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THE DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHER’S SOFTWA
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For Sam & Kit, photographers both
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Contents Introduction. . . . . . .
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Contents vii Chapter 6 Digital Asse
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Contents ix STOIK PictureMan Pro. .
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Contents xi FocalBlade . . . . . .
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Contents xiii Chapter 24 Panorama S
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Contents xv SizeFixer . . . . . . .
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Contents xvii Synk . . . . . . . .
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Introduction The speed at which dig
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What all this adds up to is a new s
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There is a fourth strategy that cur
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Contents xxv Whom This Book Is For
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Contents xxvii Chapter 17, “Noise
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Contents xxix Chapter 36, “Pro To
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Part I Browsing, Organizing, and Ed
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1 Downloaders or Camera-to-PC Trans
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Comments Downloader Pro is a genuin
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Summary Chapter 1 ■ Downloaders o
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2 Image Viewers The life cycle of a
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Description ArcSoft RAW Thumbnail V
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Comments CompuPic Pro is much more
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FastStone MaxView Vendor: FastStone
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the use of Events, a feature that e
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Description Lightbox is an image br
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Figure 2.4 Picasa can index every i
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Comments For image junkies, PicLens
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Version: ThumbsPlus 7.0 (2008) OS:
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3 Exif Tools Exchangeable image fil
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modes, shooting modes, and post-pro
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Version: Opanda IExifPro 2.3 (2008)
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Version: BR’s EXIFextracter 0.9.5
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4 Utility Software Various utilitie
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Comments It is useful for photograp
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When do you need it? Once you have
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Comments NEFView is useful for Wind
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Description Plugin Manager is a uti
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Comments SnagIt has a distinguished
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Figure 4.4 Watermark does what it s
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5 Cataloging Sorting and cataloging
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Figure 5.1 ACDSee Pro is the origin
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PicaJet includes full support for m
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Comments Shoebox is much appreciate
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6 Digital Asset Management (DAM) Fi
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Comments Written entirely in Java,
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Chapter 6 ■ Digital Asset Managem
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Supported file formats: Major RAW f
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Version: N/A (2008) OS: Windows XP
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7 RAW Converters The first step in
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Figure 7.1 Bibble accepts many terr
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BreezeBrowser’s Web page generati
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Chapter 7 ■ RAW Converters 75 sur
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Raw Therapee’s interface is well
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Chapter 7 ■ RAW Converters 79 Com
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LaserSoft Imaging, Inc., 3212 Gulf
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8 Image Processors In a sense, all
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Description With a built-in photo b
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Chapter 8 ■ Image Processors 87 T
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LightMachine Chapter 8 ■ Image Pr
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Version: Lobster 2.0 (2008) Works w
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Photo-Plugins Vendor: George Fourna
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■ Posterizer—Independently post
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ToneUp S3 Vendor: Todd Gibbs Purpos
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■ Beauty Pilot—Removes skin imp
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9 Quick-Fix Software Two types of u
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with color. At each step it offers
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With MediaOne Plus you can remove b
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Comments Aimed at the serious photo
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Description In one session you can
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product. Nonetheless, it serves a u
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Price level: Approx. $80 Address: M
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Retina Chapter 9 ■ Quick-Fix Soft
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10 Image Editors Image editors brin
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Comments There ought to be a good m
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In Photoshop Elements 6, Adobe intr
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Comments Many common applications h
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For anyone starting out in digital
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Version: LEADViEW version 4.0 (2008
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Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 Chapter 10
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Description Aimed at the home photo
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Comments Photobie boasts over one m
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Chapter 10 ■ Image Editors 137 so
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and facilities for making 3D images
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Part II Refining, Simulation, and E
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11 Masking Tools Photoshop owes muc
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Figure 11.1 Mask Pro has a full set
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Description Recomposit is a special
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Digital technology has led to a ren
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B&W Pro 2 Vendor: Red Paw Media Pur
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Chapter 12 ■ Black and White Conv
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With RetroGrade you can lighten the
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13 Film Simulation and Effects Digi
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Address: The Tiffen Company, 90 Ose
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Version: Exposure 2.0 (2008) Plugs
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Description Many skilled photograph
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virtualPhotographer Vendor: optikVe
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Summary Chapter 13 ■ Film Simulat
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14 Art Simulators A close relative
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PhotoArtist Vendor: BenVista Purpos
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SketchMatrix Vendor: NeuralTek Purp
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Chapter 14 ■ Art Simulators 179 D
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15 Special Effects Whereas most pho
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DreamSuite Vendor: Auto FX Software
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Comments Filters Unlimited was laun
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But the effects themselves are outs
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Chapter 15 ■ Special Effects 189
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■ The framing utility alone allow
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Comments Xenofex 2 is a lot of fun.
