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The Digital Photographer's Software Guide
Photobot comes with a free trial account at Swiss Picture Bank
(www.swisspicturebank.com), an online photo hosting service.
Comments
When it comes to knowing what a picture should look like, Photobot is actually more
expert than many home photographers who have not had the time or inclination to
learn how to adjust their images. But “zero-click?” Yes, that is true, too. Photobot operates
in the background, searching your hard drive for pictures and putting them to rights
automatically. To many photographers, this will sound like their worst nightmare made
reality. A do-gooding virus that imposes its own aesthetic. To others it will be a godsend,
saving hours of work with an image processor.
Version: Photobot 1.0 (2008)
OS: Windows 2000, XP, and Vista
RAM: 64MB (128MB recommended)
Supported file formats: JPEG
Price level: Approx. $30
Address: Tribeca Labs, 648 Broadway Suite 700, New York, NY 10012, United States
www.tribecalabs.com
PhotoCleaner
Vendor: Digital Dozen
Purpose: Almost a one-click tool for enhancing digital images
Description
For the home photographer who takes occasional pictures, PhotoCleaner turns a poorly
taken photograph into an acceptable one. It has been designed to be as simple to use
as possible in recognition of the fact that many people find image processors hard to
operate.
The key to success with this type of product lies in the interface, and here PhotoCleaner
takes a different approach. Instead of making adjustments one at a time, allowing you
to check the result and make further adjustments, it offers a panel of check boxes that
you check before clicking Enhance Picture. Slider controls allow for individual adjustment
of color saturation, “reveal shadows,” noise reduction, apply vignette, and sharpen. But
essentially this is a one-click tool that adds everything together for speed and ease of
use. A Pro edition adds batch processing and the ability to create PhotoAlbums.
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Introduced in 2001, PhotoCleaner won a following among point-and-shoot users, but
as in-camera processing has improved, there tends to be less demand for this type of