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(Page 1 of 2) Breeze Browser raw converter of Breeze Browser systems provides you with a program oriented on batch raw convertion and reducing the time you inevitably spend on basic manipulations with the digital photos to minimum. Supported Cameras and destination formatsBreeze Browser is very selective with cameras and file formats it supports, though each new version has more supported cameras and raw file formats. But Breeze Browser Pro still has a few cameras on the list: Canon, Nicon, Olympus, Pentax, Fuji, Sony (embedded jpgs only), and Konica Minolta. Moreover, none of them has the whole product line supported. The most represented camera is Canon - 21 model.
As for resulted file formats, they are usual, wide-spread, and most essential ones: .jpeg, .tiff, .png, .jpeg 2000, and .psd. Images are only saved as 16-bit TIFF, PNG, PSD or JPEG 2000 files if the source image contains 16-bit data (e.g. a 16-bit TIFF or a raw file from a Canon EOS 30D, Nikon D200 etc.). If the source data is 8-bit the final images will be saved as 8-bit files even if a 16-bit format has been selected.
For maximum quality all processing is carried out in 16-bit mode if the source image contains 16-bit data. The image is only converted back to 8-bits as the final operation when the output format is 8-bit.
Raw conversion workflow
BreezeBrowser Pro is minimalist in raw conversion tools and leaves as much editing as possible to post processing either within the application or in an image editor.You can also choose to combine both of them and convert the image twice to expose the highlights better. The first thing you do is the choice of a conversion method – normal or linear. Normal conversion is preferable for well-exposed images. Linear is good for images with minimum postproduction; it only allows white balance to be set. Further settings are different for different camera types. Most options are available for Canon Eos 10D (the settings in the image on the left), other Canon cameras also have more options available. For the rest only Smart Noise Reduction, White Balance, and Saturation are accessible. White balance and saturation cannot be fine-tuned for most cameras – there is no sliders or numeric boxes, just a limited number of presets and a color picker for defining a white (or grey) spot in the image. When WB is set with a color picker, the Combo box will have ‘Custom’ written in it with the Temperature and Tone numbers shown in brackets. In Canon EOS 10D images though temperature can be set manually.
Smart Noise reduction is the forth and the last property that can be set in the main raw processing window. Smart noise reduction uses iso data from the image file. It can only be high, normal, or low, or set off completely (advisable when post processing is activated).
The four settings mentioned can be used for all images you are processing (if there’ are many) or for a single file only. These are the only settings applied to a raw file for non Canon files, where Saturation, Contras, Brightness, and also Exposure and Tone can be adjusted. All the modifications you’ll want to perform will be applied to a converted file either in BreeseBrowser itself (post processing should be enabled) or in an image editor like PhotoShop.
One advantage of performing post processing in BreezeBrowser Pro is that it is applied to the 16-bit image data (except G1 and Pro90IS raw files) for the best possible quality even if the final image is saved as 8-bit jpeg.
The Postprocessing settings contain the Levels tool with an auto and manual options, lens distortion correction option, gamma setting, resize image and sharpen.
BreezeBrowser Pro does not have a universal algorithm to correct distortions arising from the use of some kinds of camera lenses. It uses the specific lens calibration files from PTLens developed by Thomas Niemann.
The lens correction uses the shooting data in the file to automatically select the lens correction parameters. Nevertheless, you had better enter the setup when you first use BreezeBrowser with a new camera.
Adjusting the gamma leaves the white and black points unchanged and adjusts the middle values in the histogram. The combination of the levels and the gamma adjustment can compensate to some extent for incorrect exposure (that is not adjusted in BreezeBrowser as such).
Saturation, sharpness, contrast – best set low for after processing. They are disabled with linear conversion method.
False color filter removes false colors from areas of fine detail, It can be disabled or enabled.
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Several raw conversion settings are defined in preferences. You set here the default folder for converted images and image resolution. Also color profile policy should be defined here. What is worth noting is that BreezeBrowser lets set individual color profile preferences for each camera model (chosen out of the drop down list).
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