Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I can only say you should have been there to see it and have a chat to the people who developed and ran it. The 16-bit version was up and running and converting RAW data. OK I agree wholeheartedly with you, it is a first-step software and IMO should be integrated in some standard DIP system. As a standalone it does seem to be a bit limited, but maybe they'll licence their technology out to Adobe, as plug-ins for the various lens and body types if it should prove to be superior. Douglas ps by the time we get an M7D they'll be supplying it for Kodak Retinas :-) Karen Nakamura schrieb: > > Yeah, their web site also says that they'll be supporting a RAW plugin > soon. Until then, it's vaporware. And it reduces flexibility. If you > want to use Canon, Adobe, or Phase One's RAW converter, you're SOL. > DxO only works with 8-bit JPEGs made by the camera itself (ie, you > can't shoot in RAW and convert) or their vaporware RAW converter. This > does not seem good to me. > > You also can't apply their sharpening algorithms after any changes in > Photoshop. I only apply USM at the last stage before printing since > the degree of USM depends on the output. > > DxO appears to be forcing a workflow on me that I don't like. > > It's software made by engineers, not by photographers. > > Karen > > > p.s. And it's OT to the LUG since DxO only supports digital cameras. > There's absolutely no hint that they'll ever support film cameras / > scanners, or fringe digital cameras like the R-D1, Digital R Module, > or M7D or whatever it'll be called. >