Kodak Capture Pro Software 2.0 versus
Kodak Capture Software version 6

Feature of Capture Pro

How it compares to current Capture Software

Viewing  

Image Zooming

Similar

Image Scrolling (Panning)

Similar

Selective Image Display (Filters)

NEW

Fix All Images in Same position

Similar

Post Processing  

Image Printing

Similar

Image Copy (Full Image)

Similar

Image Copy (Area)

Similar

Manual Insert Images

Similar

Manual Move Selected Images

Enhanced ; much easier to "navigate" when moving, using tree view; also offers ability to move an entire document

Manual Delete Selected Images

Similar

Manual Delete Pages  End of Document

Similar

Manual Cropping

Enhanced ; can now copy selected region to multiple image windows to avoid repetitive actions

Manual Blanking

Enhanced ; can now copy selected region to multiple image windows to avoid repetitive actions

Manual Rotation of Document (All Pages)

Enhanced ; can now select even an entire document or batch to rotate images simultaneously

Post Scan Image Processing - Apply to All Pages/Document/Batch

NEW - Available for Rotate, Delete, Save as PDF, and Print in Version 1.0

Insert Document toolbar function

NEW

Split Document

Enhanced ; easier to navigate to point where split needs to be applied

Merge Document

NEW

Image Processing  

Auto Image Split based on Image Size

Enhanced ; now supported for Color and Grayscale images. In addition, split can be configured to split each side into 2 to 6 images and the image order is configurable.

Auto Image Merge based on Image Size

Enhanced ; now supported for Color and Grayscale images

Indexing  

Barcode Recognition

Enhanced ; support for Datamatrix (2-D barcode) and some other types

Define zones per page side

NEW; Capture Software only detects barcodes on a single side

OCR (Zonal)

NEW; support for Asian languages and many other new languages (CS only supports 22 languages)

MICR (add-on)

Enhanced ; currently sold as add-on, will be included as standard

Ability to navigate to previous document

NEW; CSW can only navigate in one direction while indexing

Ability to navigate to any image within the document

NEW

Number of Index Fields

Enhanced ; Maximum 999 fields versus 10

Number of Characters per Index Field

Enhanced; Virtually unlimited versus 100

Output Mask for all Data Types

NEW; CSW only offers output mask for date type fields

XML output for index files

NEW

Define enter key behavior for indexing

NEW

Reorganize Index Fields

NEW

Custom Index Field Help

NEW

Use Batch level Index Fields as part of Document Level Index data

NEW

Set range of values for Index Field

NEW

Hidden Index Fields

NEW

Read-Only Index Field

NEW

Select value from drop-down list

NEW

Character substitution

Similar

Image File Format  

TIFF

Similar

JPEG

Similar

JPEG2000

Similar

Multi-Page TIFF

Similar

PDF Image

Similar

PDF/A

NEW

Super-compressed PDF (PDF/MRC)

NEW

Searchable PDF

NEW ; Unlimited Searchable PDF creation; Asian languages included

Uncompressed image support

NEW

Efficiency / Productivity  

Flag images

NEW

Auto Delete Blank Images using byte size

Enhanced; can now remove black & white or color / grayscale images independently

Auto Delete Blank Images using content

NEW

Manual Delete All Blank Images (Remove Blank Images Tool)

Enhanced; better visibility of images selected for removal. NEW is ability to define separate thresholds for black & white and color

Bypass auditing when navigating

NEW

Background Batch Processing

NEW

Auto Batch Processing

NEW; eliminates the need to manually start output processing

Batch Status Monitoring

NEW

Security / Integrity  

User Profiles

Enhanced

Keep Batch after Output

NEW

Index auditing before Output processing

NEW; only available in some versions of CSW (not for i800 etc.)

Digital Signatures

Enhanced ; enabled by default and can thus be used in all output systems using TIFF

Miscellaneous  

API Support

Enhanced

Support Scanner Button

NEW - Job Shortcuts are also available from the System Tray for ANY Kodak Scanner

Collect Statistics

Enhanced

Find and View

Enhanced ; supports more index fields

Undo

Enhanced

Unlimited scans

Similar

Installation / Job Setup  

Job Shortcuts

NEW

Job Setup

NEW; much improved over Capture Software - allows much more flexibility without requiring programming

Import/Export Jobs

NEW

User Interface  

Online Help

NEW

Floating toolbars and windows

NEW

Batch/Document/Page Explorer

NEW

Thumbnail view per Batch/Document/Page

NEW

Ability to save views at the user/job level

Enhanced

Output  

Save as PDF

NEW

Scan-to-email

Similar

Scan-to-file

Enhanced; much more flexibility and options

Scan-to-print

NEW

More flexible output definition without need for any programming

NEW; in CSW (advanced) features are often restricted to particular output formats

Automate downstream processing by invoking any other program

NEW; currently only available in one of the CSW output formats

Multi-page file output for entire batch

NEW

Image Stamping (Seq. #))

Enhanced ; now available to all output formats

Advanced Image Processing: color smoothing

NEW

Advanced Image Processing: image edge fill

NEW

Advanced Image Processing :auto-delete

Similar ; easier to set up

Advanced Image Processing: auto-orientation

NEW

Advanced Image Processing: auto-rotate

Similar - easier to set up

Advanced Image Processing: split

Enhanced - many more options and easier to set up.

Advanced Image Processing: stitch

Similar ; easier to set up

Flexible Output File Location

Enhanced

Index files

Enhanced; easier to set up

Name based on index value

Enhanced

Output to Document Management / ECM systems

Same