Enhancer 11.0 Photo Enhancement Software

If you take a photo of a black cat in a dark room the result can be far from ideal. Or if you make a photo of a beautiful view but the automatic settings focus on the sky and the shot comes out with uneven exposure - the sky is beautiful but the scenery is underexposed and one can hardly understand what is going on. With the standard tools of exposure correction you run the risk of spoiling the parts of the image that were good. But AKVIS Enhancer offers an individual approach to every part of the photo.

AKVIS Enhancer is image enhancement software that improves detail on an image, no matter what was the cause of the unsharpness. The program detects detail in underexposed, overexposed and mid tone areas of a photo with uneven exposure. It brings into focus blurred images. The program supports HDRI technology.

AKVIS Enhancer works in four modes: Enhancer, Focus, Smart Correction, and HDR mode. In first three modes you can improve a picture using one single shot; in the HDR mode you need a series of shots, but the result is impressive.

In Enhancer mode the program brings out details on one single shot by intensifying color transition. It means that Enhancer strengthens the difference between adjacent pixels having different color gradations and therefore allows revealing not only details in the shadow but even details in the overexposed and mid tone areas.
In Focus mode the program improves sharpness of blurred images. It happens when the camera fails to focus on the subject and it comes out unsharp. This mode can save such out-of-focus images. You can refocus the whole image or bring only certain a element of the image into focus.
In Smart Correction mode the program makes color correction of a photo. The mode is used for tone correction of images, changes in the light and dark areas, which improve the overall appearance of the image. Changes can be made to the entire image or to a part of the image having the selected color to be corrected.
In HDR mode (only in Standalone version) the program combines a series of images to get one HDR picture. This technology expands the dynamic range of an image and shows details in both shadows and highlights.

The program is useful in cases when a photo has an uneven exposure. For example, when a picture has been taken with the background overexposed and consequently the foreground is hardly discernible, which is especially annoying when you take a picture of a person; or when a photo lacks dramatic effect due to vagueness of the scene.

The tool is useful not only for correction of family and art photos, but can be effective as well in technical use. Publishers of technical literature can apply Enhancer to show equipment illustrations in detail; doctors can use Enhancer to increase the level of detail on roentgenograms, etc.

The program is available in two versions – as an independent program (standalone) and as a plug-in to a photo editor.

The Batch mode support available in the plug-in version allows you to automatically process a series of images. Just create an Action in Photoshop and apply the plug-in with the same settings to a folder full of images. It saves you time!

The plug-in version is compatible with Adobe Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Paint Shop Pro etc. Refer to Check the compatibility page for more details.

Enhancer v.11.0 More Information

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Enhancer v.11.0 Examples

Enhancer v.11.0 License Comparison

The functionality of the program depends on the license type. During the evaluation period you can try all options and choose the license you like.

Every time you start the unregistered version you can choose between functionality types to test: Home (either the plugin or the standalone edition), Home Deluxe (plugin+standalone) or Business (plugin+standalone).

Home (Plugin) Home (Standalone) Home Deluxe Business

Purpose non-commercial non-commercial non-commercial commercial
Edition

Plugin + — + +

Standalone — + + +

Features

Enhancer + + + +

Focus + + + +

Smart Correction + + + +

HDR — + + (standalone) + (standalone)

Post Processing — + + (standalone) + (standalone)

Print — + + (standalone) + (standalone)

Presets + + + +

Batch Process + — + (plugin) + (plugin)

Color Space

RGB + + + +

CMYK + + + +

Lab + + + +

Grayscale + + + +

8 / 16 bits + + + +

32 bits + + + +

Image Format

TIFF + + + +

JPEG + + + +

BMP + + + +

PNG + + + +

PSD + — + (plugin) + (plugin)

Raw + — + (plugin) + (plugin)

OS

Windows-version + + + +

Macintosh-version + + + +

10-days trial + + + +

Type of license:

Home License is a license for personal use only. You can not use it for commercial purposes. The license is valid either for the plugin version or for the standalone application (on the user's choice) and usually (not always) has less functionality than the superior versions (Deluxe/Business), but enough to meet the needs of a home user.
Home License allows registering the software on 2 computers (for example, on a desktop and on a laptop).
Home Deluxe License is an advanced version of Home license; and it also can be used only for personal purposes. The license is valid for both plugin and standalone versions. Home Deluxe License allows registering the software on 2 computers (for example, on a desktop and on a laptop).
Business License is a license for commercial institutions and individuals that derive a profit from usage of the Software.
The license is valid for both plugin and standalone versions and offers full functionality.
Business License allows registering the software on 2 computers (for example, on a desktop and on a laptop).

