All Amazing Window Softwares: Aug 18, 2008

Nowadays consumer digital cameras are very popular because of their ease of use. Unfortunately, consumer digital compact cameras have limited functionality that reduce the quality of the image and therefore produce inferior results.
These shortcomings could be: unnatural jagged edges, unnatural colours, over saturation, over sharpening, pixilation and excessive colour noise from high ISO photos.

In order to achieve better quality images, RAW photography has become increasingly popular over the last couple of years. Many enthusiastic (semi) professional photographers are demanding the best quality from their cherished images. As a consequence, photographing in RAW format bypasses standard factory camera settings and enables you to creatively explore the full potential of your camera.

Digital SLR cameras and high-end compact cameras offer the possibility to use RAW image formats, which is the native data received directly from the sensor. The SLR camera is a Single Lens Reflex camera. For further explanation, open document link located to the left at the beginning of the article entitled, "SLR camera."
Regular Consumer digital compact cameras tend not give the user access to the RAW data, as this is normally processed within the digital camera to produce an image in the more readily accessible format of JPG.

By using RAW images you are not just a “happy snapper” that is satisfied with stock JPG finished pictures, but rather an enthusiast that wishes to process and adjust images on a computer with greater processing power than a regular digital camera. This offers you the benefits of greater image flexibility and creativity, leading towards better results.
JPEG, which is commonly used, compresses data using the sensitivity characteristics of the human eye. Therefore, it compresses image data into a small file size while still maintaining a pleasing image. However, image quality is significantly degraded due to the nature of the compression process.

SILKYPIX is a RAW converter software that lets you solve all these problems and opens a whole new world of digital photography for the enthusiast to explore.
SILKYPIX Developer Studio 3.0 is an all-round RAW converter with feature rich functionalities that produces the best results for your cherished images. With top notch adjustment parameters in an intuitive user interface you can enhance your own pictures with silky smooth results!

SILKYPIX is specifically developed for enthusiastic photographers and professional users. The software offers a professional colour management engine, including ICC profiles along side comprehensive development functions such as white balancing, contrast, sharpness, saturation, lens correction, image perspective and trimming (cropping), outputting and printing. The extended Adobe RGB colourspace is also supported.

10 Advantages of RAW images with SILKYPIX?

Control white balance
Increase dynamic range while working with higher bit depth
Better exposure control
Tackle noise problems at source
Improve sharpening at source
Optimise output file size
Unlimited image modifications at source
Greater image flexibility
Higher quality outputs
Fast workflow

The program supports over 120 cameras and works under both Windows (including Vista) & Macintosh (including Universal Binary) platforms.

SILKYPIX can read the RAW format from almost all digital SLR cameras on the market, and also works with JPG’s & TIFF’s from any other source.

New Features in Version 3.0

Many new features are included in Developer Studio Version 3:

Differences in Image Quality: Improved development engine
Differences in Tone: The nonlinear processing components of output gamma and tone curve levels have changed.
Differences in Highlight rendering: The new development engine uses high graduation sequencing to aid silky smooth highlight recovery.
Differences in Parameters: Sub controls, sharpness controls, noise controls, highlight controls and colourspace have changed.

Feel free to download a trial version of SILKYPIX, so you can experience yourself the silky smooth results that SILKYPIX RAW converter offers for your lifetime images.

Competitive advantages of SILKYPIX Developer Studio 3.0

SILKYPIX provides non-destructive editing of images, so your originals remain untouched and intact for years to come.
Development parameters can be organised and stored as individual preferences (Tastes) for instant recall and subsequent application to other images.
Exposure control: Take control of your image’s exposure and correct under or over exposed photos after the event, using the exposure adjustment control. This can help save photos that may previously have been deemed unrecoverable.
White balance: Since white colours are recorded differently under different light sources, you can take control of your photo’s white balance and say goodbye to irritating colour casts.
Contrast: Flat or overly harsh images can be uninspiring to the eye. Take control of your image’s contrast after the event by using the contrast adjustment control and its presets to breathe life back into your photos.
Saturation: Under harsh light, dominant colours can sometimes overshadow passive colours making an image look garish, likewise flat light can make colours look muted. Take control of your image’s saturation levels and subdue colours or make them more vibrant. The choice is yours!
Lens correction: Unlike some other RAW converters, SILKYPIX provides aberration, shading and distortion correction functions as standard. So there’s no need to buy expensive plug-ins or use a separate application to remove and repair these unwanted visible errors.
Image rotation and perspective correction: SILKYPIX provides comprehensive image rotation, vertical and horizontal perspective correction functions as standard, no 3rd party add-ins required. Take control and banish those leaning buildings and crooked horizons forever!
Trimming: SILKYPIX lets you to non-destructively crop and cut your original images anyway you see fit.
Sharpening: Add precise detail sharpening to your images like you’ve never seen before using state of the art “Pure Detail” algorithms.
Outputs: Create a JPG for a document or web page, or a TIFF for subsequent creative processing in your favourite image editing software. SILKYPIX gives you full control over images size, compression and bit depth, to tailor your output according to your subsequent media needs.
Printing: SILKYPIX yields professional high quality printed output with additional facilities for image preview, output sharpening and contact sheets. So there’s no need to use 3rd party printing applications to get professional results.

