Sshhh Mark - or you will be costing me a lot of money! I am desparately stopping myself downloading the trial CS because of the UK price of the thing!
> -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Cassino [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 23 February 2004 22:29 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Photoshop CS RAW Converter > > > Based on Herb and Paul's comments, I downloaded and installed > the Photoshop > CS update today. > > I am _really_ impressed. > > A while back I took a shot that was calculated to overwhelm > the resolution > of the *ist-D. It was basically a wider-angle landscape shot > with lots of > branches, twigs, dried leaves, etc in it. After processing > it with the > Pentax RAW converter, upsampling it to 12x18 in Genuine > Fractals 2.0, and > then sharpening, I found the print to be unacceptbale in terms of > detail. Trees looked plastic and the areas with lots of > branches resolved > into a sort of haze. With the CS RAW converter I upsampled > and sharpened > the image as part of the RAW processing, and then just made > some color > adjustments. It's considerably better than the first > attempt, though I > still would not consider it to be acceptable. The 35mm film > exposures > (Velvia) taken at the same time are still better. > > The shot I used as a test was packed with tons of info - I > really went out > a picked a scene that I expected would need more resolution > that the *ist-D > could possibly deliver. But other scenes that are not so > demanding - like > some lighthouse shots were there is just not much fine detail > - have been > fine with the *ist-D and Pentax converter, and look really > outstanding with > the CS converter. > > I'd rate Photoshop CS as a 'must have' utility, if you want > to print larger > images. > > - MCC > ----- > > Mark Cassino Photography > > Kalamazoo, MI > http://www.markcassino.com -----
