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Which editing programme is best?
In terms of value for money, which of the following programmes is best for editing RAW photo files? I'm relatively new to photography, and am progressing onto RAW format. My choices are:
iPhoto - Already have it
Aperture - £54.99
Canon's Digital Photo Professional - Already have it
Adobe Photoshop CS2 - Now released as freeware
If you have any other suggestions, I would be interested to hear,
Thanks.
I have a Canon 600D, if that affects suitability of software.
3 Answers
- MartinLv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
If you do a lot of wide angle work I would strongly recommend DXO Optics Pro because it can correct lenses in a way that no other piece of software can. See Ken Rockwell's review for examples: http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/dxo/optics-pro.htm It's not cheap, but it can be used on 2 computers!
Adobe Lightroom should be considered. You can get a 30 day trial.
Potoshop Elements is actually pretty good. Many amateur photographers find it is powerful enough.
- ?Lv 68 years ago
CS2's OK but it is five versions old now. Aperture is OK for basic photo manipulation.
If you can't afford Photoshop CC on subscription at £17.58 a month then consider going with The Gimp - free and legal, released for Mac, all the toys included for nothing. The Gimp has practically the same functionality as Photoshop (some high-end features were in The Gimp before Adobe folded them into Photoshop) and the learning curve for The Gimp is the same as that for Photoshop - either one will take several months of practice before you're realising the potential they have.
The Gimp is available from the downloads link at http://www.gimp.org/
- qrkLv 78 years ago
Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) is what I would use. Adobe Camera Raw comes with Photoshop, Elements, and Lightroom. You'll need to check Adobe's web site to see which version of ACR is supported on CS2 and which cameras are supported under ACR which work under CS2. I believe the newest version of ACR which works with CS2 is version 3.7 which probably won't work with your 600D.
Another option, if CS2's version of ACR doesn't support your camera, use Adobe's DNG Converter. It's free and converts any raw file to DNG. Use ACR to edit the DNG file. Under the setup in DNG Converter, you can select the version for the DNG output.
If you don't mind spending $100, get Adobe Lightroom (comes with ACR).
Another free route is dcraw along with a third party GUI like UFRAW. Use GIMP or the free version of Photoshop to do final touch up. I prefer any version of Photoshop (ver 7 or newer) over the GIMP. ACR would be a better choice than dcraw.
