Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/07/12

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Subject: [Leica] Stand-Alone Photo Processing Software
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2014 17:46:57 -0500
References: <53C1B16B.3080707@threshinc.com>

Thanks, Peter.  The next release of PWP 7.0 should have support for the 
xtrans sensor.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 7/12/2014 5:06 PM, Peter Klein wrote:
> Jim: I have been using Picture Window Pro for almost as long as I've 
> been on the LUG. I'm extremely happy with it and see no reason to 
> change. I just upgraded to v.7.
>
> My Raw processor is Capture One Pro 7. Now that it does masks and 
> rudimentary layers and has a great color-mixer B&W conversion, I find 
> that I don't need PWP for many digital images. But there are many 
> things that a full-featured photo editor does (or does more easily and 
> comprehensively) that C-One doesn't, so PWP is still in regular use.  
> And of course, it's PWP all the way for all my film images old and new.
>
> I can't personally vouch for Capture One's superiority with Fuji's 
> X-Trans sensor Raw files, but all the online examples and discussions 
> I've seen show that C-One is better than Lightroom in this respect.
>
> Both C-One and PWP have user interfaces that take a bit of getting 
> used to, but they are both really good programs. And neither are 
> trying to get you into a perpetual rent model like Adobe is.
>
> --Peter
>
> > Jim, I think my story is much like Meino's, except I use Photoshop 
> instead
> > of PW.  I stopped at PS8 as it offers all I need after I finish with
> > Lightroom 5, which is the latest I'm using.  I probably would have been
> > happier stopping with LR4, because I liked the tools a bit better.
> >
> >
> > I don't even know how long I've been using PS8, but it does what I 
> need.
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 5:10 AM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at 
> lighttube.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks, Meino.  I knew that someone on the lists had mentioned 
> it.  It
> > > requires a different workflow from Elements, but I can adapt to that.
> > >
> > > One major difference from Adobe products is that it lists a phone 
> number,
> > > and my emails were answered within 24 hours by the primary author 
> of the
> > > software.
> > >
>
>
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