Appreciate the info, Peter. Jack
--- On Mon, 1/18/10, P. J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > From: P. J. Alling <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: SILKYPIX > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, January 18, 2010, 12:01 PM > The Pentax Photo Camera Utility, > (combines PPB and PPL), has a much > better interface. It came with the K-x, and you need > to trick it to > install if you don't have the CD. > > On 1/18/2010 2:31 PM, Jack Davis wrote: > > Thanks, Bruce. I'll download the disc (came with the > K20) and take your advice as to my approach. > > Mainly curious as I realize I'm not Geek enough to be > unhappy with PE8. ;) > > > > Jack > > > > --- On Mon, 1/18/10, Bruce Dayton<[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > >> From: Bruce Dayton<[email protected]> > >> Subject: Re: SILKYPIX > >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List"<[email protected]> > >> Date: Monday, January 18, 2010, 10:49 AM > >> Hello Jack, > >> > >> I use it. Started with Capture One from > Phase One - > >> it was good, but > >> a bit pricey. I tried Bibble and Lightroom > and > >> settled on SilkyPix. > >> > >> For me, because of my ExpressDigital Darkroom > software > >> working with > >> labs and online storefront, I found Lightroom to > be too > >> much - it was > >> doing a lot of what I already had things in place > >> for. And the > >> penalty in speed to simply do raw conversions > wasn't worth > >> it for me. > >> > >> These tools all work best when you use the > workflow they > >> were > >> designed for. So you might first examine > your general > >> workflow of > >> how you do your pictures and then look at each > tool to see > >> how well > >> it fits what you do. > >> > >> As far as an editor goes, Silkypix is much like > most raw > >> converters > >> where it doesn't offer control beyond the entire > >> image. So it is > >> used to set things up and convert from raw. > If you > >> need to do > >> further editing on a smaller portion of the image, > then > >> some other > >> editor would be employed. I think most raw > converters > >> work this way. > >> I believe the latest Lightroom does have some more > powerful > >> editing > >> on smaller portions of the image. > >> > >> The best approach is to examine your desired > workflow, get > >> the trial > >> version of each product and see how it fits for > you. > >> > >> -- > >> Best regards, > >> Bruce > >> > >> > >> Monday, January 18, 2010, 7:27:22 AM, you wrote: > >> > >> JD> Anyone using SILKYPIX (S-SW74)? Have > an opinion as > >> to its competency as an editing tool? > >> JD> Am currently using PE8. > >> > >> JD> Thanks, > >> > >> JD> Jack > >> > >> > >> JD> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> [email protected] > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the > link > >> directly above and follow the directions. > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > -- > {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 > Courier New;}} > \viewkind4\uc1\pard\f0\fs20 I've just upgraded to > Thunderbird 3.0 and the interface subtly weird.\par > } > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
