Corel announced the expansion of its digital photography portfolio with the introduction of Corel AfterShot Pro. The total photographic workflow solution for professional and enthusiast photographers will be displayed today at Pepcom's Digital Experience! and tomorrow at Showstopper at CES. Providing complete RAW workflow, flexible photo management, advanced, non-destructive editing and breakthrough performance, AfterShot Pro offers a powerful and affordable alternative to products like Adobe Photoshop Lightroom and ACD Systems ACDSee Pro. Based on technology from Corel's acquisition of Bibble Labs, Corel AfterShot Pro provides Windows, Mac OS and Linux users with the tools they need to get the most out of their photos.
Fully multithreaded and optimized for multi-core and multi-CPU computers, Corel AfterShot Pro
delivers fast RAW processing and incredibly color-accurate images with regular support for an
ever-increasing number of major camera manufacturers and models. Unlike current competitors,
AfterShot Pro offers workflow capabilities that enable you to work with photos virtually any way you
want, such as quickly accessing images from existing file folders or memory cards or importing
them into searchable catalogs. Corel AfterShot Pro's powerful, non-destructive editing tools let you
make your photos look their best, while unique selective editing capabilities provide incredible control
over image adjustments by letting you apply them exactly where you want them.
Performance: Corel AfterShot Pro is designed for speed and allows those with and without the latest hardware to process their images fast. AfterShot Pro is fully multithreaded and optimized for multi-core computers by taking advantage of every CPU at its disposal to maximize the speed of onscreen preview, adjustment and output generation.
RAW power: Corel AfterShot Pro is designed to help you make the most of the extra detail
and data in your RAW images by offering fast RAW processing and incredibly color-accurate
images.
Flexible photo management: Whether reviewing, adjusting or exporting RAW, JPEG or TIFF
images, Corel AfterShot Pro gives you the freedom to work the way you want. Create custom or
even portable catalogues that can be moved to another computer, or if you already organize your
photos in folders on your computer, you aren't required to catalogue them at all. Work with photos
wherever they are, whether they are in folders on your hard drive or on a memory card.
Robust Metadata tools: Browse and search your photos with ease using the powerful
metadata features in Corel AfterShot Pro. Easily find your images with automatically imported EXIF
data such as camera settings, lenses and dates. Add your own keywords, ratings, labels and tags
or use industry-standard IPTC Metadata, such as captions and copyright.
Advanced, Non-destructive editing: With the non-destructive editing tools in Corel AfterShot
Pro, refine and enhance your photos without ever altering your original image. Apply intelligent
automatic or manual adjustments-including complete exposure and tone control, color correction,
white balance, noise reduction, curves and levels, lens correction and many more-knowing you can
always revert to an earlier version of the image at any time.
Selective editing: The unique Regions and Layers capabilities in Corel AfterShot Pro give you
incredible control over image adjustments by letting you apply them exactly where you want them.
Easy Photo-Editing Software Integration: When you're ready to get into deeper photo editing
and advanced image manipulation, Corel AfterShot Pro lets you to bring your image into Corel
PaintShop Pro, Adobe Photoshop or the image editor of your choice from directly within the
application.
Batch processing: Corel AfterShot Pro saves you time with some of the most advanced and
flexible batch processing tools available. Use them to rename multiple files, apply adjustments to
groups of similar files with the same settings, or convert and export files to one or more pre-defined
image formats and sizes.
Speed to output: When you're ready to create image files to print, share online or access in
other applications, Corel AfterShot Pro offers lightning-fast output generation. Plus, use Batch
Output to quickly process images according to predefined output settings like JPEG and PDF,
create contact sheets or standard print sizes, and more. It's easy to modify Batch settings or create
a custom Batch process that suits your workflow.