Recently Dave Brooks asked about processing batches of files, and I asked about only to discover an incredible number of actions, scripts, and batch routines that are available for Photoshop, many written by some well known experts in the field, and many available absolutely 100% free. These, in addition to batch features and actions that either are a part of Photoshop or that the user can adjust to his or her own requirements, make Photoshop a very flexible program. I cannot speak to Capture One or other programs, either as to features or value, but I can say that there's a lot that's available to Photoshop users, as well as some wonderful help forums that Adobe has set up, as well as many other venues (such as the Photoshop mailing list), all of which seem to be frequented by Adobe developers, engineers, and PS gurus world-wide, not to mention the NAPP magazine the Paul mentioned recently.
This, IMO, is the "undocumented feature" that makes PS well worth considering. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Godfrey DiGiorgi > >> What justifies the price of Capture One Pro ? > > > > Capture One Pro has the edge with batch processing. That's something > > that > > you can't do with Adobe RAW. > > > > So, if the shots are under similar conditions and you have a lot of > > them, > > you can basically set your parameters up on the first image in Capture > > One > > and transfer those parameters across to the other images as you're post > > processing them - this is handy if you're shooting events/weddings etc. > > You do the same thing with Photoshop CS and Camera Raw using the File > Browser, actions, automate and batch features. I prefer the control and > rendering provided by Photoshop and Camera Raw. > > Godfrey >
