What is Contenta Converter

Contenta Converter is a desktop software designed for Windows and Mac Os X. It is an all-in-one tool that will help you solve all your problems around photo conversion. It comes in two flavors: BASIC and PREMIUM. This blog contains how-tos and release information.

Top 10 reasons to love it

1. Easy to use
2. Optimized for multi-core processors
3. Previsualize everything you do
4. Focus on your task and get it done
5. Frequently updated
6. Free and great support by email
7. Inexpensive
9. Try before you buy during 30-days
10. After purchase, 30-day money back guarantee

Contenta Converter PREMIUM 5.0

We are excited to announce that a new major release of Contenta Converter is available (v 5.0).
What’s new in this version: Continue reading Contenta Converter PREMIUM 5.0

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Convert RWL photos with Contenta Converter PREMIUM

Leica digital cameras will produce uncompressed RWL RAW photographs with the information stored exactly how it was captured by the camera’s sensor, with no compression or color adjustment. Contenta Converter PREMIUM currently supports pictures taken with many different Leica cameras Continue reading Convert RWL photos with Contenta Converter PREMIUM

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Converting RW2 images with Contenta Converter PREMIUM

Panasonic digital cameras will produce uncompressed RW2 RAW photographs with the information stored exactly how it was captured by the camera’s sensor, with no compression or color adjustment. Contenta Converter PREMIUM currently supports pictures taken with many different Panasonic cameras Continue reading Converting RW2 images with Contenta Converter PREMIUM

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Converting NRW images with Contenta Converter PREMIUM

Nikon digital cameras will produce uncompressed NRW RAW photographs with the information stored exactly how it was captured by the camera’s sensor, with no compression or color adjustment. Contenta Converter PREMIUM currently supports pictures taken with many different Nikon cameras Continue reading Converting NRW images with Contenta Converter PREMIUM

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How to setup an efficient digital photography workflow?

1) Photos are stored in the memory card of your camera

2) backup originals as is but rename them thematically and group them by date

3) save more compressed and reduced copies for storage in the laptop

4) make a pdf album and send it to your customers. They can choose the best shots they want to purchase as prints or posters

5) Apply effects to add watermark or convert to artistic black&white

6) create thumbnails to upload a gallery to the web

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Contenta Converter 4.8

A new version of Contenta Converter is available (v 4.8).

What’s new in this version:

  • support latest models of Canon/Nikon cameras
  • fixed transparency support
  • as usual a few bug fixes.
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Contenta Converter 4.7.2

A new version of Contenta Converter is available (v 4.7.2).

What’s new in this version:

  • change the resolution of your pictures in dpi (Advanced->Add effects/annotation)
  • better SVG support
  • fixed a bug which prevented the program to start for some platforms
  • many user interface improvments and bug fixes.
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Contenta Converter 4.7

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What’s new in this version:
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<li>annotate your photos in batch using IPTC/EXIF/XMP metadatas (location, description, copyright, …)
<li>extract preview from RAW formats so that conversion to JPEG is 20x faster
<li>embed Java inside the package so that Java is not required anymore (Windows only)
<li>many user interface improvments and bug fixes.
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A new version of Contenta Converter is available (v 4.7).

What’s new in this version:

  • annotate your photos in batch using IPTC/EXIF/XMP metadatas (location, description, copyright, …)
  • extract preview from RAW formats so that conversion to JPEG is 20x faster
  • embed Java inside the package so that Java is not required anymore (Windows only)
  • many user interface improvments and bug fixes.
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Contenta Converter 4.6.3

We are please to announce the release of Contenta Converter 4.6.3

  • Add transparency to your PNG or SVG. If you convert from a JPEG with white background (top left and bottom right pixel is white), then you have now the option to make the white transparent when converting to PNG
  • Full support for Mac Os X Snow Leopard
  • Full support for Windows Server 2003
  • Many other improvments and fixes
  • Support latest models of camera.
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How to convert ARW files with Contenta Converter PREMIUM

Sony digital cameras will produce uncompressed ARW RAW photographs with the information stored exactly how it was captured by the camera’s sensor, with no compression or color adjustment. Contenta Converter PREMIUM currently supports pictures taken with many different Sony cameras (Click here for the full list of supported cameras). The quality of these images is great, but often you will need to convert the Sony ARW format, to a more common format like PNG or JPEG.

Contenta Converter PREMIUM handles ARW files. This how-to article will show you how easy and pain free it is to convert ARW files with Contenta Converter PREMIUM.

Continue reading How to convert ARW files with Contenta Converter PREMIUM

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