I'm lucky in that I run everything here from Photoshop CS to LightRoom to SageLight to DxO Optics PRO, but not everyone gets 'em with their work and in any event, they're not indispensable: freeware backup editors like PhotoScape and are massively useful - and will be useful where Helicon is concerned, because though there's an easy-to-use brightness control, no such ease of use obtains where Contrast is concerned. and you've arrived at an excellent starting point for further work.ģ) Unfortunately, that further work is going to need the help of other image editors. It's actually better - in my experience, as a LightRoom user - than LR, and far more convenient, too, than using (in my case) Nikon's free NX converter for batching out to TIFF.Ģ) if you don't shoot RAW - and to be honest, most people are not out to create exhibition murals - then Helicon's jpeg handling is as fast as it's effective: go to presets on the right of the program screen, click on 'more', drop down to Quick Edit (rather than use the tool bar button) and click on the option which includes color, sharpening, and brightness. A day simply isn't long enough, so I'll confine my own thoughts to the following:ġ) If you shoot RAW, then the choice of conversion options here leaves Adobe and its DNG in the cold. Equally, that imposes on any reviewer the obligation to spend quite some time with it before pronouncing yay or nay. Software as thoughtfully developed and carefully evolved as this has obviously taken quite some time to get to where it is today. For that reason alone, I'd advise everyone to grab today's giveaway with both hands. It's clear that a lot of thought and time and sheer hard work has gone into its development it's also clear that here is developer which really cares about its customers: the help sections are as good a guide to understanding image management as it's possible to get without spending a fortune on specialist books. What, then, of today's giveaway? The verdict has to be that it's good - and well on its way to being very, very good indeed. There are, of course, a number of such commercial programs already out there, including Serif's offering (which I find over-rated) and DxO's (which I find under-rated: the French developer continues to be up there with the very best when it comes to camera-specific, even lens-specific, editing software.) You are welcome to visit our online store to learn more about purchasing our products.The further that Adobe moves from the domestic user market to the professional - and make no mistake, the company's decision to adopt rental pricing for its products is merely business-use leasing by another name - the greater the opportunity there will be for image editing software that the customer can actually own to seize the audience Adobe has so senselessly abandoned. A single license allows unlimited hardware upgrades and/or transfers to other computers. Entering of the activation code ( online registration) unlocks the license you have purchased.Ī registered copy may be installed on up to four computers, as long as only one registered copy is used at a time. There's no special installer for each of Helicon Focus license - no matter which license you purchase, please download the latest version of the program from our Downloads page. When you purchase Helicon Focus you will receive an email with the activation code. There are three types of Helicon Focus license packages available - Helicon Focus Lite, Helicon Focus Pro package and Helicon Focus Premium package. Once the trial period is over the program will add promotional text to the resulting image and will limit its resolution to 4 Mpixels unless you register the program. You can evaluate a fully functional version for 30 days.
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