![]() Here are the specs on these first: Photo editing softwarew comparison chart – Click to view full size. I’ve also given my thoughts on pros and cons for each. Average rating – Overall rating (one for beginners, one for intermediate) as an average of the items above.Extras – What extra special things can it do like HDR, pano, layer images, combine images, texture overlays, add text, etc?.Help – Are there good tutorials or help/support for the program? How helpful are they? Is there a support forum or Facebook group?.Browser – Is there a way to view images and sort, tag, catalog, flag and rate them? Can you browse images?.Import & Export Options – How easy is it to export (save) images? Especially for sharing, social media, email, resizing? How is data on RAW files saved?.Presets – Does it have presets? How many come with it? What is the quality like? Are they customizable? Are there others available for free or purchase?.Layers – Does it handle layers? How easy/hard is it to understand?.RAW – How good is the RAW processor? Ease of use, features? Image quality?.Ease of use out of the box – How easy is it to get started? Interface ease of use and functionality.I have used the following as my questions and rating criteria: Having over 20+ years of using Photoshop, Lightroom and various pieces of other photo editing software – I figured if I can’t figure it out easily (and need to watch 4-10 hours of video tutorials just to get it), what chance do you have? How I Tested I wanted to see how intuitive each program was when I opened it. I’ve approached this software review from the perspective of a total beginner. I will give you some of my thoughts and initial impressions of each program as well as rate them in eight different areas. This forum is a great resource.Just to give you a reminder of how I’ve done these reviews. Take no offense at this, could be a better way, or best way to skin the cat. Would like to hear from Mark re your suggested WF of native 4k scans then down sampled. Final finessing will be done there in LR with the New Masters. Those files will become my Masters, imported into a different lrcat. When all the processing is done I will export everything from a LR Working lrcat. Can I do the downsampling out of SF HDR Studio? Not concerned about file sizes as it will all be done on an external drive. ![]() I'll get what I can from each image.īart, your last post is very interesting. It is for the Swami to toss out poor shots if he wishes. I do not see film grain issues, but I may not know how to recognize that. Maybe the dark is my poor development of 2 years ago. Seem a little overall dark, noise present in shadows. I just looked at 50 Kodachrome slides shot by a professional from a raft trip on the Colorado River thru Grand Canyon in 1993. They will pay for an external drive, a LR6 perpetual I was lucky to get from B&H, etc. I believe he has good film photography skills.īTW I am doing this for free. Said he took 40 rolls of film to the Himalayas. Some landscape, some places like buildings, some artifacts, etc. So the photography will be related to that. The project is all shot in India by a world renowned Swami of the Ramakrishna Order. So not hair pulling for me as it has become just work flow. I've done my dad's 4500 Ektachrome slides, 1250 Kodachromes for a family friend, waiting to get about 2k slides of my late cousin to process. I know about the issue of grain alaising but with SF8 it's usually pretty safe to ignore it. You should select the resolution that will cover for the largest size print you intend to make at the native resolution of the printer (e.g. It is not necessary to scan at the maximum resolution of the scanner. ![]() ![]() This is not a plug because whether a I sell a copy more or less I don't care, but just so you'll know - I cover most of this in considerable detail in my ebook available from the SilverFast website however, a lot of it, a bit more dated, also appears in articles I've published on this website you can consult easily if your LuLa membership is active. Use Photokit Sharpener for capture and output sharpening. For reducing the visual effect of grain a number of applications are about as good, however I would give a slight edge to Neat Image for this purpose. SilverFast 8 version of spot and scratch removal (iSRD) is excellent, and will work for Kodachromes.
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