Best Raw Processing Software?

Oliver Costich wrote:
On Tue, 06 Feb 2007 12:59:54 +1300, Colin_D wrote:

Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote:
Can anybody indicate the relative pros and cons of the various RAW processing
software out there?

I am aware of the following:

1. Adobe ACR
2. Adobe Lightroom (an extension of the above perhaps)
3. Bibble
4. Phase One - Capture One (LE and PRO)
5. Raw Shooter Essentials or Raw Shooter Premier
6. Nikon Capture NX

I have access to Adobe ACR in Photoshot CS2 and Raw Shooter Premier. I was
never able to get the latter to work well as part of my workflow, so I didn't
use it, although I look forward to the vaporware upgrade to Lightroom 1.0
(they have NOT sent the email for the free upgrade as promised).

FWIW - I run on a Windows XP Pro 64-bit system with an Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
and 4GB or RAM. I boot in Vista Ultimate x64 as well. I am looking for a
workflow that is faster than my image by image workflow I currently enjoy
using ACR and Photoshop. My current workflow is tedious and using the batch
options in Adobe Bridge just hasn't stuck for me as I end up with files
processed inadequately [best quality is in a batch of one!].

Thanks in advance.


P.S. I would love to work with Apeture, but they refuse to release it for the
Windows platform ... there loss I guess.

You could look at DxO Optics Pro - http://www.DxO.com - a raw converter,
outputs to jpg, tiff, or dng, your choice.

It also corrects for various lens aberrations, CA, barrel/pincushion
etc. specifically by lens, you get the correction modules for the bodies
and lenses you have, and it will batch correct any number of raw images.
You can run it in auto or manual mode, where you get to specify what
you want done.

The UI could be better, it's not too intuitive, but it works very well.
Processing time is about 40 seconds per image from a 6 MP camera, on a
3.00 GHz P4 and a gig of ram. Your machine should be somewhat faster.

I have no connection with DxO except as a satisfied user.

Colin D.


I have heard really good things about DxO but it is camera/lens
specific so you need to be sure it supports what you have. It's also
anything but cheap.

Yes, that's right, but the range is being expanded continuously, and
it's easy to check on their site.

Colin D.

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babaloo wrote:
If you use a 64 bit Windows operating system how do you calibrate your
monitor?
What calibration devices have drivers for either of the Windows 64 bit OSes?
What calibration devices have drivers for ANY version of Vista?

The Spyder 2 has drivers for Windows XP and Windows XP x64. The former
drivers will work on Vista x86, but the x64 drivers will not work on Vista as
the drivers are not signed.

If you do not calibrate your monitor and use color management you are better
off shooting in JPEG and not altering color at all.
Therefore it hardly matters what raw converter you use as it is merely
accidental that a print bears any relationship to what you see on your
monitor.

Color calibration has nothing to do with your choice of JPEG or RAW format.

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"Ed Ruf (REPLY to E-MAIL IN SIG!)" wrote:
On Mon, 5 Feb 2007 16:24:44 -0800, in rec.photo.digital "babaloo"
wrote:

If you use a 64 bit Windows operating system how do you calibrate your
monitor?
What calibration devices have drivers for either of the Windows 64 bit OSes?
What calibration devices have drivers for ANY version of Vista?
If you do not calibrate your monitor and use color management you are better
off shooting in JPEG and not altering color at all.
Therefore it hardly matters what raw converter you use as it is merely
accidental that a print bears any relationship to what you see on your
monitor.

Colorvison has supported x64 for a while now, even the lowest level
Spyder2express.

However, the drivers are unsigned, so they can not be used with Vista x64. I
attempted to allow them to load by booting via F8 and disabling the
requirement and all hell broke loose [all hardware had to be re-recognized and
nothing worked].

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Oliver Costich wrote:

On Mon, 05 Feb 2007 15:36:57 GMT, "Thomas T. Veldhouse"
wrote:
P.S. I would love to work with Apeture, but they refuse to release it
for
the
Windows platform ... there loss I guess.


Everyone I know that has been using Aperture is moving to Lightroom.

Why? What do the find superior in Lightroom?