About 18 months ago a new Japanese RAW converter hit the market which went under the name of SilkyPix Developer Studio.

Although met with mixed opinions; many advocates liked the way it rendered colour, but turned their noses up at the interface. While others picked up the product’s poorly translated manual, only to put it down again, none the wiser.

SilkyPix has since gone through many changes. The interface now looks and feels similar to the revolutionary Rawshooter, but its inherent quirks and weak documentation still leaves users bewildered.

Just look at these great features!

Personally, I have persevered and consider it a superb tool for fast post processing and colour editing of raw images. It has some great functions (highlight controller, fine colour adjustment, noise reduction and lens correction) which other raw converters are only just starting to introduce.

Furthermore, the colour engine does indeed provide some of the nicest colour renderings I’ve seen to date

Hence, I decided to write an ebook, entitled “An introduction to SilkyPix Developer Studio 3″, which aims to provide an overview and “hands on” approach to using the application.

The ebook is based on version 3 for Windows XP and a 8-page excerpt from the ebook can be found here ( 775 downloads to date ), outlining the table of contents and the first chapter.

The full version is over 80 pages, includes worked examples and is available for purchase via paypal in the e-Shop for £2.50.

I have also developed two taste collections; Classic and Film. Each offers 18 presets which emulate the colour and style of classic processing and various films. These are priced at £7.50 for each or £12.00 for both collections.

As a side note, all images in my Goodwood Revival 2007 gallery were post processed using SilkyPix Developer Studio v3.