Digital Photographer's Software Guide - Bertemes - Net

Comments
SnagIt has a distinguished history, having been first introduced in 1991 and then regularly
updated to become one of the best utilities around. According to the vendor there
are now seven million SnagIt users worldwide, many of whom use it professionally to
capture menus and windows for illustrating textbooks and other teaching materials. Its
video capture feature led directly to the development of TechSmith’s screen video recording
tool Camtasia Studio. Many illustrations for The Digital Photographer’s Software
Guide were generated by SnagIt, using its 32-bit capture mode.
Version: SnagIt 8.2 (2008)
OS: Windows 2000, XP, and Vista
RAM: 256MB
Supported file formats: N/A
Price level: Approx. $40
Address: TechSmith Corporation, 2405 Woodlake Drive, Okemos, MI 48864-5910, United
States
www.techsmith.com
Test Strip Proofer
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Vendor: TS Proofer
Purpose: Darkroom test strip emulator for making proofs in 9x1 strips or 3x3 grids
Description
Test Strip Proofer lets you make calibration proofs for any size printer so that customers
can be assured that the final result will meet their expectations. It is a relatively simple
program that offers three options: Proof Size, Color Choice, and Amount. It comes in
two editions: Home, with proof sizes of 4" × 5" up to 12" × 15", and Pro, with proof sizes
up to 36" × 45". In Color Choice, you can select “all colors” for a color variation ringaround,
or individual red, green, blue, cyan, magenta, or yellow. By selecting Amount
(for example: Red 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, and so on), you instruct the program to generate
images with these variations in the chosen color.
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With color profiling becoming commonplace, the need for test strips has diminished.
Developed by Kirk Lyford, who founded PhotoTune in 2003 (acquired by OnOne
Software in 2007), Test Strip Proofer is a revised version of the author’s previous awardwinning
program, Vivid Details Test Strip. It does not have all the color correction tools
and layout choices of the earlier version although all the essential features are available.
The software appears consistently in magazines as a top-rated plug-in.