However, I tell you, it wasn't for features like the color editor, the ability to tweak custom camera ICC input profiles, the incredible logical session structure, the powerful renaming capabilities, the ability to overlay my clients layouts over the shots we're taking, the comparative image views, the non-destructive workflow, the ability to generate multiple output files from a single raw file, the ease of white balancing and applying to multiple files, the built in color removal moire tool, the singular workflow structure for the multitude of cameras supported, the overall software stability, product maturity, and timely/constant camera support updates all in one package....
BELIEVE YOU ME, I would be dumping this program and RUNNING not walking to buy something cheaper! [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
I mean, wouldn't you?
White Balance so easy, even our 5 year old can do it.- Melissa Strickland
Besides Capture One you have Aperture, Lightroom, Adobe Camera Raw, Silkypix, Canon Digital Photographer Pro, Nikon's software, RSE, etc. Many choices.
My best guess is that Aperture and Lightroom will be the two that most photographers use a year or two from now--just a guess and others here will no doubt disagree with me. Nonetheless I would say that Aperture and Lightroom are next generation digital photographers' softwares while the others are all first generation.
White Balance so easy, even our 5 year old can do it.- Melissa Strickland
However, I tell you, it wasn't for features like the color editor, the ability to tweak custom camera ICC input profiles, the incredible logical session structure, the powerful renaming capabilities, the ability to overlay my clients layouts over the shots we're taking, the comparative image views, the non-destructive workflow, the ability to generate multiple output files from a single raw file, the ease of white balancing and applying to multiple files, the built in color removal moire tool, the singular workflow structure for the multitude of cameras supported, the overall software stability, product maturity, and timely/constant camera support updates all in one package....
BELIEVE YOU ME, I would be dumping this program and RUNNING not walking to buy something cheaper! [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
I mean, wouldn't you?
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Paul--hilarious. And the way I feel, too. Thanks for that!
White Balance so easy, even our 5 year old can do it.- Melissa Strickland
I only used a demo of Capture One (and I use a Nikon camera so I can't shoot tethered). One thing that disturbed me is how big the preview cache gets. I only looked at a couple of folders and the thing went up to 1GB. You also feel how long it takes to generate it and how many resources are dedicated to it.
White Balance so easy, even our 5 year old can do it.- Melissa Strickland
Yes, C1 pro can be resource intensive--no doubt about it, and IIRC, it's a bit more intensive on a Mac than on Windows (I have no idea why).
You can tell it, though, with preferences, how often you want it to dump the preview cache, so it's not unmanageable. And compared to, say, the amount of cache Photoshop uses, it's quite small.
And both, compared with modern video processing, well, neither are too bad [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]
White Balance so easy, even our 5 year old can do it.- Melissa Strickland
I hate the ACR interface, especially the histogram. Apparently, it's improved in CS2, but I couldn't care less. It looks like an afterthought by Adobe.......i.e. "Let's tack on a RAW converter to complete the package." The problem is, conversion has become highly specialized and ACR just doesn't hack it, IMHO.
I love C1 LE. Pro is way overpriced in my view. If you've got PSCS, then LE is all you need IMHO.
Never tried RSP, but given the recommendations above, will download a trial version.
Thanks.
D.
White Balance so easy, even our 5 year old can do it.- Melissa Strickland
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