Subject | Re: post processing |
From | YouDontNeedToKnowButItsNoëlle |
Date | 03/13/2014 16:04 (03/13/2014 16:04) |
Message-ID | <lfsheb$mmd$1@speranza.aioe.org> |
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Newsgroups | rec.photo.digital |
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Followups | nospam (34m) PeterN (3h & 40m) > YouDontNeedToKnowButItsNoëlle |
SandmanI dont recomment the Gimp either, merely signaling that for post-processing photos, it can do as much as PS CS, a lot cheaper but not simpler !
I wouldn't recomment the Gimp even to Tony :)
YouDontNeedToKnowButItsNoëlle
(And there is no such thing as free software : ridden with evangelists, or full of holes, or digging into your information...See below) You can do some ajustements with Picasa (no local ajustements) that is free, newbie oriented and belongs to Google and scan your HD when installing. I just hate that so I never went past this step of installation...
SandmanIt is the only one that give access (including reverse) to some niceties you set on camera, like the level of d-lighning or preset style of photos...
There really is no standard RAW format, at least not used by the major manufacturers. They all have proprietary formats that has to be reverse-engineered by people that want to read them. That's why NX2 is the only application that can *write* to the RAW format.
Adobe really wants people to use the open DNG format, but few manufacturers do, and Nikon and Canon probably never will.And Fuji use some crazy proprietary format that is not easy to use from an non-proprietary raw software. Something to consider when buying a camera.
Yes, but for me it is a bit redondant with what I have in NX2. I dont do that much post-processing on CS, but when I do it is for specific things that I find only there : and with scripts. I use it also for graphics and preparing files with text or graphics bits.YouDontNeedToKnowButItsNoëlleSandman
I do 90% of my postprocessing in CaptureNX, the rest is between AdobeCS3 (I dont want to buy or rent a new version for the little use I have) and I use Aperture -that has also postprocessing capabilities- just as host to the Nik collection plug-ins.
Aperture has great post processing tools. I use it a lot.