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Re: [OM] Who in the world writes this junk? - Raw software rant.

Subject: Re: [OM] Who in the world writes this junk? - Raw software rant.
From: Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:42:05 +0100
Except only for raw, not jpg or tif

On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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