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SoftColor Software blog has been moved to https://softcolorsoftware.blog/

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PhotoEQ updates

We have just released an update to PhotoEQ (v.10.6.8)

- Improved automatic color correction

- New open files dialog

- Performance updates

Download

Release notes

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Happy holidays!

[Lego Christmas Train Ride Set 40262]

Post by: Petri - CTO / Co-Founder

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Software engineering photonics and color science lecture 2020

This year the University of Eastern Finland's Photonics Applications lecture series was a webinar. Our Software engineering photonics and color science lecture was today. We have also recorded Youtube-version of the lecture for everyone.

Slides and video transcript

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Automata and PhotoEQ updates

We have just released Automata (Pro/Server) and PhotoEQ updates

There are improvements to automatic photo enhancements tools and camera RAW processing.

You can download updates here: Automata Pro - Version 1.9.986 Automata Server - Version 10.9.0 PhotoEQ - Version 10.6.4

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New documentation for PhotoEQ, Automata Pro, and Server

We are happy to announce that we have just released new documentation websites for PhotoEQ, Automata Pro, and Server.

New documentation is much easier to use. You will have a full-text search too.

You can check new documentation here:

Automata Pro documentation:

https://www.softcolorsoftware.com/documentation/automata/

Automata Server documentation:

https://www.softcolorsoftware.com/documentation/server/

PhotoEQ documentation:

https://www.softcolorsoftware.com/documentation/photoeq/

We made new documentation websites with an excellent MkDocs tool, https://www.mkdocs.org/, and we use Material for MkDocs theme https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material/.

Post by: Petri - CTO / Co-Founder

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Software engineering photonics and color science

Today I had a great pleasure to have a lecture in "Photonics applications" course at the University of Eastern Finland. I was talking about "Software engineering photonics and color science." As a company, we are University of Eastern Finland alumni, computer science and applied mathematics.

In SoftColor photonics and color science are an essential part of our photo enhancement automation technology.

Topics:

SofColor Oy

A good photo is a combination of art and science

Photo editing and color correction automation

Color science theory combined with computer graphics techniques

Spectral illumination data as a key for better machine learning

Requirements for good photonics software or hardware applications

Read and download slides: https://speakerdeck.com/petripiirainen/software-engineering-photonics-and-color-science

Post by: Petri - CTO / Co-Founder

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Webinar: Automatic photo editing and color management workflows with SoftColor Automata

Webinar slides

Webinar topics: * SoftColor’s image editing workflow automation software * Automatic color / tone correction and grading * Photo workflow automation with SoftColor Automata Demos: *Getting started with Automata hot-folder workflows *Automatic color correction and color management workflows *Editing photos inside PDFs * Multi format (RGB/CMYK/GRAYSCALE) photo editing and color management workflows automatically Get Automata Pro Trial Get Automata Server Trial

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PDF processing update to Automata Pro and Server

Automata Pro and Automata Server updates are available. This version has updated PDF image processing tool for PDF files.

Download Automata Pro update

Download Automata Server update

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Automata Pro and Server Updates

Automata Pro and Automata Server updates are available. This version has performance updates and improved curves tool. New curves tool can import / export Photoshop curves files (acv).

Download Automata Pro update

Download Automata Server update

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PhotoEQ 10 – The photo editor’s perfect assistant is now available!

We are happy to announce our latest PhotoEQ v.10 release. PhotoEQ 10 is the photo editor’s perfect assistant for automatic photo enhancements and photo editing workflow automation.

PhotoEQ 10 is a robust automatic photo editor for batch photo enhancing, editing and color management. PhotoEQ 10 uses our latest nondestructive SoftColor SpectralHDI v10 layer based processing for color and image adjustments. This gives to you a full control to tune automatic correction adjustments.

In PhotoEQ 10 we have combined easy to use tools from earlier PhotoEQ versions with enterprise class photo workflow automation from our Automata Pro software. This has been the number one request from our current PhotoEQ customers.

Get PhotoEQ 10 Now!

What is new in PhotoEQ 10:

New Graphical User Interface

PhotoEQ 10 has a new responsive graphical user interface. PhotoEQ 10 is also fully touch friendly for Microsoft Surface and other Windows 2in1 devices.

Automatic Color Correction Tools V10

SoftColor SpectralHDI v10 automatic color correction. PhotoEQ 10 can fix very challenging white balance, exposure contrast problems with professional quality. New color correction layers for automatic color correction: Color cast removing / color temperature correction / Exposure correction / Contrast correction / Luminosity Correction.

Rich Dynamics Enhancer Tool

Rich dynamics enhancer color correction tool which enhances dynamics and lighting in photos. It can generate HDR-like look for regular JPEG images. Rich dynamics enhancer has settings for light type Hard / Soft and shadow & highlight masking blur value.

New ColorEQ tool for color temperature corrections and adjustments. ColorEQ has now also quick templates for color temperature adjustments.

Photo Editing Tools Presets

Photo editing tool presets. Presets can be edited, imported and exported between PhotoEQ 10 users. Presets also works with SoftColor Automata Pro and Server software.

To-do list photo workflow

To-do List based photo workflow for color correction, photo editing and color management with batch processing support.

New histogram analyzer tool

New histogram analyzer tool (original photo / edited photo) with statistics calculations and support for color HUE (HSV) histograms.

Improved PSD (Photoshop Document) support

Improved PSD (Photoshop Document) saving support. PhotoEQ 10 saves edited and original photo to same PSD file as separate layers. PhotoEQ 10 can also save all original metadata and color profile information to PSD files.

Get PhotoEQ 10 Now!

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PhotoEQ v.1.9.9 Released

PhotoEQ v.1.9.9 update available. This version has new histogram analyzer tool with statistics and improved color picker tool.

Download PhotoEQ update (v.1.9.9 - Dec 11 2015) Download PhotoEQ Update

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PhotoEQ update and Histogram Analyzer Tool (v. 1.9.7)

PhotoEQ has now new histogram analyzer tool. Learn more about PhotoEQ's histogram analyzer tool

Latest 1.9.7 version has some improvements to graphical user interface.

Download PhotoEQ update (v.1.9.7 - Nov 13 2015) Download Update

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PhotoEQ Updated. Latest v.1.9.6 has new and touch friendly user interface.

Download PhotoEQ update (v.1.9.6 - Oct 31 2015) Download Update

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PhotoEQ Updated. Latest v.1.8.5 PhotoEQ has much improved and more accurate automatic color correction.

Download PhotoEQ update (v.1.8.5 - Oct 01 2015) Download Update

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Ready for Windows 10

With latest versions Automata Pro (v.1.9.12) and PhotoEQ (v.1.7) are ready for Windows 10. Both applications works perfectly with new Windows 10 desktop features and in tablet mode for touch devices.

Download PhotoEQ update (v.1.7 - Jul 31 2015) Download Update

Download Automata update (v.1.9.12 - Jul 24 2015) Download Update

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Updated PhotoEQ v1.2.6 released with performance improvements

PhotoEQ has been updated to version 1.2.6. This version performance updates. Download Update