Features
PhotoPerfect provides you with a magnitude of features for picture editing. For a quick overview have a look at our Fact Sheet...
Automatic image enhancement
- Fully automized one click image optimization with the included algorithm Xe847
- Even further enhanced automatic image optimization with the optional plugins i²e, Xe847 ProPlus or Perfectly Clear (including automatic detection & removal of red eye effects)
Essential image enhancement functions
- Brightness and contrast correction
- Correction of flash effects, backlight effects and shadow brightening
- Remove red eye effects
- Saturation setting (also selective)
- Comprehensive histogram correction facilities
- Perform retrospective white balance
- Color balance, color temperature, stepless channel switch
- Noise suppression / Color noise suppression
Advanced image enhancement functions
- Various advanced softening and sharpening tools (USM)
- Lab curves for editing images in Lab color space
- Band filter for removal of symmetrical distortion
- 16 bit support for RAW and TIFF files
- Import and edit RAW files
- Merging with Dynamic Range Increase (DRI)
- Remove color casts using multi-stage gray balance technique
- Comprehensive masking functions
- Color vibrance for selectively tweaking the saturation of over- or under saturated areas
- Brightness gradient
- Intelligent retouching function with repair and remove brushes
- MonochromiX extension for advanced black & white (grayscale) conversion
- Color management for monitor display and output on various devices
- 'Replace masked area': insert masked image area from original image
- Generate, edit and save Exif and IPTC data
Optical correction features
- Automatic pincushion reduction
- Correct converging lines
- Reduce vignetting
- Superb Shift correction
- Remove hot pixels and stuck pixels
Reshaping, manipulating, and resizing
- Cut images to predefined or custom formats
- Improved interpolation with scaling, rotating and masking (Resizing an image will create results superior to leading digital imaging applications)
- Enlarge or reduce images using various techniques
- Retouching (free drawing, cloning, shading etc.)
- Insert logo, date and text
- Lossless rotation and cropping
- Measure and mark image content
Printing
- Print pages from pre-defined templates
- Print several images on one page
- Print index pages
- Print poster or panorama view over several pages
- Date insertion
- Save print drafts for further use
- Series print
Configurability and expandability
- Savable window and key combination profiles
- Integrated scripting engine for VB- und JScripts
- Native scripting language PPScript with more than 250 commands
- Improved support for Photoshop compatible plugins
- Macro functionality
- Custom keyboard assignments
- Customer specific extensions
- Photo formats and plugins in processing resources
- Optimized support for external print services
- Configurable multi-dialog for creating custom workflows
- Measurements in either inches or cm
File functions
- Send images by email directly from PhotoPerfect
- Image conversion into various formats
- Integrated, fast image viewer
- New, scriptable batch processing
- Trigger script upon saving of image
- Create image lists (can also administer image lists on web server)
- Transfer images from digital or video cameras, scanners or card readers to the PC
- File groups for better file handling
- Exif overview data in status line
Addtional features
- Integrated framing tool
- Generate mosaic images
- Create stereo images
- Slide show (under XP direct to CD)
- Direct execution of external image viewers and editors
- GPS support
- GPS track import via external script
- Import GPS data from a NMEA tracklist
- Save GPS information and import/export as Google Earth file
- Support for dual core processors
- Optimization for 16 bit (LCD) displays