RawShooter Essentials updated to v1.1.2 By
Michael R. Tomkins, The Imaging Resource (Friday, April 15, 2005 - 08:19 EDT)Copenhagen, Denmark-based Pixmantec ApS has released an update to its 'RawShooter essentials' software for Windows PCs.
Available as a free download from the company's website, 'RawShooter essentials' now offers support for RAW files from the Nikon Coolpix 8400 and Canon PowerShot G2, as well as preliminary support for the Nikon D2Hs. Other changes apparently include:
Improved mapping WB to Kelvin scale
Ability to change background brightness for Thumbnails and preview area
Improved/faster thumbnail extraction and proxy creation
Improved color rendering (Minolta/Nikon)
Optionally Prepend priority # to output
Star-icon to show that a file was recently converted is now persistent
New keyboard short-cuts:
Alt+Up/Down to adjust EV level
Alt+Shift+Up/Down to adjust Fill-Light level
Shift+Up/Down to adjust Shadow Contrast level
Ctrl+R/E to rotate Clockwise/counter-clockwise
Alt+Z/X to Reset/Restore corrections
Using 1,2,3,F without Ctrl during slideshow will automatically advance to next image
Updated User Guide
Various cosmetic improvements
Pixmantec also released a list of bugs in the previous version that have been corrected in v1.1.2:
Using scroll wheel in Processing parameters cause crash
Inconsistent format of Maker/Model string in EXIF
Launching RSE in 16 bit Display color mode cause crash
Monitor ICC profile is sometimes not detected
User Guide sometimes unable to open or appears broken
Running RSE as a User with restricted OS privileges cause crash
Thumbnails sometimes appears garbled
Copy Corrections sometimes fail
Other stability related improvements
Minolta: Inconsistent interpretation of As Shot WB
Nikon D2X: images shot in "cropped" mode show with purple edge
Olympus: Some images appear clipped in the dark
Pentax: Some images appear clipped in the dark
Nikon: Some NEF files is not recognized after being saved in Nikon Capture
RebelXT/350D: A 128 pixels wide band sometimes appear at the bottom
Some DNG files (from supported cameras) is not recognized
The company does note that one known bug remains in the current version, whereby the AsShot white balance setting will be incorrectly interpreted for the Nikon D2X and D2Hs digital SLRs. For more information, visit the Pixmantec website.
