Today Kiyut released Citra FX Photo Filter 2.1, an image filter effects application for digital photos or images, written in Java. It allows anyone, regardless of experience, to apply unique artistic looks to digital images. New in this release are improved selection tools, marching ants performance, SwingX progress Bar, and an improved help system.

The main window of the application looks as follows:

Citra FX comes with many prebuilt filters, from color adjustment, contrast, and exposure to advanced filters like water ripple and emboss.

"The result is only limited by your creativity," says Tonny Kohar, the project's lead. "You also get instant visual feedback on what you changed. Applying filter effects to digital images has never been this easy and fun. It is well suited for everything from simple to advanced digital photo or image filtering."

Here's a list of the impressive photo effects that you can attain with this application:

• Blur—Box, Gaussian, Motion, Sharpen, and more.
• Color—Contrast, Exposure, Grayscale, HSB, RGB, and more.
• Distort—Circle, Diffuse, Marble, Ripple, Twirl, Water, and more.
• Stylize—Contour, Emboss, Flare, Light, Mosaic, Noise, Oil, and more.
• Photo mask and vignette effects.

Further information:

• Product Page
• Features Page
• Screenshots Page