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Subject: [Leica] Stand-Alone Photo Processing Software - Chris Crawford
From: gwpics at icloud.com (Gerry Walden)
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 11:35:00 +0100
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Chris

Thanks for the timely reminder about Media Pro. I have been wanting to link 
a database with Capture One Pro and had completely forgotten its sister 
program (duh!). I have downloaded a trail and will give it a go.

Thanks again,

Gerry

Gerry Walden
+44 (0)23 8046 3076 or
+44 (0)797 287 7932
www.gwpics.com

On 13 Jul 2014, at 11:08, Chris Crawford <chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> 
wrote:

> Mark,
> 
> Many of us use both Lightroom and Photoshop. I use Photoshop alone for
> editing my film scans, but for processing RAW files from my digital
> cameras, Lightroom makes it easier to go through the photos from a shoot,
> pick the ones to edit, and do basic editing (white balance, lens
> distortion corrections, etc.) quickly. Photoshop is really best for
> editing single images, not for working with larger numbers. Most photos I
> do require some more in-depth work, dodging and burning and such, which I
> think Photoshop's layers and masking abilities are better at than
> Lightroom.
> 
> I don't use LR for cataloging, I find it slow and cumbersome for that, and
> I'd have to put my film scans in it. I use Microsoft Expression Media for
> that. Phase One bought the software from Microsoft a few yrs back, and
> they sell it as Phase One Media Pro (It was originally called iView Media
> Pro before Microsoft bought iView, then MS decided they didn't want it
> after all, and sold it to Phase One). Of all the cataloging databases for
> photos that are available for Macs, I think iView/Expression Media/P1
> Media Pro is the best.
> 
> -- 
> Chris Crawford
> Fine Art Photography
> Fort Wayne, Indiana
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> 
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> 
> On 7/13/14 5:12 AM, "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:
> 
>> I should not claim to know what software exactly medium format shooters
>> use.
>> I just know they have reason to use software other than Photoshop. Often
>> software involved with the tethering process. Having their stuff live on a
>> big screen as they are shooting it being looked at and rated by art
>> directors. And other parameters having to do with medium format shooting
>> which I know little about never having done it and I'm told Photoshop
>> doesn't have. I'm led to believe that all the top work in medium format is
>> done with specialized software. I'm also aware that a lot of work now done
>> by respected people is with Lightroom.  But they tend to be younger
>> shooters
>> not having decades of experience with Photoshop. I just don't think people
>> who have mastered Photoshop over decades are going to give it up for
>> Lightroom. They'd be saying goodbye to who knows what and who knows when
>> you're going to need it.
>> 
>> 
>> On 7/13/14 3:36 AM, "Gerry Walden" <gwpics at icloud.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Mark
>>> 
>>> I am intrigued why you would restrict Capture One to medium format and
>>> Photoshop for anything else (i.e. not medium format). To my mind both
>>> would
>>> seem to handle all formats equally well. If shooting with a Phase one
>>> camera
>>> then there would be some logic to your argument.
>>> 
>>> Gerry
>>> 
>>> Gerry Walden
>>> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or
>>> +44 (0)797 287 7932
>>> www.gwpics.com
>>> 
>>> On 13 Jul 2014, at 00:22, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> If you were shooting medium format you'd use Phase One Capture one
>>>> Software.
>>>> If you were doing anything else you'd use Photoshop
>>> 
>>> 
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>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
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>> Photographer
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