ESTsoft (CEO Chung Sang-won), a company specializing in AI services, announced on the 7th that it has advanced the AI features in the public edition of 'ALSee' — the image viewer and editing program in its household-name software suite ALTools — and extended the same features to the image capture program 'ALCapture'.
With this update, ALSee and ALCapture both offer 'AI Background Remover' and 'AI Upscaler'. 'AI Background Remover' removes a complex background conveniently with a single click, while 'AI Upscaler' upscales a low-resolution image to twice the resolution, producing a sharper result.
These features were introduced in ALSee in January and have been further advanced for this update. The main improvements are to the processing performance of AI Background Remover and AI Upscaler, along with a better user experience for each so the improved performance is easier to use.
The user experience in particular has improved considerably. AI Background Remover now has a 'view original' button so users can compare the image before and after removal directly, while AI Upscaler has an on-screen slider so changes in resolution can be checked immediately.
Both features also gain ▲window resizing ▲full-screen mode and ▲zoom in and out on the working image, and now support new file formats including WebP and TIFF, substantially improving usability; continuous work within the editing window also raises productivity.
The household-name software suite ALTools is undergoing a full AI transition this year. The strategy is to keep the intuitive user experience of the trusted utility programs while adding AI features, evolving into a 'productivity AI suite' anyone can use easily.
To that end, beyond ALSee and ALCapture, which already have AI features, ESTsoft plans to keep adding AI features that improve user productivity across the whole ALTools range, including ALPDF and ALZip.
An ESTsoft representative said: "ALTools has built trust as Korea's leading utility software through years of accumulated development experience and know-how," adding, "Now we want to bring AI technology to bear, take a leap forward as a far more powerful automation solution, and create innovation that maximizes user productivity."