raw editing

Does anyone have any suggestions about which program is good/best for
editing raw photos?

I've heard of a program called Photoshop that is supposed to be good for
that.

Hi Dick,

AFAIK, except for the few cameras using Adobe's DNG format, there are no image editing programs that edit RAW files, per se. Apart
from the Adobe DNG exception, none of the editors saves the edited file in the original RAW format - they all save to TIFF, JPEG,
etc, or to another proprietary format.

Cheers
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cmyk
"Dick Blisters" wrote in message news:TM%aj.1546$DP1.1118@pd7urf2no...
Does anyone have any suggestions about which program is good/best for editing raw photos?

Dick Blisters wrote:

Does anyone have any suggestions about which program is good/best for
editing raw photos?

I don't think any software actually edits, i.e., changes the raw file. They
attach the information about editing to the raw file so that when opened
again with the same software that saved information is used to display the
image. If you are using Canon then DPP will do that. LightZone and
Photoshop can do that as well. There could be other programs that can do
it.

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gautam

"cmyk" wrote in message
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Hi Dick,

AFAIK, except for the few cameras using Adobe's DNG format, there are no
image editing programs that edit RAW files, per se. Apart from the Adobe
DNG exception, none of the editors saves the edited file in the original
RAW format - they all save to TIFF, JPEG, etc, or to another proprietary
format.

Cheers
--
cmyk
"Dick Blisters" wrote in message
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Does anyone have any suggestions about which program is good/best for
editing raw photos?



Except for Nikon Capture NX.

On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 03:46:59 GMT, "Dick Blisters"
wrote:

Does anyone have any suggestions about which program is good/best for
editing raw photos?


As noted above, the software doesn't edit the raw file (and you don't
really want to - in case you mess up or decide later to apply
different effects). It will apply effects / filters to your original
raw file and allow you to save it to a tiff or jpeg for viewing,
printing or further editing.

Having said that, I recommend Photoshop Elements for both raw
processing and further editing. I have been using Elements 5.0 for
some time and am really pleased with it.

The cost of Elements is considerably lower than the full Photoshop and
does everything you need short of professional publishing. Elements
6.0 can be had on E-bay for around $100 and 5.0 can be had for about
$50 (just be aware that you are not buying a video or tutorial DVD/CD)

Bill

Many thanks for all the helpful info.

On 12/21/07 10:46 PM, "Dick Blisters" wrote:

Does anyone have any suggestions about which program is good/best for
editing raw photos?

Define "best" .

Photoshop is arguably the most powerful for editing a single image, but I
prefer the overall workflow of Aperture.

On 22 Dec, 04:46, "Dick Blisters" wrote:
Does anyone have any suggestions about which program is good/best for
editing raw photos?

Adobe Lightroom is doing the job really well. It's easy to build up an
effective workflow with Lightroom. I use it all the way from import to
output , such as prints and high resolution tiffs for delivery to my
clients etc. Of course u might need to use photoshop or some other prg
now and then depending on the work atm.

My advise is that you download some trial versions of different RAW
converters, try them out and see which one suits your needs.

On Dec 22, 6:53*am, Subdive wrote:
On 22 Dec, 04:46, "Dick Blisters" wrote:

Does anyone have any suggestions about which program is good/best for
editing raw photos?

Adobe Lightroom is doing the job really well. It's easy to build up an
effective workflow with Lightroom. I use it all the way from import to
output , such as prints and high resolution tiffs for delivery to my
clients etc. Of course u might need to use photoshop or some other prg
now and then depending on the work atm.

*My advise is that you download some trial versions of different RAW
converters, try them out and see which one suits your needs.

Just curious. Do some cameras that allow photographing in RAW format,
not provide software to edit those files? I recently bought an Olympus
E-510 and 2 software programs came with it and both can edit RAW. I am
considering Photoshop but decided to try these programs for a while
before purchasing. So far I'm happy with the software but imagine
there are advantages to Photoshop that are not available in them.

Charlie