Automatic photo editing and color management workflows with SoftColor Automata

https://softcolorsoftware.com/automata

Webinar topics:

• SoftColor’s image editing workflow automation software
• Automatic color / tone correction and grading
• Photo workflow automation with SoftColor Automata

Webinar Demos:

• Getting started with Automata hot-folder workflows
• Automatic color correction and color management
workflows
• Editing photos inside PDFs
• Multi format (RGB/CMYK/GRAYSCALE) photo editing and
color management workflows automatically

Transcript

1. January 2017
   Automatic photo editing and color management
   workflows with SoftColor Automata
   SoftColor Oy www.softcolorsoftware.com
   

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2. TOPICS
   • SoftColor’s image editing workflow automation software
   • Automatic color / tone correction and grading
   • Photo workflow automation with SoftColor Automata
   

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3. DEMOS
   • Getting started with Automata hot-folder workflows
   • Automatic color correction and color management
   workflows
   • Editing photos inside PDFs
   • Multi format (RGB/CMYK/GRAYSCALE) photo editing and
   color management workflows automatically
   

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4. • Founded 2005
   • Image editing workflow
   automation software for
   Windows
   • Automata Pro
   • Automata Server
   • PhotoEQ
   • HQ: Joensuu, Finland
   SoftColor Oy
   FASTER, EASIER AND AFFORDABLE
   PHOTO WORKLOW AUTOMATION
   

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5. GET PICTURE PERFECT PHOTOS
   AUTOMATICALLY
   BY
   SoftColor SpectralAI Technology
   

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6. SoftColor SpectralAI
   Automatic Color / Tone Correction and Grading
   

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7. ORIGINAL AUTOMATICALLY ENHANCED
   

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8. ORIGINAL AUTOMATICALLY ENHANCED
   

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9. ORIGINAL AUTOMATICALLY ENHANCED
   

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10. ORIGINAL AUTOMATICALLY ENHANCED
    

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11. ORIGINAL AUTOMATICALLY ENHANCED
    

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12. EDITED PHOTO
    ORIGINAL PHOTO
    LUMINOSITY ENHANCER
    COLOR CAST REMOVER
    RICH DYNAMICS ENHACER
    COLOR TEMPERATURE CORRECTION
    EXPOSURE
    CONTRAST
    SELECTIVE COLOR ADJUSTMENTS
    LAYER BASED IMAGE EDITING
    

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13. EDITED PHOTO
    ORIGINAL PHOTO
    LUMINOSITY ENHANCER
    COLOR CAST REMOVER
    RICH DYNAMICS ENHACER
    COLOR TEMPERATURE CORRECTION
    EXPOSURE
    CONTRAST
    SELECTIVE COLOR ADJUSTMENTS
    LAYER BASED IMAGE EDITING
    You have a total
    control to all
    tune automatic
    image editing
    tools.
    

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14. Full control to all automatic tools
    

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15. SOFTCOLOR AUTOMATA
    PRO / SERVER
    

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17. • PRO (Desktop) / Server
    • Hot-Folder Workflows
    • Works with digital image and
    RAW formats
    • Edit images inside PDFs
    • Automatic color / tone correction
    and grading
    • Selective color adjustments (skin
    tones / greens / blues)
    • Color management (RGB-> CMYK
    / CMYK -> RGB / GRAYSCALE)
    • Image editing tools
    • File logistics
    • Unlimited workflows (running
    parallel on the background)
    • LOG-files
    SOFTCOLOR AUTOMATA
    

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18. What photo editing you can do automatically:
    Color and tone correction
    • White balance
    • Exposure & Contrast
    • Dynamics enhancement
    • Luminosity correction
    • Color cast correction
    • Dark and light color
    reconstruct (dark / light
    clipping)
    Color Grading
    Selective color adjustments
    • Skin tones / greens /blues
    (memory colors)
    Color management
    • Convert / assign profile
    • RGB/CMYK/GRAY
    • Color management uses
    32 bits precision for
    processing and support v4
    and v2 profiles.
    Curves tool
    • Import / export Adobe
    Photoshop curves
    Un-Sharp masking
    Automatic adaptive
    sharpening
    Resize tools
    Resampling tools (dpi)
    Automatic cropping
    Noise removing
    XMP-metadata
    Watermarking
    Use 3rd party software /
    scripts with Automata
    workflows
    

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19. Easy to use professional tools
    

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20. HOT FOLDER PHOTO EDITING
    WORKFLOWS
    

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21. • Hot-Folder based batch processing
    • Unlimited workflows, create as many as you want.
    • Automatic processing on the background
    • Full parallel processing support
    • Multiple workflows for same folders (input or output)
    • You can loop workflows
    First workflow output is input for second workflow
    SOFTCOLOR AUTOMATA WORKFLOWS
    

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22. Each Automata workflow is own separate process.
    Full multicore and multiprocessor parallel processing supported.
    

