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Re: [OM] Image Processing - AAARGH!!

Subject: Re: [OM] Image Processing - AAARGH!!
From: Bill Pearce <billpearce@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2019 15:46:50 -0400 (EDT)
Oh how I miss the days when I went into the lab, tossed a few rolls on the 
counter, and came back in a day or two to get great pictures. 

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From: "Tina Manley" <tmanley@xxxxxxxxx> 
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Wednesday, June 5, 2019 1:48:04 PM 
Subject: Re: [OM] Image Processing - AAARGH!! 

I have all of those. I try out every new software and end up buying a lot 
of them. I use On1 a lot and Neat Image, but I use PS and LR more than all 
of the rest put together. I do take a lot of photos and could not do 
without LR to help me organize and edit them. I don't go to PS as often 
these days because most of the newest software programs have LR plug-ins. 
I use PS for its content aware replacement - it's magic - and for Focus 
Magic which does not have a LR plug-in. 

I still think the $9 or so I pay Adobe a month is the best bargain in 
photography. (Don't tell them that!) 

Tina 

On Wed, Jun 5, 2019 at 2:21 PM Wayne Shumaker <om3ti@xxxxxxxx> wrote: 

> Updating old topic. 
> 
> I have been watching JCristina on 'Life after Adobe' where he is cutting 
> the cord with Adobe. Which prompted me, considering Ken's comment on Adobe 
> "end of life" and other online comments about adobe's software is getting 
> old, slow, and a resource hog. It appears that other programs that do 
> similar functions run much faster. My nephew worked for Adobe a number of 
> years back and it was clear then the company was a lumbering giant. Perhaps 
> some newer, more nimble companies can compete. There are a lot more options 
> today. 
> 
> So I am splurging and trying some other software. I can't say I ever fell 
> in love with Lightroom although I never took the time to really learn it. 
> I'm certainly not a production photographer. On my list I have the 
> following tools: 
> 
> Photoshop + Lightroom classic 
> Capture One V12 
> ON1 Photo RAW 
> Topaz Labs - various tools 
> Affinity Photo 
> Neat Image 
> 
> What really prompted me to start looking for alternatives was how terrible 
> PS was at focus stacking, especially with cactus spines. A spine coming 
> toward or away will often suddenly have a fuzzy section or fuzzy tip. It 
> typically requires a lot of painful mask editing, and figuring out which 
> layer and mask in the stack to fix - Totally Frustrating. 
> 
> Helicon Focus seems the best available for stacking, but you would think 
> for the price they could also do panorama stitching. 
> 
> Capture One had a sale, so I upgraded. Capture One has layers and masking 
> capability. 
> 
> Affinity Photo looks decent and on sale for $39.99. This has advanced 
> stitching, refinement tools, and what PS calls 'content aware fill' with 
> the name 'inpainting'. 
> 
> I would also like to try helicon focus at some point, maybe PTGui for 
> stitching... after working with what I have. It will be a while before I 
> know. PS is still my main goto until I learn these other tools. 
> 
> Curious about other's opinions. 
> 
> WayneS 
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