Supported camera’s.

Due to close cooperation with many digital camera manufacturers, SILKYPIX is known in the camera industry for supporting the latest camera’s.

See below for the complete list (which is update weekly)

Canon EOS-1D EOS-1D Mark II EOS-1D Mark II N EOS-1D MarkIII 8 EOS-1Ds EOS-1Ds Mark II EOS-1Ds Mark III EOS 10D EOS 20D EOS 20Da 4 EOS 30D EOS 40D 8 EOS 5D EOS D30 2 EOS D60 EOS Kiss Digital EOS Digital Rebel EOS 300D EOS Kiss Digital N EOS Digital Rebel XT EOS 350D EOS Kiss Digital X EOS Digital Rebel XTi EOS 400D PowerShot S30 PowerShot S45 PowerShot S60 1 PowerShot S70 1 PowerShot G2 1 PowerShot G5 1 PowerShot G6 1 PowerShot G9 1 PowerShot Pro1 *1 EOS Kiss X2 Digital Rebel XSi 450D EOS Kiss F Digital Rebel XS 1000D	Nikon D1 *1 D1X D1H D2H D2Hs D2X D2Xs D-3 D40 D40X D50 D60 D70 D70s D80 D100 D200 D300 D700 CoolPix 5400 CoolPix 8400 CoolPix 8700 CoolPix 8800	OLYMPUS E-1 E-3 E-10 E-20 E-300 E-330 E-400 E-410 E-500 E-510 C-5050ZOOM C-5060 Wide Zoom C-70Zoom C-7070 Wide Zoom C-8080 Wide Zoom SP350 SP500UZ SP550UZ SP560UZ E-420 E-520 SP570UZ	EPSON R-D1 1 R-D1s 1
KONICA MINOLTA DiMAGE A1 DiMAGE A2 DiMAGE A200 DiMAGE 7 DiMAGE 7i DiMAGE 7Hi αDIGITAL DYNAX 7D Maxxum 7D αSweet DIGITAL DYNAX 5D Maxxum 5D	Panasonic DMC-LC1 DMC-LX1 DMC-FZ30 6 DMC-L1 DMC-LX2 DMC-FZ50 6 DMC-FZ8 DMC-FZ18 DMC-L10	Ricoh GR Digital GR Digital II Caplio GX100 GX200	SONY DSC-R1 *1 A100 A700 A200 A350 A300
PENTAX ist D ist DS ist DL ist DS2 *ist DL2 K10D K100D K100D Super K110D K200D K20D	Mamiya ZD	Leica Digital Module R *7 M8 D-LUX2 D-LUX3 DIGILUX2 DIGILUX3 V-LUX1	Kodak P850 1 P880 1 Pro SLR/n 3 Pro SLR/c 3 Pro 14/n 3 Pro 14/nx 3 ProBack *1
Leaf Aptus 75 1 Aptus 75s 1 17/22/54S/65/65S Valeo 17/22 AFi5 AFi6 AFi7	FUJIFILM FinePix S2Pro FinePix S3Pro FinePix S5Pro FinePix S100FS	SAMSUNG GX-1S GX-1L GX-10 GX-20	CASIO EX-F1
OTHERS Adobe DNG Format *5

*1	...	The camera's WB value setting is not used.
*2	...	The camera's WB value setting is used, and the sun optical is treated in the AWB.
*3	...	The camera's WB value setting is not used. Furthermore, it doesn't correspond with the RAW Data in the compression mode.
*4	...	The developed color is somewhat different from the perceived color because this camera has no infrared filter.
*5	...	There are some limitations to develop the DNG. Please refer to the "DNG Correspondence" section of the manual.
*6	...	Recording image size is different from the JPEG file created by the camera internal in some mode.
*7	...	Attached with R8 or R9 only.
*8	...	In case of sRAW, the part feature is limited. Demosaic sharp is not available.