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Overview

Main Features

Effectively sharpen your images for display and print without unwanted side-effects
Reduce noise and produce great looking blur, soft focus and glow effects
Several modes for novices as well advanced users
Wide range of automatic and manual tools including a split view feature
Ultra fast rendering with hyperthreading, multiple processors and cores
Allows batch processing of image files
Can be applied to images with 8bit and 16bit per channel
More than 80 presets included
... and much more

New in Version 2

Renders 10 to 120 times faster than Version 1 (depending on the used settings and CPU).
Supports one, two and three pass workflows and different output devices
Stronger sharpening with less artifacts: Up to 2000% and 32 pixel in all modes.
Softproof feature for simulating the sharpness of prints on screen
Full scripting and smart filtering support
New color noise reduction and grain features
Protect certain colors from being sharpened
Improved edge mask options
Up to 3200% preview zoom, a navigator tool and many other UI improvements
Support for Lab and CMYK image modes
... and much more

Compatibility

Plugin Version
- Runs as a filter plugin in Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, Photoshop Elements, Photo-Paint, PhotoImpact, IrfanView and many other applications
- Works as a smart filter in Photoshop
- For Windows 98, NT, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, 7 (32-bit & 64-bit)
- For MacOS X (PowerPC and Intel)
Standalone/Lightroom Version
- A standalone application that supports Camera Raw, JPEG, TIFF, PNG, PSD and other image formats
- Works as an external editor in Adobe Lightroom for Windows
- Lets you open and edit multiple images non-destructively
- Can be used as a raw converter
- For Windows 98, NT, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, 7

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