Digital BW, The Print

Thanks Paul.  Sounds like the $500 is hard to justify when I have PS CS
already.


> From: "Paul D. DeRocco" <pderocco@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 17:55:54 -0800
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: RE: [Digital BW] Capture One vs Adobe Camera RAW
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>> From: Steve Kale [mailto:stevekale@...]
>> 
>> I have asked this question before but since you are a fan of C1 I will ask
>> again:  what are the advantages/disadvantages of C1 vs the free
>> Adobe Camera RAW?
> 
> 1) C1 has a better conversion engine than probably anyone else. However,
> most images don't push the limits of any converter, so ACR is fine on them.
> It's when you come up against very wide dynamic range images that C1 shines,
> partly because it does a better job of suppressing banding in shadow areas,
> partly because it creates fewer strange artifacts from random sensor noise.
> It also uses an actual ICC profile to describe each camera, for more
> accurate color.
> 
> 2) Unfortunately, C1 doesn't have vignetting and CA correction. The former
> can be done afterwards in Photoshop, but CA correction really is best done
> in the raw converter. For images that have visible CA, ACR has a significant
> advantage.
> 
> 3) C1 is optimized for a batch workflow. It works well if you need to
> convert all of your images from a shoot into some standard file format like
> TIFF, with little editing beyond white balance tweaking. For certain kinds
> of jobs, that's probably very useful. If you need to do further editing,
> then you're stuck with running the images through two separate pieces of
> software. If instead you would prefer to treat raw files like any other file
> format, and open them individually and randomly, then ACR is more
> convenient, because you open each file directly into your editor. Also, it
> takes C1 a really long time to open a folder if it has a lot of images in
> it, making it tedious to use for one-at-a-time editing.
> 
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> Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
> Paul                mailto:pderocco@...
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