Helicon Filter offers full set of the professional post processing tools to the digital photographer. Intuitive interface, context help and full screen preview make it easy to learn.
The Helicon Filter covers 99% of the needs of the photo enthusiast whose usual workflow includes the following steps:
1) noise reduction (otherwise noise will be amplified by sharpening and brightness changes)
2) exposure correction (brightness, contrast, shadows, etc.)
3) white balance and saturation adjustment
4) correction of chromatic aberration (blue or purple fringing near overexposed areas)
5) distortion and vignetting correction
6) cropping, rotating, resizing
7) sharpening and deblurring
8) adding frames and text (shadow, 3D, fade out and other effects)
The Helicon Filter is one of the best tools in each of the above categories and received many awards. It also includes the Red Eye tool.
Helicon Filter also lets you merge underexposed and overexposed images to get the perfect image with the high dynamic range.
This software is a shareware. You will be able to download and test Helicon Filter during a certain period of time, then, if it does what you need, you will have to acquire the full version from Helicon Filter publisher. The Helicon Filter 3.10 free trial version contains an installer and an uninstaller, and has a size of 7780 Kilobytes.
For additional information and support request, please contact directly Helicon Filter publisher.
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