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ToneUp S3
Vendor: Todd Gibbs
Purpose: Powerful, very low-cost image processing with NEF conversion and custom curve-loading
Description
A low-cost alternative to Nikon Capture, Todd Gibbs’s ToneUp enables you to upload
custom curves to a Nikon DSLR. It also converts raw NEF files for editing in Photoshop
and other image processing applications, using Nikon’s NEF conversion algorithm. It
allows you to perform image processing on images from any camera, including adjustment
of brightness, contrast, exposure, saturation, channel mixing, sharpness, color balance,
and white balance. Its “hot swap” feature lets you load your five favorite curves and
switch them quickly so you can shoot with a chosen curve. With ToneUp you can
change the comment field in the photo to the name of the curve, so that it shows up in
Exif data. If you want, you can make your own curves and load them, or use Nikon
Capture curves from the ToneUp database.
Comments
An ongoing project by a professional games developer, ToneUp is becoming a more general
application as it evolves. If you are using Windows Vista or XP it allows you to carry
out time-lapse photography over a set time span. Other new features include cropping
and resizing, and batch processing. It is an excellent value.
Version: ToneUp S3.204 beta (2008)
OS: Windows XP, 2000, and Vista
Supported file formats: RAW (most); TIFF, JPEG, and PNG
Price level: Approx. $15
Address: Oxford, United Kingdom
www.toneupstudio.com
Turbo Photo Editor
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Vendor: Stepok Image Lab
Purpose: Photo processing software with some original features, including a “what’s wrong?” wizard
Description
This “digital darkroom” package comes from an emerging developer in the People’s
Republic of China, from the same team that brought us the Recomposit photo masking
and compositing tool. Turbo Photo Editor has a powerful RAW Importer module
that lets you bring in files from most makes of DSLR. It gives you control over both
exposure and color, and then goes on to provide a range of cropping, resizing, retouching,
special effects, image management, exporting and printing, and batch processing tools.