Enhancer v.11.0 System Requirements

Operating system:

Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Win 7; Mac OS X 10.4-10.6

Minimal system requirements:

Windows

Pentium III, 1 Gb RAM, 100 Mb HDD;
screen resolution 1024x768;
video card Direct X8 compatible, 32 Mb, color depth 32 bits

Mac

Intel/G4, 1 Gb RAM, 100 Mb HDD;
screen resolution 1024x768

Recommended system requirements:

Windows

Core Duo, 2 Gb RAM, 2 Gb HDD;
screen resolution 1280?1024;
video card Direct X8 compatible, 128 Mb, color depth 32 bits

Mac

Intel/G5, 2Gb RAM, 2 Gb HDD;
screen resolution 1280?1024

Enhancer v.11.0 Screenshots

AKVIS Enhancer is an image enhancement software for revealing details on a picture.

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Correct Problems in Digital Photos with AKVIS Enhancer

(brighthub.com, Michele McDonough, 3/2009)

AKVIS Enhancer is an image editing application specifically designed to help correct many of the flaws (such as exposure and focus problems) that crop up in digital photographs. The software is available as both a standalone product and as a plugin that is compatible with many of today's top photo editors, including Photoshop Elements and Paint Shop Pro.

Enhancer - (ataly Tikhonovich, MyphotoSoft.com, 3/2008)

Another HDR producing software is Akvis Enhancer. Enhancer works as a "one click", or, in other words, fully automatic tone mapping tool. All you have to do with Enhancer is load images to the program and, may be, play with the settings afterwards. No intermediate hdr file, no manual alignment pains. Some color postprocessing after and you are done. A quick job. Lets look at the workflow and the output quality though.

Enhancer has the usual Akvis program interface with a large preview space on the left, navigator and tools on the right panel with quick tips in the bottom. To produce a tone-mapped hdr image you have to load the differently exposed images to the program (the load multiple images button is placed on the top panel)...

Software Review - AKVIS Enhancer (Mark Mattson, Computer Users of Erie, 06.2007)

How many times have you found yourself facing the situation of having to deal with an under– or over-exposed photo? If you are like many of us, it can happen all-to frequently. If you base your exposure on a facial area, the background can (depending on the scene and lighting conditions) either burn out, losing all detail, or become too dark (underexposed) to make out any detail of the setting of the photo. <...>
AKVIS has a nice little plug-in that will do some amazing things with your photos that may have been relegated to the 'throw-away' file before...

AKVIS Enhancer (Larry Hrusovsky, NCMUG, North Coast Macintosh Users' Group Newsletter, 01.2007)

Akvis develops software for digital image processing and digital photo restoration. Akvis Enhancer is a digital image processing plugin for Adobe Photoshop, Photoshop Elements or Graphic Converter. If you have an image that is over or under exposed, Enhancer will recover lost image details and make image colors more vibrant.
The main interface for Akvis Enhancer has four adjustable sliders. One slider is for 'Shadows', used to recover lost details in unde-rexposed areas of image; another, 'Highlights', reveals details in light areas of im age; 'Level of Detail', defines amount of details detected; and 'Lightness', an adjustment that makea the overall image dark er or lighter.

Fotobearbeitung: Akvis Enhancer im Test (V.3.0) (Michael Doering, www.au-ja.de, 02/2006 - German)

Der Enhancer v.3.0 von Akvis dient dazu, die Details digitaler Fotografien hervorzuheben. Gerade in den unter- oder überbelichteten Teilen eines Fotos verschwimmen Konturen und Feinheiten, welche normalerweise mit der Tonwert-Korrektur der Bildbearbeitungssoftware berichtigt werden. Diese wirkt sich aber leider auf das ganze Bild aus und verändert daher den Lichteindruck und die Wirkung der Fotografie, unter Umständen gehen in anderen Teilen des Fotos sogar wertvolle Details verloren. Akvis verspricht mit dem Enhancer v.3.0 ein Werkzeug, welches ohne Belichtungs-/Tonwert-Korrektur die Details im Licht und/oder Schatten betonen kann.