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BreezeBrowser’s Web page generation facility is very helpful to photographers with a
Web presence. Plenty of templates are available; new ones are often appearing on the
vendor’s own site. It even allows you to create an online ordering system with a PayPal
shopping cart: surely a novel extension for a RAW converter?
Equally strong are the areas of proofing, printing, and batch conversion. It gives you
the option of printing directly to your printer or saving for later output to a photo lab.
The vendor claims that the scaling interpolation is “superior to bicubic interpolation
found in many image editing packages.” The batch features include many of those
already mentioned: RAW, Web pages, contact sheets, image rotation, and lens distortion
correction. It also has a keyword editor for adding and editing keywords in batches
of images. As one photographer has said: “Point it at a directory with 1,200+ images
and it handles them with ease.”
Comments
Chris Breeze’s highly acclaimed software began as a Canon-only tool, then expanded to
include other brands. It boasts a longer list of favorable reviews and customer comments
than most software can claim, with endorsements from many professional wedding and
landscape photographers. Ongoing development keeps it at the leading edge, with consistent
upgrades to accommodate output from the latest cameras. A GPS template lets you
link Geotagged images to online maps and create Web galleries. Competitively priced, it
is an excellent value and for certain photographers it provides just the workflow they need.
Version: BreezeBrowser Pro 1.8 (2008)
OS: Windows 98 SE, ME, 2000, XP, and Vista
RAM: 512MB
Supported file formats: RAW (most); TIFF, JPEG, PNG, JPEG 2000, GIF, BMP, Photoshop
PSD, and Paint Shop Pro
Price level: Approx. $70
Address: Breeze Systems Limited, 69 High Street, Bagshot, Surrey GU19 5UH, United Kingdom
www.breezesys.com
Capture One
Vendor: Phase One
Purpose: High-volume RAW file conversion for busy photographers
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Description
Aimed at professionals like all Phase One products, Capture One is a powerful converter
package that can turn RAW files into TIFF-RGB, TIFF-CMYK, or JPEG images
on the fly, with excellent image quality and minimal noise. The software also comes in
a “light” version, Capture One LE, for low-volume users.