Melancholytron

Melancholytron is a plugin for Adobe Photoshop that was designed to help photographers or users interested in photo manipulation enhance their images by adding a series of effects, which aims to add a touch of melancholy to the output files.

It can be used to apply the vignette effect to photos and apply several blending effects by choosing them from the corresponding menus. The plugin archive comes with two components that can be installed depending on whether the host application (Photoshop) runs on 32 or 64 bits.

Installing the corresponding plugin manually can be accomplished by extracting the contents of the archive it comes packed in and moving them to the Plug-Ins folder of Adobe Photoshop. It should be noted that the host application needs to be closed whenever attempting to install a new plugin. The plugin can be accessed afterward from the Effects menu.

The plugin's window displays a series of menus and slider bars that can be used to adjust the source images. A preview section is also visible so that users can keep track of their progress without switching workspaces. The Shape section enables users to choose the vignette's shape and adjust the clear area by dragging the slider on the bar. The Focus one lets users set values for focus, color blur and CB width. The Color category packs adjustable sliders for Saturation, Dampen, Vignette and Sepia. It is possible to generate a random result by clicking the dice button.