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Re: [OM] Does software choice matter in producing image "quality" ?

Subject: Re: [OM] Does software choice matter in producing image "quality" ?
From: "Brian Swale" <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2013 01:29:33 +1300
Chuck and Bob B wrote

>%> I think he/she who wields the tool is the creator of quality.  I think
>%> there are far more differences in our skill levels and vision than in the
>%> tools themselves.  Give me Michaelangelo's hammers and chisels and I'll
>%> not produce a masterpiece of sculpture.
>%> 
>%> Chuck Norcutt
>%> 
>%> On 12/10/2013 3:25 PM, bob benson wrote:
>%> Let's ignore work-flow and library/directory/storage considerations for
>%> the moment:   I am very interested in list-member experience and opinion
>%> on the qualitative effect various software has on final images.  (Most
>%> reviews comparing software like elements and lightroom emphasize workflow
>%> and library and image management comparisons, not whether, for example,
>%> the sharpening or contrast/color tools are "better"  from an output
>%> perspective.) (SNIP)

I guess I'm an unashamed heretic.

FastStone does almost all I want to do to/for images.

Really, the only aspects of what Moose does to images that I am envious of, 
since FastStone 
can't do them, are context-aware cloning, and selective sharpening which Moose 
used to 
excellent effect on the wedding shots of one of our members.

I have no practical knowledge of the differences between 64, 32, 16, and 8-bit 
images.

I really don't know what my machine works in. I wouldn't know where to look to 
find out ...

In my limited experience, when it comes to appreciation of images for framing, 
most 
members of the public couldn't give a rat's "a" about extreme sharpening 
excellence - 
although most can tell if an image has been spoiled by excessive sharpening.

And I have unfortunately never seen one of Bob Whitmire's prints.

You've only got to go to painting art to realise that extreme sharpness in that 
medium is a 
negative aspect of quality.

Many times other aspects of an image, such as composition, use of colour, 
placement of 
out-of-focus elements (for example) are much more important.

Occasionally I will shoot RAW if I think that the range of exposure inside a 
frame will be 
beyond what the sensor can cope with (if I remember to notice this). Mostly I 
have learned to 
avoid such situations, and select for this these days without thinking.

As far as I can recall, not once have I been successful in rescuing such an 
image using a 
RAW converter etc.  So I don't waste my time doing it.. 

For more than 98% of my images I shoot jpg.

Back into cave.

Brian Swale. 

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