What do you use to edit RAW?

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Faded Glory - 13 Dec 2006 04:36 GMT

I have been using Photoshop but not overly happy with the results.

What do you recommend?

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Mr.T - 13 Dec 2006 10:27 GMT

> I have been using Photoshop but not overly happy with the results.
> What do you recommend?

I recommend Photoshop. If you're not happy with the results, best to find
out what you are doing wrong.

MrT.

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R.J Heath - 13 Dec 2006 10:44 GMT

> I have been using Photoshop but not overly happy with the results.
>
> What do you recommend?

Try capture one pro

Doesn't get any better :)

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Michael Strasser - 13 Dec 2006 11:16 GMT

> I have been using Photoshop but not overly happy with the results.
>
> What do you recommend?

Adobe Lightroom (still in beta, to be released sometime soon?).

-Michael

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googlegroups@sensation.net.au - 13 Dec 2006 13:14 GMT

> I have been using Photoshop but not overly happy with the results.

Which camera or brand of RAW are you referring to?

I don't know about other brands but I know that with recent Canon
models Photoshop's RAW processing ends up looking a little muddy and
non sharp. I use Digital Photo Professional to "develop", then further
process in CS2.

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Mr.T - 14 Dec 2006 03:52 GMT

> I don't know about other brands but I know that with recent Canon
> models Photoshop's RAW processing ends up looking a little muddy and
> non sharp.

Strange, I can't imagine why any RAW converter would need to play with the
pixel content such that the image sharpness would change, unless you TELL it
to.
IMO your workflow may be better in one converter or another, but unless it
is seriously broken, the main problems are mostly caused by the user.
Of course given some camera manufacturers attitudes to information and
profits, there are some converters with real faults. I haven't heard of
problems with Photoshop/Canon RAW conversion though. Can you provide us with
more details?

MrT.

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POTD.com.au - 13 Dec 2006 20:21 GMT

>I have been using Photoshop but not overly happy with the results.
>
> What do you recommend?

Capture One LE or Capture One Pro depending on your budget and feature
needs. I find that LE is all I need.

I have tried just about every RAW converter there is.... Dribble, DPP, RSE,
Lightroom, Aperture, CS2, SilkyPix, etc etc and I keep coming back to
CapOne, IMHO none of the others come close to matching it's final output.

It's workflow is fast and efficient too. When I first started I was
shooting JPEG at the V8s and 500+ images would take me a few days to get
through..... the change to RAW and CapOne saw me getting through the same
number of images in just a few hours and with much better results to boot!

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