You can download a trian of Photoshop CS and then update the RAW convertor to have 30 days of Pentax conversion. Warning though, it will result in some expense later!
> -----Original Message----- > From: Frantisek Vlcek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 13 May 2004 12:01 > To: John Francis > Subject: Re: Pentax High End DSLR > > > JF> I tried dcraw - I even went as far as to download the source and > JF> take a look at it. At least part of my playing around > with my own > JF> conversion code is based on my dissatisfaction with dcraw; quite > JF> aprt from the fact that the conversion process loses all the EXIF > JF> information, I found the colour balance to be terrible > (and I'm not > JF> all that keen on the algorithm it uses for the Bayer > interpolation). > > I see. So it was you who did the quick raw converter utility > for pentax raw files :) ? > > JF> Many of the programs that now offer Pentax raw file > conversion are > JF> based on the dcraw code, and so they will have all the > undesirable > JF> artifacts of the conversion. The one big exception, from what I > JF> hear, is Photoshop CS; although it too is based on dcraw, > Adobe have > JF> done a lot to enhance the implementation with code to use some of > JF> the other information in the file (other than just the raw pixel > JF> sensor values). That won't help with the Bayer artifacts, but it > JF> will help with white balance, sharpening, etc. > > Interesting. Anybody knows if the CameraRaw function of > Photoshop (which was I think first a plugin for PS7) is > available for some tryout? > > Best regards, > Frantisek Vlcek > >
