raw editors
Jan 12, 2016 08:28:35 #
I looking for a few suggestions on full featured editors for both dng and arw files.
Jan 12, 2016 08:40:48 #
bull drink water wrote:
I looking for a few suggestions on full featured editors for both dng and arw files.
It's hard to go wrong with Adobe Lightroom. Especially for processing a lot of images, and managing a large collection. It's also non destructive.
Photoshop elements is also worth a look. Especially if you are new to this.
Jan 12, 2016 08:56:16 #
bull drink water wrote:
I looking for a few suggestions on full featured editors for both dng and arw files.
For Full Feature - and DNG compatibility - Adobe Lightroom.... it will allow basic editing, get it with the CC subscription for 9.99 a month and you also get Photoshop - can't get any more full featured than that in my opinion.
There are plenty of raw conversion and editors, but the need for DNG might mean you limit your options. Nothing wrong with DNG, I convert all my raw files from NEF to DNG before editing anyway, but non adobe product support for DNG may limit what editors you can really look at.
Jan 12, 2016 15:08:05 #
Lightroom. You may need to wait for an update if you get the latest camera. When I got my D7200, it was a couple of months before Adobe caught up to it. The camera makers are constantly fiddling with their RAW formats. Good luck!
Jan 12, 2016 16:58:47 #
bull drink water wrote:
I looking for a few suggestions on full featured editors for both dng and raw files.
raw therapee* comes to mind but I am not sure if deals at all with DNG as DNG is a hybrid. (New version may support DNG, I am not sure)
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* Gnu license, free, donation accepted.
Jan 12, 2016 18:43:57 #
Rongnongno wrote:
raw therapee* comes to mind but I am not sure if deals at all with DNG as DNG is a hybrid. (New version may support DNG, I am not sure)
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* Gnu license, free, donation accepted.
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* Gnu license, free, donation accepted.
FWIW - I just popped open Raw Therapee and it does indeed deal with DNG files.
Jan 12, 2016 22:28:55 #
If you mean "raw" files, too, then I can recommend Photoshop Creative Cloud which includes Adobe Camera Raw and Lightroom, for a small monthly rental fee.
bull drink water wrote:
I looking for a few suggestions on full featured editors for both dng and arw files.
Jan 13, 2016 03:25:40 #
bull drink water wrote:
I looking for a few suggestions on full featured editors for both dng and arw files.
Lightroom.
Jan 13, 2016 05:34:45 #
Alternative to Lightroom, you can also try (free 30 days) DxO Oprics Pro 10. It's not good for organizing but great in automated corrections. Output selectable between TIFF, DNG, JPEG. Non destructive.
Jan 13, 2016 05:36:16 #
Jan 13, 2016 09:52:21 #
bull drink water wrote:
I looking for a few suggestions on full featured editors for both dng and arw files.
? Define, "full featured" ??? Everyone will claim the program they use is best. I have my opinion just like them.
Capture One Pro 9 and Lightroom are the popular PP's but they are not the same as PaintshopPro or Photoshop.
If you modify the same photo the best RAW converted is Capture One Pro 9, bar none. Like just about every PP program out there, they too have a free test period.
Many professionals all over the world are switching or looking hard at CO9 with Photoshop, Paintshop Pro 8, On1, etc. for major changes.
Check out Capture One on YouTube or their Phase One website.
Jan 13, 2016 10:38:14 #
You may wish to consider that no matter which photo-editing software you buy, you face a learning curve to achieve the results you aim for.
With various plug-ins from third-party vendors, Adobe Photoshop remains the premier photo-editing software on the planet. I suggest you buy and learn it from the beginning. You cannot go wrong with this approach.
Of course, nobody reasonable has ever said learning Photoshop will prove easy. So I suggest that if you go with Photoshop, then you will profit from attending a workshop or two to give you a foundation and confidence for using this software.
Good luck.
With various plug-ins from third-party vendors, Adobe Photoshop remains the premier photo-editing software on the planet. I suggest you buy and learn it from the beginning. You cannot go wrong with this approach.
Of course, nobody reasonable has ever said learning Photoshop will prove easy. So I suggest that if you go with Photoshop, then you will profit from attending a workshop or two to give you a foundation and confidence for using this software.
Good luck.
