Dfine 2.0

Press Release:

Nik Software today announced availability of a free update to its award-winning Dfine 2.0 noise reduction software plug-in. Dfine version 2.1 becomes the latest of the Nik Software tools to offer compatibility with Apple® Aperture™ 2 and compatibility with Smart Objects within Adobe® Photoshop®. The update also includes a new debanding control that allows users to address banding artifacts that can occur in some images.

Dfine continues to raise the bar in digital photographic noise reduction. Dfine provides superior noise reduction while maintaining detail and sharpness throughout an image and providing unprecedented selective control over noise reduction by employing Nik Software’s U Point® technology.

“This new update to Dfine addresses two of the top requests from users,” said Michael Slater, president and CEO of Nik Software, Inc. “We are pleased to be able to provide photographers using Apple Aperture and Adobe Photoshop with Dfine’s best in class noise reduction and its unique selective controls as a free upgrade to Dfine 2.0”

New Features:

• New Smart Filter Support (Photoshop only) — Provides compatibility with Adobe Photoshop’s Smart Objects enabling modifications or adjustments to noise reduction after Dfine has been applied.
• New Multi-Image Support (Aperture only) — Provides compatibility with Aperture’s multi-image support, allowing photographers to easily reduce noise in several images without leaving Dfine’s interface.
• New Debanding Control — Resolves issues in which unwanted horizontal or vertical banding artifacts are introduced in the capture process. Dfine is the only product designed specifically to handle this issue.

Availability
The Dfine 2.1 update is available as a free download to registered owners of Dfine 2.0 directly from Nik Software here. Customers that purchase Dfine 2.0 through retail stores are also eligible for the update.

Dfine 2.1 is a plug-in for Adobe Photoshop and Apple Aperture 2.1 and is available for Windows and Macintosh operating systems, including Vista and Leopard. For more information about the software, including video tutorials highlighting the software running within Photoshop and Aperture and a free 15-day, fully functional trial version, please visit here.