Capturebuzz

Bibble Labs Inc. just announced the first RAW Workflow update of 2007, adding support for the latest RAW enabled camera formats, and including – for the first time – several of the most popular 3rd party plugins for Bibble. Both Bibble Pro and Bibble Lite software now support the Nikon D40, Pentax K10D, Olympus E-400, Leica M8, Mamiya ZD and 97 other digital cameras.

What is unique about this release is the inclusion of 6 free plugins developed by Sean M. Puckett of nexi.com.

According to Bibble, “Among the free plugins included in this update are Andy, a Black & White Film Simulation tool that instantly creates stunning black and white conversions by simulating the look of many traditional film and paper combinations, Gina for Skin Tone Correction that can quickly and beautifully reveal more natural skin tones, and Roy for Color Adjustment to deepen the blue in skies or to make other color-based adjustments. Other plugins included can be be used for selective saturation enhancement, multi-zone exposure adjustment and novel image toning. With the inclusion of these free plug-ins, Bibble customers have the broadest selection of image adjustment tools at their disposal. “Pro" versions of these plugins – as well as several others – add additional control and power, and are available for purchase at http://nexi.com/bibplugs.

Like all version 4 upgrades, v4.9.5 is free for all existing Bibble 4 customers. Is this the last upgrade before the much anticipated Bibble 5? Only time will tell.

We recommend getting the Pro version rather than the Lite version. The difference in price isn't that much considering that you get multithreading, advanced copy and paste, work queues, IPTC caption support, etc.

Registered users upgrade here.