 1. Open an image |
 2. Set up filters |
 3. Save the result |
Recommended workflow:
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1. You are now on the Source tab.
Open the image by clicking it in the list on the
right.
2. Switch to the next tab and adjust image with the tools of the selected filter (see sliders on the
right).
3. When you are satisfied with the result, switch to the next filter by clicking
on the appropriate tab (e.g. Colors, Frame).
4. Switch to Save tab. The program will apply
all filters that you set up. From the Save tab
you will be able to save, print, email the final image.
When processing the file in the Helicon Filter, you always see the set of tabs with filters that can be applied to the source image to get the image that will be saved.
Тhere are two special tabs with the bold names. The Source
tab let you see the original image and other files in the same folder .
Switching to Save tab makes the program apply
all the filters to the source image and show the final result.
From the Save tab you can switch back to filters to adjust settings and apply them anew. If you are satisfied with the result, you can save image to disk, send by email and so on. For more options please read about the Save tab.
Customizing the set of filters
The program has an advanced set of filters that solve typical problems of digital photographer. By default all filters are enabled.
To show or hide some of the filters please use menu item "Filters\Personal workflow settings\". For example you can exclude "Distortion" filter if your camera or shooting conditions allow to make photos without geometrical distortions and vignetting.
Applying individual filters
You can apply any filter in any sequence calling them through the "Filters" menu item. For example you may resize the image and then apply the sharpening. Or you can apply Frame filter to add two different texts on the same image.
To call the second filter please go to the Save tab first. Otherwise the current filter will be ignored.
When you call the filter from the menu, the program is not sure which image should be processed - the original or the result of the previous operation. So the program asks you to choose the image. Normally it should be the result.
Opening another image
If you finish to process the image and you want to process the other one, you can do it in three ways.
1. If image is in the same folder: Switch to the Source tab and click the file from the thumbnails of the navigation panel (on the right).
2. If image is in the recently used folder: Switch to the Source tab and open one of the recently used folders (
) there.
3. If image is in some other folder: Switch to the Source
tab, open folder tree (
) and
browse the folders there.
You can always use "File\Open..." 
menu command. If the file contains EXIF information, then it
will be shown just below the image preview.
Helicon Filter Home and Pro edition support JPEG, TIFF, BMP, PSD and various RAW formats with 8 and 16 bits per channel.
Helicon Filter Free opens the same types of files but can write only JPEG and BMP files.
It is also possible to paste an image from the windows clipboard. This is not available
in Free mode.
Adding
voice and text comments to the image
Press on the comments icon ()
in the toolbar or use menu\Edit command to open Voice and text comments dialog.
You can record, play and delete existing voice comments by appropriate buttons.
Additional parameters such as sound quality or volume level can be set in the Preferences.
You can also add text comments which will be save in IPTC field. You cannot add text comments to files which format does not support IPTC (BMP, RAW, GIF, PNG).
Text comments are shown as tooltips when you place mouse pointer over the image in navigation panel on the Source tab.
Batch processing of multiple images
Helicon Filter let you apply the same settings to all or only selected images in the folder. Please see more information here.
To show or hide Help panel of Helicon Filter use 
button from the toolbar or View->Help panel command in the main menu.