What do you use and why
May 5, 2017 23:35:06 #
May 6, 2017 01:22:58 #
rscholl
Loc: Menlo Park, VA
DXO Optics Pro 11. It is quick (I always shoot Raw). For filing, I established my filing system long before Lightroom was available, and see no reason to change now.
May 6, 2017 07:28:54 #
May 6, 2017 08:14:35 #
Windows file system for organization. Faststone to view. And Paintshop Pro x9 to edit. Works great for my purposes.
May 6, 2017 11:42:11 #
ricosha
Loc: Phoenix, Arizona
Lightroom and Photoshop. There is a learning curve, but definitely worth the effort. Started out with Nikon's software (came w/camera) and Freestone...
May 6, 2017 12:38:57 #
fullyexposed
Loc: Illinois
I use Paintshop Pro X9. I don't get to shoot a lot and therefore don't edit a lot. It is cheap and works well.
May 6, 2017 22:23:35 #
FiddleMaker wrote:
Apple hasn't upgraded there Macs in years. They are expensive and to my mind not worth the money. My Dell PC is powerful and fast and Windows 10 works great and half the price of a comparable Mac. My PowerPC is now a door stop since Apple stopped supporting it. I can't get past iOS 10.4. None of the new software will work on it. Look at the Microsoft Surface Pro, it runs rings around the MacBook Pro. Computers have become commodities like tooth paste. Go with the most bang for your buck.I think Microsoft products suck !!! If I were younger, I would go back to a 27-inch iMac like I used to have back in 2010. ~FiddleMaker
May 7, 2017 09:18:27 #
I've never had to install anti-virus ware in 20 years in several Macs.
May 7, 2017 10:46:01 #
Fotoartist wrote:
I've never had to install anti-virus ware in 20 years in several Macs.
...to be fair, anti-virus ware, the bought variety not that provided by MS, is totally unnecessary on any given PC. Healthy internet practices preclude any, or at least *most*, of that fluff...
May 7, 2017 11:46:32 #
starlifter wrote:
Why do people make taking photos so involved and complicated. I shot jpeg 99%of the time pay attention when taking the shot maybe bracket things a little and maybe some cropping. Done. Save it to my external hard drive and a cd. No spending all my time adjusting what my camera has captured. I can't get into all this PP stuff. Most of time a photos not good is it's out of focus and you can't fix that.
That's primarily what I do. I shoot a lot, especially at the sports car races where I typically shoot around 2,500 photos per day (I took 4,000 in a day recently). It takes a lot of time to just sort through the images to get the best ones. I have the Adobe CC, but haven't had enough free time to learn it yet. I also have other hobbies, I teach part time, and have other things to do, so it's about life balance/time trade-offs. The key is to enjoy doing what you do; there is no best way to do things.
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