation from CIR - Darker Selective
• Vegetation from CIR - Darker
• Vegetation from CIR - Lighter Selective
• Vegetation from CIR Lighter

Remote Sensing Tools - Channels

• RGB to BGR (Bands 123 to 321)
• RGB to BRG
• RGB to GBR
• RGB to RBG
• RGB to YUV
• YUV to RGB

Remote Sensing Tools - Conversions

• CIR to Naturaltone
• CIR to Naturaltone & Vegetation
• Geocover to Naturaltone
• Geocover to Naturaltone & Vegetation

Remote Sensing Tools - Convolutions

• Centre Weight Highpass - 2
• Centre Weight Highpass - 4
• Centre Weight Highpass - 8

Remote Sensing Tools - Enhancement

• Colour Boost 0.125
• Colour Boost 0.25
• Colour Boost 0.50
• Colour Boost 0.75
• Colour Boost 1.00