Chuck,
The RAW converter in Elements 6.0 works fine. I have never used the full
version of PS, so can't answer the last question.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 8:22 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Who in the world writes this junk? - Raw software rant.
> You obviously didn't try Adobe ACR which is a piece of cake and whose
> controls are logically laid out in the sequence they're most likely to
> be used. Download the trial version of PhotoShop Elements and give it a
> whirl. But then I'm assuming that ACR works the same in Elements as it
> does in PhotoShop. Can anyone verify that? I guess you could download
> a trial of PhotoShop also but that's a lot of software to install.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> Jim Couch wrote:
>> OK, I toned down the title of this post from the language i was
>> originally going to use. I can't believe how bad some of this stuff is
>> though!
>>
>> After spending most of last summer shooting film (for a number of
>> primarily 'practical' reasons) i have once again jumped into the world
>> of digital capture. Having recently picked up an E-620 I have been
>> looking at raw converters. I had forgotten how much I really dislike the
>> digital 'darkroom' experience. I now remember why!
>>
>> I have been downloading and evaluating Windows raw conversion software.
>> By and large this is some of the WORST software I have used!
>>
>> Of the ten or so packages I have played with two won't run reliably on
>> any of the three machines I have tried, two will only run on one or two
>> of the machines, most are incredible resource hogs, and most of them
>> have terrible interfaces. On two of the software packages I could not
>> figure how to save a file to disk without resorting to the manual! On
>> one package, even the manual did not help - I never could get a file
>> saved to disk! Most of the packages are not content with save as an
>> option - it has to be output, export, or some other conceited, obscure,
>> and overblown phrase. I suppose it is some way appropriate to the
>> software which is much the same!
>>
>> Who comes up with this stuff? People really spend hundreds of dollars on
>> some of this stuff? Amazing! It's not like I am computer illiterate by
>> any means. I do all of the "IT" stuff on our three machine network at
>> work. I know my way around both Windows & Mac machines. I am the person
>> that most of my friends & family rely on when they have computer
>> problems. If it is this difficult for me, what do people with no
>> computer skills do!?!
>>
>> I'll be OK, really, I think I will make a cup of coffee and go shoot
>> some film. Besides, I have a whole bottle of Vicodin left over from a
>> recent gallstone episode, maybe I'll try a couple of those before
>> downloading anymore photo software.
>>
>> Jim Couch
>>
>>
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