On Feb 21, 2007, at 11:02 AM, Scott Loveless wrote: >>> Have any Pentaxians tried Lightzone? Version 2.1 looks like a pretty >>> impressive program. >> >> Played with it a bit. Interesting idea compromised by poor >> performance >> due to using Java. This is not the sort of application that benefits >> from using a JVM. >> > The Lightzone for Linux FAQ recommends a 2GHz or better CPU and at > least 1GB of memory. It also requires SSE, but will take advantage of > SSE2 if your processor supports. It will handle K10D RAW files.
I tested it quite a bit on Mac OS X as I liked the innovative interface and the ability to do selective rendering on RAW image data. Ultimately, however, I find that Lightroom does a better job overall, with less selective editing required. > The big news, for me anyway, is that it's available for Linux. > http://sonic.net/~rat/lightcrafts/ The pricing structure is a bit > different than for the Windows or OSX versions. <g> Yes, the Linux version is distributed freely ... and without any support. Plusses and minusses... Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
