Thanks Bill.
For the $39.99 for Affinity, I thought I would give it a try. You may be
correct.
Also, I use a number PS plugins, which are not portable. It was the poor focus
stacking
that spurred me into looking.
WayneS
At 6/5/2019 11:47 AM, Bill wrote:
>Will comment on what I know. First, and why I'm staying with PS, is that the
>amount of time wasted because some parts of PS are slow is no more than a
>tenth of the time needed to learn a new program.
>
>
>I've not tried all on your list, but here's my experiences. I have tried
>Capture 1, Topaz plugins, and Affinity. I ran up the white flag and bailed on
>C! and Affinity when I realized that the learning curve would be way too much.
>As to Topaz, they have NO decent support. If you can't solve a problem using
>the online FAQ's, the for get it. They apparently have no telephones, and are
>loathe to answer emails. And anyway, what they sell are basically just PS
>actions.
>
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>From: "Wayne Shumaker" <om3ti@xxxxxxxx>
>To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Wednesday, June 5, 2019 1:21:11 PM
>Subject: Re: [OM] Image Processing - AAARGH!!
>
>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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