| Developer(s) | Arcadia Software AG & Joachim Koopmann Software |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 2002; 23 years ago (2002) |
| Final release | 3.2 |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| Type | Bitmap graphics editor |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | www |
PhotoPerfect is aproprietarycommercialphoto editing software program forMicrosoft Windows, published by Arcadia Software AG. The first version was introduced in 2002.
The Arcadia website[1] provides a program manual, tutorials, a user forum, as well as download options for the software — for 14 days of test use.[citation needed]
PhotoPerfect has been discontinued.[2]
PhotoPerfect is similar to such programs asAdobe Photoshop and theopen-sourceGIMP, unlike these other programs, PhotoPerfect is designed primarily to edit and improve existing photos, and not for graphics creation.Its window can contain several movable subwindows. The main window contains, clockwise: Ahistogram set, a list of available processing resources, afile directory list, and athumbnail strip from the selected directory.[citation needed]
The program operations are generally available both in a standard menu system and asicons on optionaltoolbars. Selecting an image modification option will generally open a window with atabbed user interface — for selecting within a group of related operations. Each tab will generally contain one or more lever-operated controls, and the tab's image display has a user-operated divider separating the transformed and untransformed versions of the image.The color curves can be controlled (with level limit control) while the resulting histograms are displayed.RAW files can be opened, andTIFF images can be both opened and saved. A special set of 16-bit operations is available for these. Some dynamic range improvement (within 8 bits) may also be achieved by means of the operationMerge Images DRI.
The list of availableProcessing resources lists the available (built-in and user-supplied)macros,batch processing routines andscripts. PhotoShop-compatibleplugins will appear in this list, ready for use, if their.8BF files have been placed in the PhotoPerfect directory.
Extra functions (on theExtras menu) include tools for:
Some special image optimizing extensions may be bought separately from Arcadia Software, and they can then be selected from theImage Optimization menu:PerfectlyClear,I2E,Xe847, and these combined by the optionMulti-automatic.
Comparison with other graphics editors.
