Silverfast DCPro
SilverFast DCPro is a RAW conversion suite with sorting capabilities and image processing. It consists of three applications: a virtual light table; development; and print processing.
The light table lets you browse through your folders, sort images into groups, tag them with keywords, and place them in queues for batch processing.
Development facilities offer controls for exposure correction, sharpening, and two types of noise reduction. It has "Selective Color Correction" to identify specific colors in the image and change them.
The print processing module contains templates together with facilities to create your own.
SilverFast DCPro is an adaptation of the vendor's well-known scanner software, and, as such, it comes with scanner-type features. "Adaptive Color Restoration" automatically brings back faded colors, while another function eliminates grain. These features have limited appeal to the digital photographer but are useful to photo restorers. The development user interface is somewhat cluttered with floating windows rather than the sliding panels of the latest, purpose-built processors.
Comment
SilverFast DCPro scores highly for resolution, sharpening and exposure quality; poorly for speed, features and value for money. Discussion among digital enthusiasts on dpreview.com have tended towards negativity, some people being unhappy with its image quality and many disliking its relatively slow processing speed in comparison to other products. However, RAW conversion can take place in the background -- and its color tools are first-rate. It may well have just the features required by certain users.
Tech info
- OS: Windows 2000 onward; Mac OS X; Linux
- Price level: Approx. $300
LaserSoft Imaging
LaserSoft Imaging was founded in spring 1986 by the physicist Karl-Heinz Zahorsky, the company's current president. LaserSoft Imaging's headquarters are located in Kiel, Germany, by the Baltic Sea, 60 miles north of Hamburg.
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