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Bibble Pro
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Bibble Pro Bibble 4.9 is Professional Workflow and RAW Conversion software for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. It includes not only common raw enhancement tools but such instruments as Perfectly Clear or Noise Ninja. and the last version has more to offer.

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 Supported Cameras and file formats

Bibble Pro support a large variety of camera models.
The most represented brands are Nicon, Olympus, Pentax, Panasonic, and, surprisingly, Creo Leaf. Canon, Fuji, Sony, Konika Minolta, Kodak, and Leica have less than half of the models in the product line supported. Contax, Epson, Imacon, Samsung, Sigma, Mamiya, Phase One, or Casio raw files are not converted by Bibble Pro at all.

Editing files in Bibble is non-destructive as in most raw converters now. Original image is not altered, and source files are not overwritten or edited unless you set ‘overwrite sourse files’ option in properties. By making corrections and adjustments in Bibble you are preparing a list correction instructions that are then applied during conversion process to the source file and saved into specified format (like JPEG or TIFF) or directly to prints. This can be performed both by Batch Processing one or more images, and by saving a single image.

Raw conversion tools

Bibble has a large variety of tools including the standard set working with White balance and Exposure correction. But there is a number of adjustments not accessible in other converters, like Perfectly Clear ® or Noise Ninja ®. There’s no Brightness tool but you can adjust Hue, Saturation, and Vibrance.
Vibrance, by the way, is only present in BibblePro so far. The tool works like Saturation, but selectively, for less saturated areas of the image.

Vibrance is at min
Vibrance is at min

Vibrance is at zero
Vibrance is at zero

Vibrance is at max
Vibrance is at max

Perfectly Clear is a unique Bibble tool for complex enhancement of the image. It optimizes the lighting throughout the image while maintaining true color and zero clipping. At the same time Perfectly Clear automatically removes abnormal tint and restores faded photographs. As the final touch, Perfectly Clear should provide photographs with optimal contrast and sharpening.
There are no custom settings for Perfectly clear, you only have 4 preset options: Perfectly Clear is disabled, it is at minimum, maximum or STD (standard).

Perfectly is off
Perfectly is off

Perfectly Clear is at minimum
Perfectly Clear is at minimum

Perfectly Clear at maximum
Perfectly Clear at maximum

Perfectly Clear at STD
Perfectly Clear at STD

Highlight Recovery

The set of tools working with noise and detail also has some specimen that stand out.
First, there is Highlight Recovery, something that not every converter has. The tool attempts to return detail in the highest stop of an image that otherwise would be blown out. Values of 25-50 are generally useful and safe for most images. Due to additional processing needed, very high key images may take longer to process. HR effect will also vary between camera models and even white balance modes. A little HR can help recover detail or color in highly saturated color patches.


While HR is usually very helpful, occasionally you will run across an image that can have its Highlights hurt by the HR code (Grey or funny color highlights when HR is set to 0), for these images it is recommended to disable HR from the Advanced HR panel, or to adjust the threshold parameter.
There are also images with large areas of overblown highlights that cannot be mended even by Highlight Recovery. One of the examples you see below.

Highlight recovery 0
Highlight recovery 0

Highlight recovery 25
Highlight recovery 25

Highlight recovery 50
Highlight recovery 50

Highlight recovery 75
Highlight recovery 75

Highlight recovery 100
Highlight recovery 100