![]() Fujifilm cameras aren’t listed at all and cameras announced at CES 2012 haven’t been included yet. The non-destructive editor can handle raw files from many popular digital cameras, although it doesn’t support several cameras that were released in the third quarter of last year, notably Canon’s PowerShot S100, the Pentax Q, Sony’s NEX-7 and Panasonic’s FZ150, GF3 and GX1. Like its rivals, AfterShot Pro can work with multiple images, providing Batch operations for generating JPEG and PDF files and producing contact sheets or standard-sized prints. Instead, all program features are available at all times as in Aperture 3. Unlike Lightroom, AfterShot Pro doesn’t provide separate views for organising, editing and printing. Outputting each version to a JPEG or TIFF file. Editing photos to creating one or more versions, 4. Importing the photos into AfterShot Pro, 3. Transferring photos from camera to computer, 2. This is required if you want to take advantage of the digital asset management tools and add to or organise your image collection as it grows. However, when saved images are automatically catalogued within the Library. It’s easy to open your photos from existing folders or import them from a network or memory card and start editing straight away. ![]() One feature many users will welcome is that AfterShot Pro doesn’t take over image files when you connect a camera to a computer or upload images via a memory card reader. However, nothing in the guide or in the software’s GUI enabled us to recover the files we were viewing or working on ![]() A couple of times this happened the status indicator at the bottom of the Browse panel indicated ‘Hidden’ files. Occasionally everything disappeared from the workspace preview panel inexplicably. There were times when adjustments were very slow to take effect and it was difficult to tell whether anything was happening. Nevertheless, it’s a must-read if you want to understand the software.Ī key feature lacking in the user guide is a Troubleshooting section, which is necessary because the download we used had several really irritating bugs. It’s well laid out and indexed, although it focuses on explaining what the software can do rather than how to do it and a few functions aren’t covered adequately. If you haven’t used Bibble software before, make sure you download the User Guide (available in PDF format on Corel’s website) when you download the application. The application opens within a second or two and most operations we carried out with the trial download were relatively fast. The downloadable version of AfterShot Pro is a 33.2MB file that takes just under three minutes to install on a PC running Windows 7 (64-bit). Current Bibble 5 customers who upgrade before the end of January, 2012 can buy AfterShot Pro for $19.99. The Australian price is the same as the US price at $99 and users can download a free 30-day trial version from Existing users of Bibble Pro or Lite, PaintShop Pro, Adobe Lightroom and Apple Aperture are eligible for slightly cheaper upgrade pricing ($79). Corel has also enabled direct transfer of files from AfterShot Pro to its PaintShop Pro photo editor (RRP $99) in much the same way as files are transferred between Lightroom or Aperture and Photoshop.ĪfterShot Pro appears to combine most of the best features of Lightroom and Aperture and its price tag is certainly competitive. ![]() ![]() Fully multi-threaded and optimised for multi-core and multi-CPU computers, it’s built around the raw file processing engine developed by Bibble Labs, which Corel purchased last year.ĪfterShot Pro is Corel’s first product based on the core Bibble technology and like the latest Bibble 5 (the final Bibble product) supports Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems. Fully multi-threaded and optimised for multi-core and multi-CPU computers, it’s built around the raw file processing engine developed by Bibble Labs, which Corel purchased last year Full reviewĬorel’s AfterShot Pro, which was announced on 10 January, has been developed as an alternative to Adobe’s Photoshop Lightroom and Apple’s Aperture. Corel’s AfterShot Pro, which was announced on 10 January, has been developed as an alternative to Adobe’s Photoshop Lightroom and Apple’s Aperture. ![]()
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