except for getting things in the ballpark, i find the RAW converter's adjustments not powerful enough. i rely on plugins that can work on 16-bit images to do most of the hard work. the only adjustments i typically make in the RAW converter are white balance and exposure compensation.
Herb.... ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 1:19 PM Subject: RE: *ist D image quality-_Was -Stupid Question #999 > My *istD conversions come out at 144 meg, 26-bit, but I do most of the work in the RAW converter where they are much smaller. After conversion I generally do very little other than rotation and crop.