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23. HOT FOLDER PHOTO BASED PHOTO EDITING AUTOMATION
    HOT FOLDER
    INPUT FOLDER: OUTPUT FOLDER:
    Automata check automatically if there is new
    or edited files inside input folder. Those files
    will be processed automatically.
    

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24. AUTOMATA PHOTO
    EDITING WORKFLOW
    

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25. AUTOMATA WORKFLOW
    HOT FOLDER
    INPUT
    FOLDER
    FILENAME
    FILETYPE
    CMYK
    GRAYSCALE FILES
    INPUT FILE
    FILTERING
    PHOTO EDITING
    TOOLS
    OUTPUT
    FOLDER
    AUTOMATIC
    ENHANCEMENTS
    COLOR / TONE
    COLOR MANAGEMENT
    IMAGE EDITING
    FILE LOGISTICS
    MOVE / DELETE /
    COPY / DUPLICATE
    FILE LOGISTICS
    MOVE / DELETE /
    COPY / DUPLICATE
    LOG FILES / STATISTICS
    LOG FILES /
    PROCESSING DETAILS
    

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27. OPEN WORKFLOWS
    FOR YOUR OWN PHOTO TOOLS
    

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28. PRE AND POST PROCESSING COMMADS
    Windows applications / shell scripts / PowerShell scripts
    • Custom plugins
    • Editorial system integrations
    • Custom file format support
    • FTP / SFTP / NETWORK OPERATION (REST-API)
    

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29. AUTOMATA WORKFLOW - PRE / POST PROCESSING
    HOT FOLDER
    INPUT
    FOLDER
    FILENAME
    FILETYPE
    CMYK
    GRAYSCALE FILES
    INPUT FILE
    FILTERING
    PHOTO EDITING
    TOOLS
    OUTPUT
    FOLDER
    AUTOMATIC
    ENHANCEMENTS
    COLOR / TONE
    COLOR MANAGEMENT
    IMAGE EDITING
    FILE LOGISTICS
    MOVE / DELETE /
    COPY / DUPLICATE
    FILE LOGISTICS
    MOVE / DELETE /
    COPY / DUPLICATE
    LOG FILES / STATISTICS
    LOG FILES /
    PROCESSING DETAILS
    PRE PROCESS
    COMMAND
    POST
    PROCESS
    COMMAND
    

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30. vs
    • Both applications has same workflow tools and
    features
    • Server is a multi user server application.
    • Server is running as Windows Service
    • Pro is a single user desktop software.
    • Pro is running as current user process.
    

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31. DEMO TIME!
    

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32. 1. GETTING STARTED WITH
    AUTOMATA WORKFLOWS
    

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34. 2. AUTOMATIC COLOR AND TONE
    CORRECTION WITH COLOR
    MANAGEMENT
    

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35. INPUT FOLDER
    E:\INPUT_ALL\
    AUTOMATIC ENHANCER
    (color + tone)
    CMS: CONVERT TO sRGB
    Filename suffix = _RGB
    WORKFLOW RGB WORKFLOW CMYK
    AUTOMATIC ENHANCER
    (color + tone)
    CMS: CONVERT TO isoNewspaper
    Filename suffix = _CMYK
    OUTPUT FOLDER
    E:\OUTPUT_ALL\
    

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37. 3. PROCESSING IMAGES INSIDE
    PDF AUTOMATICALLY
    

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39. 4. RGB/CMYK/GRAYSCALE PHOTO
    WORKLFOW AUTOMATION
    

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40. INPUT FOLDER
    E:\INPUT_ALL\
    CMYK INPUT
    E:\INPUT_CMYK\
    GRAYSCALE INPUT
    E:\INPUT_GRAY\
    1. RGB WORKFLOW
    SKIP CMYK
    SKIP GRAYSCALE
    2. CMYK WORKFLOW 3. GRAYSCALE WORKFLOW
    OUTPUT FOLDER - E:\OUTPUT_ALL\
    

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44. SUMMARY
    

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45. AUTOMATA PRO / SERVER
    • Photo enhancement, image editing and color management
    workflow automation
    • SpectralAI technology for automatic color correction and grading
    • Digital images, camera RAW and PDF support
    • Hot-Folder workflows
    • File logistics automation
    • Open workflow architecture for 3rd party software
    

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46. FREE TO TRY!
    Get fully working 10 day trial:
    PRO:
    softcolorsoftware.com/automata
    SERVER:
    softcolorsoftware.com/server
    

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47. FAST, EASY AND SECURE TO BUY
    $199
    AUTOMATA SERVER
    $899
    AUTOMATA PRO
    Note that this is a single payment (not a recurring subscription).
    https://softcolorsoftware.com/store
    

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48. THANK YOU!
    Questions & feedback:
    Email: automata@softcolor.fi
    www.softcolorsoftware.com
    

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