Digital Photographer's Software Guide - Bertemes - Net

Description
In one session you can load pictures from your digital camera to your computer, quickfix
them for common errors, and then obtain what the vendor calls “lab-quality photos”
from your home printer, using Noromis PhotoLab.
The secret to the Noromis PhotoLab approach is its automatic adjustment for exposure,
contrast, color balance, sharpness, saturation, red-eye, and digital noise. Its one-click
editing tools let you carry out these operations, plus cropping, rotation left or right, and
refining skin appearance. In addition to the auto-modes there are fine-tuning controls—
and even these are automated with an Adjust Auto Fixes wizard.
Fortunately, Noromis PhotoLab is a non-destructive editor, so making all the changes
does not degrade your images. It carries out the processing stages in the correct order,
just as a professional service would do. Before it prints your photos, it replays the list of
modifications, using it to produce superior quality output.
Comments
Noromis PhotoLab is big on hand-holding and strikes a good balance between ease-ofuse
and plenty of features. However, the claim of “lab-quality” from a home printer begs
a lot of questions about inks, papers, printer brands and models, and color management.
Yes, it can give good results, but not in every home.
Version: Noromis PhotoLab 2.2 (2008)
OS: Windows XP and Vista
RAM: 256MB
Supported file formats: Opens/saves BMP, JPEG, PNG, Slide Show (saved as PDF), and TIFF
Price level: Download version $30, CD version $40
Address: Noromis, 15 Vincent Place, Verona, NJ 07044, United States
www.noromis.com
Photobot
Chapter 9 ■ Quick-Fix Software 111
Vendor: Tribeca Labs
Purpose: “Zero-click” picture-correction software that fixes colors, red-eye, and exposure issues
Description
Billed at its 2007 launch as “The world’s first zero-click picture correction software,”
Photobot brings together algorithms from several sources to cure common photographic
problems automatically. Aimed at the amateur or home photographer, it has color enhancement
technology from the vendor’s Full Spectrum RGB program, exposure correction algorithms
from Athentech’s Perfectly Clear, and red-eye removal routines from FotoNation’s
Red. Working in tandem, the different routines make a quick job of brightening the image,
deepening the colors, and beefing up contrast without blowing out the highlights.