Yup- I can verify that.
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 3:22 AM, Chuck Norcutt <
chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> You obviously didn't try Adobe ACR which is a piece of cake and whose
> controls are logically laid out in the sequence they're most likely to
> be used. Download the trial version of PhotoShop Elements and give it a
> whirl. But then I'm assuming that ACR works the same in Elements as it
> does in PhotoShop. Can anyone verify that? I guess you could download
> a trial of PhotoShop also but that's a lot of software to install.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> Jim Couch wrote:
> > OK, I toned down the title of this post from the language i was
> > originally going to use. I can't believe how bad some of this stuff is
> > though!
> >
> > After spending most of last summer shooting film (for a number of
> > primarily 'practical' reasons) i have once again jumped into the world
> > of digital capture. Having recently picked up an E-620 I have been
> > looking at raw converters. I had forgotten how much I really dislike the
> > digital 'darkroom' experience. I now remember why!
> >
> > I have been downloading and evaluating Windows raw conversion software.
> > By and large this is some of the WORST software I have used!
> >
> > Of the ten or so packages I have played with two won't run reliably on
> > any of the three machines I have tried, two will only run on one or two
> > of the machines, most are incredible resource hogs, and most of them
> > have terrible interfaces. On two of the software packages I could not
> > figure how to save a file to disk without resorting to the manual! On
> > one package, even the manual did not help - I never could get a file
> > saved to disk! Most of the packages are not content with save as an
> > option - it has to be output, export, or some other conceited, obscure,
> > and overblown phrase. I suppose it is some way appropriate to the
> > software which is much the same!
> >
> > Who comes up with this stuff? People really spend hundreds of dollars on
> > some of this stuff? Amazing! It's not like I am computer illiterate by
> > any means. I do all of the "IT" stuff on our three machine network at
> > work. I know my way around both Windows & Mac machines. I am the person
> > that most of my friends & family rely on when they have computer
> > problems. If it is this difficult for me, what do people with no
> > computer skills do!?!
> >
> > I'll be OK, really, I think I will make a cup of coffee and go shoot
> > some film. Besides, I have a whole bottle of Vicodin left over from a
> > recent gallstone episode, maybe I'll try a couple of those before
> > downloading anymore photo software.
> >
> > Jim Couch
> >
> >
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