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Many people who upgrade to a Digita
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Version: CrispImage Pro 1.1 (2007)
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Focus Magic Vendor: Acclaim Softwar
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Price level: Approx. $100 Address:
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In digital photography, noise is an
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Dfine 2.0 allows you to apply noise
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Neat Image comes both as a stand-al
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RAM: 512MB Supported file formats:
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Version: Picture Cooler 2.51 (2008)
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When a flash is mounted close to th
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Version: Windows Red Eye Pilot 2.1,
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Human beings are highly sensitive t
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Comments This tool is aimed chiefly
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Photo restoration software predates
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Version: Retoucher 2.9, Chameleon 5
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Comments PhotoFlair is a specialist
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Part III Blending, Stitching, and O
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21 High Dynamic Range Dynamic range
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Supported file formats: ATX (32-128
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Price level: Approx. $400 (single u
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of light intensities and offers ful
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Two types of depth-of-field tools a
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Plugs into: Photoshop 5, 6, 7, CS,
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23 Lens Distortion Correction Lens
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Figure 23.2 You can use DxO Optics
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Description LensDoc is a plug-in th
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Summary Chapter 23 ■ Lens Distort
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The market for photo stitching and
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3DVista Stitcher Chapter 24 ■ Pan
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RAM: Windows 128MB (768MB recommend
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Chapter 24 ■ Panorama Software: P
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Description PanoStitcher lets you c
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Photovista Panorama comes in severa
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Comments Over a period of several y
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It comes in two editions: ■ Stitc
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SPi-V Chapter 24 ■ Panorama Softw
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Description The Panorama Factory le
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Part IV Presenting Your Images
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25 Digital Scrapbooking In the Unit
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Friends, Journals, Holidays (no con
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■ FotoFinish STUDIO, which adds e
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Description Hallmark Scrapbook Stud
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Chapter 25 ■ Digital Scrapbooking
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In fact, it is quite likely that a
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26 Photo Album Creation Album softw
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Version: Album Creator 3.5 (2008) O
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Description InAlbum is template-bas
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Figure 26.1 Diji Album lets you pla
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Comments After two million download
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Comments Although this is (currentl
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Price level: Approx. $30 Address: R
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27 Slide Show Creation What passes
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Chapter 27 ■ Slide Show Creation
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Soundslides Vendor: Soundslides, LL
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Address: Geoff Gaudreault, www.gaud
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Supported file formats: JPEG or GIF
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Part V Preparation for Printing
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28 Image Rescalers After their firs
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Chapter 28 ■ Image Rescalers 321
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Chapter 28 ■ Image Rescalers 323
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SizeFixer works on both 8-bit (24-b
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29 Color Management Whenever an art
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Chapter 29 ■ Color Management 329
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Address: Kodak’s Graphic Communic
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Comments The key to accurate color
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MonacoPROFILER Vendor: X-Rite Purpo
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Their combined capabilities offer a
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Chapter 29 ■ Color Management 339
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Spyder2express Vendor: Datacolor Pu
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Summary Chapter 29 ■ Color Manage
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Most photographic software has at l
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Final Impact Vendor: Cybia Purpose:
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Chapter 30 ■ Color Tools 349 Figu
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All printers use a RIP (Raster Imag
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Figure 31.1 ColorBurst X·Photo giv
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PhotoPRINT Chapter 31 ■ RIP Softw
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ProofMaster Vendor: PerfectProof Pu
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Comments If you happen to use an Ep
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Comments With its 16-bit pipeline,
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spaces: RGB, CMYK, sRGB, and LAB. I
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32 Virtual Proofing If ever there w
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different location, photographer, d
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Version: Remote Director 3.6 (2008)
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Aimed at advertising agencies, prin
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Part VI Keeping It All Running Smoo
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For tax and accounting purposes, ba
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Description Déjà Vu exists as a
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Versions: Norton Ghost 14.0 (2008)
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Paragon Drive Backup Vendor: Parago
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Comments If all you want is simple
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Summary Chapter 33 ■ Backup Softw
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Poles apart, here are two examples
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Supported file formats: Major RAW;
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Version: N/A (2008) OS: Windows 200
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Version: Don’t Panic - Photo Edit
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Comments As the developer claims, I
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R-Studio Vendor: R-tools Technology
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35 Pro Studio Software Professional
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Sales tools are well implemented, w
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Among the many facilities in PI/E a
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SuccessWare Vendor: SuccessWare Pur
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Chapter 35 ■ Pro Studio Software
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