On 2/21/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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... > One gets used to it. It's the nature of the beast.
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