Machine Wash Deluxe : Introduction

Welcome
Welcome to Machine Wash Deluxe! Now you can create professional quality weathering, surface and tactile effects on any image in Adobe Photoshop and compatibles. This manual explains how to install and get the most out of your new software and provides an overview of all Machine Wash Deluxe features.

What's New
This section lists the new additions, features and improvements included in this release.

Most Requested New Features
For years customers have been suggesting new features and ideas to improve our plug-in and we listened!

It's Downloadable! - No need to wait a week for your new software to arrive now that you can order online and download right away!
Texture Effect Picker with Live Preview - It's now faster and easier to find and preview the perfect texture in real-time on your images without wading through every texture effect. You can also filter the effects by style and set name.
Apply Wash Effect on Mask Layer - Now you can apply our popular Wash effect in the image mask layer allowing you to fine-tune the Wash effect while leaving the original image untouched*.
Presets are Here! - Now you can create and save as many presets as your heart desires to recall your favorite plug-in effect settings. To help get you started we came up with plenty of our own factory presets to show off the rich new features of this plug-in!

New Plug-in Features
We started from scratch and rebuilt the plug-in from the ground up expanding and enhancing it every step of the way to create the most realistic and amazing effects we could imagine! And while most people know our plug-in for it's amazing Wash effects, you'll be amazed when you see our brand new Surface and Background effects!

Introducing Surface Effects - Create dimensional surface effects with powerful and easy-to-use lighting and color control.
Say 'Goodbye' to Heavy Cycle and 'Hello' to Background! - Now create realistic background images and effects with precision control and ease!
Effect Multiplier - Don't bother running the plug-in multiple times to combine effects, now you can create multiple image effects at once.
Add Depth! - Now create, apply and adjust natural and realistic looking 3D textured depth perspective on all of your images.
Link Effect Settings - Once you have created the ideal texture settings, sync the texture effect scaling and orientation throughout each tabbed section of the plug-in to make editing easy!

Enhanced Previewing - With powerful new Preview window options, you can easily preview and edit just the image effect or a composited preview.
Apply Effects in New Layers* - Don't worry about losing your original image when you can now generate filtered images in a new layer*.
Better Texture Effects on Larger Images - We've improved texture resampling to retain even more texture detail when applied to larger images.
Always up to Date - Auto-update makes sure you always have the latest version of the Machine Wash Deluxe plug-in on your machine.