Dust Removal : Fast and automatic ( small defects )
Smart Tone : Enhance contrast and resolve fading and color shifts.
Powerful White Balance : Auto or Eyedropper.
Intuitive HotKeys : Less mouse, more speed.
Transformations : Rotate, mirror and auto de-skew.
Nondestructive Editing: No commitments until export.
Hot-Folder : Instant auto-import (during USB tether for example)
Simple, Minimal UI: Everything you need, nothing you don’t.
Sessions : Pick up your work where you left off.
Cross-platform : Mac + Windows
Optimized For Speed: Comprehensive caching and multi-threading.
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SlideSnap STUDIO is free for personal use for up to 20 images at a time, no other restrictions or watermarks. For professional, unlimited use, purchase a license ( Good for 1 year of support / updates )
- [Added] Auto Rotation ( Face detection based )
- [Added] Copy/Paste Image Attributes: Cmd+C copies all image attributes (color, white balance, crop, transformations, retouch) from the current image. Cmd+V opens a dialog to select which attribute groups to paste to selected images.
- [Added] Dust Removal Preview Modes: Three preview modes - "None (Export Only)" skips dust removal in preview for fastest performance, "Fast" applies to downsampled preview image, and "Accurate" (default) applies to full-resolution before downsampling. All modes apply full-resolution dust removal at export.
- [Added] Dual Dust Export: New checkbox in export dialog to also export a version without dust removal (_orig suffix) for images that have dust removal enabled.
- [Added] Arrow Key White Balance Adjustment: When the eyedropper tool is active (U), use arrow keys to fine-tune temperature (Left/Right) and tint (Up/Down). Hold Shift for larger steps.
- [Changed] Dust removal processing improvements (Paralalel tile based) utilizes multi core CPUs.
- [Fixed] Fixed color saturation appearing differently on wide-gamut (Display P3) vs sRGB monitors.
- [Added] Zoom Magnifier: Hold Z to activate a magnifying lens that shows 100% view of the processed image, scroll wheel to adjust magnification (50%-400%)
- [Added] Deskew Tool: Fine rotation adjustment (±5°) for straightening tilted scans, with slider control and interactive rotation handle on crop overlay, plus auto-detect button using Hough line detection
- [Added] Keyboard Shortcut Overlay: Press and hold K to reveal shortcut hints over all relevant UI elements
- [Added] Export format options: Choose between JPG (Standard/High quality) and TIFF (8/16-bit, LZW compression on/off)
- [Added] Thumbnail caching for faster session restoration
- [Changed] Moved JPEG quality setting from Preferences to Export dialog (now per-export with format-specific options)
- [Changed] Clear crop button (X) now also resets deskew angle to 0°
- [Changed] Copy/paste crop now includes deskew angle (Cmd+C copies both crop and deskew, V pastes both)
- [Changed] Color panel redesigned: Negative/Smart Tone/B&W checkboxes replaced with icon toggle buttons (film, auto-adjust, B&W filter icons)
- [Changed] Keyboard shortcut changes: Auto-Crop moved from Z to C, Paste Crop moved from C to V (hold V to position before applying), Auto-Rotate (face detect) now assigned to R
Version 0.1.4
Released: 2025-12-03
- [Added] Saturation Control
- [Changed] Switched to all LAB color space
- [Changed] Shadow/Highlight clip sliders now use perceptually uniform scaling (center=0.1% default, easier fine-tuning)
- [Changed] Upgraded Auto white balance algorithm.
- [Changed] Manual white balance now uses Temperature/Tint sliders instead of RGB multipliers
- [Changed] Improved White balance eye dropper sampling
- [Changed] Improved experimental ( Mac ) tethering: Authenticates in UI. Better fault handling.
- [Changed] Misc. UI improvements
Version 0.1.3
Released: 2025-11-30
- [Added] Automatic dust reduction ( Hotkey: G )
- [Added] Auto-Process: Automatically apply operations to images as they are added.
- [Added] Disk-based cache system with LRU eviction for improved performance especially with large image sets
- [Added] Thumbnail display mode preference: Fit (show entire image) or Fill (crop to fill)
- [Added] Thumbnail size presets: Small (60px), Medium (85px), Large (110px)
- [Added] Quick Start Guide accessible from Help menu at any time
- [Added] White balance eyedropper button in the White Balance section for easier access
- [Changed] Application window now appears immediately on launch instead of waiting for session loading
- [Changed] Rebuilt quickstart guide with comprehensive documentation for all features and keyboard shortcuts
- [Changed] Thumbnails now reflect auto-levels adjustments and preserve aspect ratio without distortion for more accurate visual representation
- [Changed] Undo/redo no longer stores large image caches, reducing memory usage significantly
- [Changed] Better progress reporting for batch operations
- [Removed] Interface preferences tab (consolidated into General)
Version 0.1.2
Released: 2025-08-26
- [Changed] Fixed bug in Smart Tone tool introduced in 0.1.1
Version 0.1.1
Released: 2025-08-25
- [Added] Added keyboard shortcuts modal under Help menu
- [Added] Hold "Y" to view image before color edits.
- [Added] Adjust crop via grab-handles
- [Added] White Balance Eye-Dropper Tool (Shortcut: U)
- [Added] File conflict handling during export operations
- [Changed] Updated thumbnail edit flags: cropped (orange), negative (purple), black+white (grey), smart tone (white), removed rotation flag
- [Changed] Re-arranged menu / toolbar structure
- [Changed] Improved hot folder selection logic
- [Changed] Tweaked UI ( Clipping and WB Sliders )
- [Changed] Fixed bug where sequence of exported images was messed up
Where is my license key? : If you purchased a license, it will have been emailed to you. Your order history can be found on the orders page.
Does SlideSnap STUDIO support RAW files? : For RAW shooters, we recommend exporting to 16-bit TIFF from your preferred RAW processor—this preserves full quality while letting you apply your own color corrections and lens profiles before
I bought a new computer, can I use the same license key? : Yes, but you first have to Deactivate the application on your old computer under Help->Manage License->Deactivate License. If you don’t have access to your old computer, please contact us.
Does the application stop working after the license expires? : No! This is not a subscription. It will continue to work indefinitely, but in order to continue to receive updates / support you will need to renew your license.
