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Chapter 7 ■ RAW Converters 79
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SILKYPIX is the new rendering engine used for RAW processing PEF files in Pentax’s
Lab software. It is also the supplied RAW converter with Panasonic Lumix cameras. It is
impossible to fault SILKYPIX either in terms of quality or the number of features it
offers. It is a seriously good RAW tool with plenty of ongoing development to keep it at
the forefront of this competitive sector of the market.
Version: SILKYPIX Developer Studio 3.0.9.2 (2008)
OS: Windows XP, 2000, and Vista; Mac OS X 10.2
RAM: 1GB
Supported file formats: RAW (nearly all), JPEG, and TIFF
Price level: Approx. $150
Address: Ichikawa Soft Laboratory Co., Ltd., Makuhari Technogarden Bldg. CD5F, 1-3, Nakase,
Mihama-ku, Chiba-city, Chiba, 261-8501, Japan
www.isl.co.jp/SILKYPIX/english/
U.S. distributor: Shortcut Software International Inc., 14252 Culver Dr. # A319, Irvine, CA
92604
www.shortcutinc.com
Figure 7.3
SILKYPIX Developer Studio lets you apply various “taste functions” to the RAW image.