Jan 13, 2016 11:22:56 #
amfoto1
Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA
If you are just starting out, have little experience post-processing RAW files, and don't have large volumes of images to work with, get Adobe Photoshop Elements.
It's a complete, if "light" image management, RAW converter and image editor package. Current versions of Elements have three user-selectable interfaces: beginner, intermediate and advanced. Choose the one that you feel comfortable with or switch back and forth between them, if needed. Elements borrows on both Lightroom and Photoshop for its main features, but it is not as complex and deep an image editing and optimization tool as Photoshop. It is 8-bit only, primarily meaning that it's output is JPEGs.... But that's okay for most peoples' uses and it's a whole lot more user-friendly and easier to learn. Starting out with Elements preps a user for an easier, eventual transition to Lightroom + Photoshop, if they still feel the need to do so.
Lightroom is good, but IS NOT a complete package... it's designed to complement and work in conjunction with Photoshop and the two of them together are complex and powerful. LR more useful for large quantities of images and batch conversions (I work with hundreds and thousands of images, for example). But Lightroom has very light image editing and optimization tools... Mostly only able to do global adjustments, LR really is only intended to bring images to proof level of procession, then hand off images to Photoshop for proper and complete finishing.
OTOH, Lightroom is great managing large volumes and archives of images (and Photoshop is not). Lightroom can be learned in a few months with a book or two. Photoshop might take the equivalent of a couple years' college level courses to learn to use well. It is very powerful... but also quite complex and challenging to use well.
Some people who only make small prints or mostly just share their images online and don't do much finishing work on them get by with Lightroom alone. Conversely, some people who only work with a small number of images, mostly one at a time, but finish them to a high level, are happy using Photoshop alone. Some other folks use a Lightroom + Elements combo and find it meets their needs well.
No matter what you get, if not already doing so I'd recommend a computer monitor calibration device and software. It's pretty difficult to do image post-processing very well with an un-calibrated monitor! Choose among Datacolor Spyder, Pantone Huey or X-Rite ColorMunki. They all will do the job, which needs to be redone every month or two because your monitor changes brightness and color rendition gradually over time. Of course, this is some additional cost... but if you print very much it will pay for itself eventually in savings of paper and ink.
It's a complete, if "light" image management, RAW converter and image editor package. Current versions of Elements have three user-selectable interfaces: beginner, intermediate and advanced. Choose the one that you feel comfortable with or switch back and forth between them, if needed. Elements borrows on both Lightroom and Photoshop for its main features, but it is not as complex and deep an image editing and optimization tool as Photoshop. It is 8-bit only, primarily meaning that it's output is JPEGs.... But that's okay for most peoples' uses and it's a whole lot more user-friendly and easier to learn. Starting out with Elements preps a user for an easier, eventual transition to Lightroom + Photoshop, if they still feel the need to do so.
Lightroom is good, but IS NOT a complete package... it's designed to complement and work in conjunction with Photoshop and the two of them together are complex and powerful. LR more useful for large quantities of images and batch conversions (I work with hundreds and thousands of images, for example). But Lightroom has very light image editing and optimization tools... Mostly only able to do global adjustments, LR really is only intended to bring images to proof level of procession, then hand off images to Photoshop for proper and complete finishing.
OTOH, Lightroom is great managing large volumes and archives of images (and Photoshop is not). Lightroom can be learned in a few months with a book or two. Photoshop might take the equivalent of a couple years' college level courses to learn to use well. It is very powerful... but also quite complex and challenging to use well.
Some people who only make small prints or mostly just share their images online and don't do much finishing work on them get by with Lightroom alone. Conversely, some people who only work with a small number of images, mostly one at a time, but finish them to a high level, are happy using Photoshop alone. Some other folks use a Lightroom + Elements combo and find it meets their needs well.
No matter what you get, if not already doing so I'd recommend a computer monitor calibration device and software. It's pretty difficult to do image post-processing very well with an un-calibrated monitor! Choose among Datacolor Spyder, Pantone Huey or X-Rite ColorMunki. They all will do the job, which needs to be redone every month or two because your monitor changes brightness and color rendition gradually over time. Of course, this is some additional cost... but if you print very much it will pay for itself eventually in savings of paper and ink.
Jan 13, 2016 11:25:54 #
Dngallagher wrote:
FWIW - I just popped open Raw Therapee and it does indeed deal with DNG files.
Thank you.
Jan 13, 2016 12:09:48 #
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