Dalsa announced it has advanced the color capability of its Sapera Essential software for machine vision applications. Sapera Essential (Edition 01/2009) is a costeffective machine vision software toolkit that bundles board-level acquisition and control with advanced image processing capability. It is intended to deliver the critical functionality needed to design, develop and deploy high-performance machine vision applications, while at the same time significantly lowering deployment costs. This version of Sapera Essential provides support for Windows 64-bit and the .Net interface. With the introduction of the Sapera Essential Color Tool, the software delivers improved color capability.