Industry notes for the week of April 4
Apps and updates
Halide app adds image recovery features
Halide, the popular camera app for iOS from Lux Optics LLC, has been updated to version 1.16, including improved Raw image handling a new image Rescue feature. The app’s machine-learning-based Smart RAW adjustment was introduced last year and improved with better RAW output with more editing headroom and lower noise.
Pixelmator Team releases Pixelmator Pro 1.6 Magenta update
The Pixelmator Team released Pixelmator Pro 1.6, codenamed Magenta, a major update adding an all-new color picker, including the ability to quickly choose colors using hex color codes, and other performance improvements.
iMazing 2.11 for Mac introduced a completely new tool to browse and to transfer iPhone photos by connecting iPhone to a computer and, within seconds, the entire photo library can be browsed straight from the phone, including detailed metadata for each photo and video.
Ilford Original, Mastin Labs classic black-and-white look suitable for weddings, portraits, and documentary work, is now available for Capture One.
DotPhoton Raw now adds support Sony A7R IV and Canon EOS 6D Mark II support. Also, Dotphoton Raw no longer adds .p extension in both modes to streamline some of the workflows and the Home and Success screens are now simplified.
Perfect launches of YouCam for Web AR try-on solution. Perfect Corp., the maker of the virtual beauty app, YouCam Makeup, launched YouCam for Web helping “indie beauty businesses leverage the power of artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented reality (AR) innovation to drive their businesses,” the company said.
Hasselblad updates Phocus desktop and mobile apps. Phocus 3.5 introduces a new Defringe Tool for purple or green fringe removal in high contrast transitions, improved contrast and brightness adjustments, plus the addition of Luma Mode to the Curves Tool for better control of luminosity, as well as upgraded processing performance.
64BitApps releases PicConvert v.1.2 for macOS
64BitApps released PicConvert v.1.2, a Mac app allowing users to batch convert, to resize and to rename their photos. Users can batch convert their photos and RAW image files to various image formats including JPG, JPEG, JPE, JP2, JPX, PNG, TIFF, TIF, GIF, BMP, HEIC or HEIF.
Disk Drill 4 for Windows recovers deleted data
CleverFiles announces the release of Disk Drill 4 for Windows. Disk Drill can scan and recover more than 400 file types with the press of a single button, straight from the computer or an external drive.
Financial news
CEWE takes steps to mitigate COVID-19 fallout
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Europe’s leading photo printer CEWE-Stiftung & Co. KGaA announced cost-reduction measures, submit a notification of short-time work (staff pay reductions) as of April 1, 2020, applying to all three business segments: Retail, Photofinishing, and Commercial Online-Print.
United Imaging Group reports record sales in 2019
Leading European photo/video buying group United Imaging Group GmbH & Co.KG announced 2019 sales of 379.5 million euros in 2019, a 27.6 percent increase from the 82 million euros from the year before.