Thanks, Bruce. I've bookmarked the page in IE.
One of the things I've found is that I'm really starting to enjoy Aperture a lot. It's much more photographer focused (pun intended). It's a blast going through my dng's very quickly and easily (now that OSX finally supports the K10D). Much, much faster than ACR. To edit in Photoshop I simply hit apple-shift-o and it opens that version as a tiff in PS and away I go. Much better workflow in my opinion. I understand Lightroom is very similar...I mean it's interface looks just like Aperture. So, Adobe is definately looking at Apple for some things. In fact, the Aperture loupe tool (which is a HUGE time saver for checking sharpness) was the inspiration for Adobe's own version in Adobe Bridge 2.0. -Brendan --- Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Brendan, > > That is one of the reasons (price is another) that I > have been using > Picture Window Pro. It was designed by a > photographer for > photographers. The style is much more in harmony > with how you think. > You might want to download a trial and see what you > think. > > http://dl-c.com/content/view/12/26/ > > -- > Best regards, > Bruce > > > Friday, April 13, 2007, 9:42:29 PM, you wrote: > > BM> Good point, Mark. > > BM> In fact, I could really care less about it > except that > BM> I've had some rejections because of it. Now, are > the > BM> inspectors looking past 100%? I have no idea, > but > BM> probably so. > > BM> For my own peace of mind, I'm trying to get to > the > BM> bottom of something that will, in the end, make > me a > BM> more competent "fixer" of images, as opposed to > let's > BM> say, a better photographer. It is, > unfortunately, part > BM> and parcel of the digital capture world in which > we > BM> wish to function. > > BM> To go little further with this, I have been > reading a > BM> few Photoshop books and visiting forums recently > and > BM> I've come away with the feeling that Photoshop, > as > BM> great and wonderful a tool as it is, is also the > bane > BM> of my existence. It is not really a > photographer's > BM> tool; it is a designers tool. Probably 80% of > what PS > BM> can do I want absolutely no part of. I cringe at > even > BM> needing to learn the 20% I MUST learn. But forge > ahead > BM> I will. > > BM> So, your point is very well received. I would so > much > BM> rather be out shooting. But if I want to move > forward > BM> with my images I have to dig a bit deeper into > some of > BM> the mundane issues that I would normally ignore > with > BM> pleasure. > > BM> -Brendan > BM> --- Mark Erickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Brendan's post and the response bring up an > >> interesting issue that seems to > >> increasingly dominate the digital photography > >> world--pixel peeping and > >> hunting for defects. It is easy to zoom up to > 200% > >> and tear apart an image, > >> but how much of the defects we observe will > actually > >> show up in real world > >> applications? > >> > >> For example, the DPReview Pentax SLR forum has > had > >> several VPN (vertical > >> pattern noise) threads lately. Basically, if you > >> crank the ISO way up, > >> shoot in very low light, then amplify the shadow > >> areas in Photoshop you'll > >> see patterns in the noise. My *ist-Ds does it, > but > >> I never noticed it until > >> I went looking for it. My ultimate conclusion > is, > >> "So what?" It's like the > >> old joke where the patient says, "Doctor, it > hurts > >> when I do XXXX," and the > >> doctor responds, "So don't do XXXX". > >> > >> I know that blooming and CA can be pretty obvious > in > >> certain situations > >> (e.g., backlit tree branches in winter). In less > >> contrasty cases, you may > >> be able to find it if you go looking for it. If > >> it's not obtrusive, > >> however, why worry so much about it? > >> > >> Just a thought.... > >> > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> > > > BM> > __________________________________________________ > BM> Do You Yahoo!? > BM> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > BM> http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
