Photo editing
 

What photo editing software does everyone prefer, I Use Photoshop CS2 V9 and Bibble Pro 4.9.

Alan

I use CS2 and ACR for processing the RAW.

Depending on need I use Nikon Capture NX, CS2, and Paint Shop Pro versions 7 & 8. :)

Don

Raw Shooter Essentials for RAW conversion and PS6. these give me a good combination for my photography, but I'm considering getting Photokit Sharpener and HDR software.

I use CS2 and PSP10, and for astro photos I use Images Plus for stacking.

Dave

Adobe CS2 for image editing, Adobe Camera Raw for raw processing, though as soon as Phase One release their update to Capture One that will support my K10D, I'll stop using ACR in a flash. I really miss using C1, this is made more frustrating by watching Mrs Y effortlessly whizz through processing her raw files taken on my old *ist DS.

Canon Digital Photo Professional for RAW processing and this is usually enough. It dovetails well with GraphicConverter (Mac and universal binary only) which is excellent for import, sorting and other minor post processing like correcting horizontal, unskew and sometimes the unsharp works better that the DPP built-in sharpen, likewise better control of compression. The freebie Sapphire posted recently looks similar to GC for you PC guys.

When I had a Panasonic FZ7, I became a temporary PSE4 afficionado, but now find that even for older FZ7 and E4500 messed-up .jpg/tif shots, the DPP 'RGB adjustment' pane does rescues better using just one integrated levels and curves window and I do not miss the alert telling me I am in the wrong layer, it has no pixels in it etc etc one bit.:mad: I do miss the 'brush' as signature, but not going to run it just for that.

DPP (and I imagine Nikon Capture) keeps the original RAW or JPG untouched and only/additionally saves the 'recipe' for what you have done to it, so only a few kb addition to the one RAW file ever needed stored and backed-up:) :)

I use Photoshop CS2 and Nikon Capture NX v1.1, the new version of NX is at least twice as fast as the original by the way!

nirofo.

Hi
Just moved from Raw Shooter to Lightroom and CS2. lightroom does most of the work on the limited amount of shots taken.
Chris

Elements 4.0 and Picasa (for straightening !!!)Elements for cloning out the dust spots, enhancing ,and re-sizing for the web,but I do like Picasa for the effects.Very easy to use.

I'm using DPP for RAW and Faststone for importing and file management. A very similar apporach to Chris's except for PC rather than Mac. I still use PS7 for a few tweaks plus a noise reduction program occasionally.

Photoshop CS2, Elements 5 and Silkypix Studio3 Raw developer and ACDSee Photo Pro for file management.

Adobe Lightroom for RAW and all colour adjustment including Greyscale. Elements 5 for everything else. I gave up on PSP 10 due to lack of RAW support for Olympus. Raw Shooter was very good for raw but lack of jpg or tiff compatibility was a big drawback.:)

I have been very impressed with the final version 1.0. What do you think?

Do you (or anyone else) know the relationship between CS2 and Elements 4&5? ie is Elements 5 a slimmed down version of CS2 whereas Elements 4 is a slimmed version of PS8...and for that matter is CS2 a complete re-write and/or how different from a development of PS8.

As I still occasionally have to resort to Elements 4, which is evidently in deperate need of a re-write, is 5 worth considering given that I am not going to pay CS2 sort of money

It is good and for once I am not stuggling to remember how to do things. Still waiting for the Raw Shooter update tool so I can upload the raw files that have already been tweaked.
Chris

I believe Elements 5 is based on Photoshop 7, I remember reading it somewhere when Elements 5 first came out!!

nirofo.

Elements 5 is based on CS2 ,each upgrade of Elements usally has a few extra features added to it from the currant Photoshop version and some CS does not have.

Elements 5 has had added to it the sharpen filter which is the same tool that is called "smart sharpen" in CS2, it has also had a curves tool and a b&w conversion tool added that is based on the channel mixer. These are the main additions to the editor over 4 , in my opinion it is good upgrade from 3 but not so much from 4, saying that as a Adobe Beta tester I always have the latest ;)

By the way the same engine runs Elements and CS its just that access to some of the features are engineered out, if as nitro wrongly sugggests it is based on PS7 then it would not have all the features that are missing from PS7 like the healing brush, spot healing brush, shadow & highlight tool and smart sharpen. It would also be capable of 16 bit editing in adjustment layers if Adobe enabled it in the software, but then who would buy CS2 and also they have to have something to offer further down the line :)

I am currently using Photoshop CS 2 and Nikon Capture 4. I tried NX but wasn't convinced that shelling out more money was worth it.

Thank you Paul. It seems to me that it is the constant addition to PS that has become its weakness, not that it doesn't have the features, just that it makes it slow and memory+battery hungry. (and from a macuser's view, nowhere near enough key-board short-cuts) Hence my hope that a compete re-start might be on the horizon. Huh.

I use CS mostly for JPEG/Tiffs etc.

I tried lightroom, (twice), it's far too slow, so I have gone back to Raw Shooter.

I'm still looking for a catalog/library software package that will catalog both the pictures on my PC and one external discs that a) won't be too big file size and b) won't cost me an arm and leg. Most recently tested Imatch but not what I wan't so still looking.

I have used portfolio for ages and works really well, no adjustments though, thats why I am trying Lightroom.

Is LR slow based on limited ram. I have 1gb and seems fine.
Chris

CS, NeatImage, picasa and PSP-10.

Happily will try any freeware or trial version but will stick only impact is sound and a new one, not just a mimic.

Don't forget this extremely good, free software suite once you have tried it you will wonder how you managed without.


A link to the thread http://www.worldphotographyforum.com...ead.php?t=1989

Bibble, Capture NX and CS2. But just bought Lightroom. Not shure yet what to use.

I've been a PS CS3 beta from the day it was released (just love the program), but not enough to pay the upgrade price.

I also use Lightroom, due to previously being a Rawshooter premium user.

I was totally sold on this program until the final release. However a new feature is driving me up the wall, and that is the import of raw photos.

My preferred method is to import my CR2 files direct from my f/card, view and discard any images that I don't want, before proceeding with my raw conversions.
Unfortunately Adobe in their wisdom decided that if you want to use this method all images will first be converted to DNG.

As I don't want to convert to DNG it's now necessary to import files to a folder then import into lightroom from this folder.

All this is time consuming. I guess you all know how long it takes to import 2-4gb of files onto your desktop.

CS2 & Bridge ACR of all RAW conversion & editing - not tried Lightroom yet is it a significant step forward over Bridge?

Also use Pictures2exe or ProShow Gold for creating slideshows.

What are the downsides of doing this? I though DNG was supposed to be a universal format and therefore likly to have long term support which can't necessarily be said for manufactures native formats - or have I been suckers by the Adobe marketing blurb :(

I've been usingthis since Christine first mentioned it and am very satisfied. I much prefer it to Picasa. When I combine Faststone with DPP I find that I rarely have to open PS anymore.