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On 4/3/2011 4:30 PM, Brian Walters wrote:
On Sun, 03 Apr 2011 13:59 -0500, "Walter Gilbert"<[email protected]>
wrote:
Hi all,
So, I recently inherited a copy of this software from my brother who was
using it to edit and catalog photos of is granddaughter, but decided he
didn't need all the bells and whistles that came along with it and
wanted something a little more basic. Given that my old copy of
Photoshop 7 predates DNG support and I can't seem to find the plugin
that will make it do so, I thought I'd give it a shot. (I don't have
the dough to spend on CS or LR, unfortunately, so my options are limited
here.)
Does anyone have any experience with this software at all? Because, so
far, I'm very much less than impressed with it, and not for lack of
features. It seems fine in that regard. What is really, really grating
on me is the extreme -- and I use that word advisedly -- slowness in
cataloging my DNG files in the "organizer". It's taking somewhere
around four seconds per photo! Picasa doesn't have this problem at
all. It zips right through them like a hot knife through butter.
Unfortunately, Picasa doesn't have the features that PSP does.
Otherwise, I'd just say "screw it".
Anyone know why it might be taking so long to catalog these photos, and
any idea if there's something that can be done to speed up the process?
It really is irksome.
I have no experience with PSP or Picasa (other than using the Picasa web
gallery). But lack of experience in a subject has never been a barrier
to sounding knowledgeable about it....
Could it be that Picasa is just cataloguing the jpg previews that are
built into DNG files and that PSP is actually processing the raw data?
The latter would be heavier on computer resources.
Well, Brian -- that's a hell of a lot more knowledgeable a guess than I
ever would have come up with, and sounds perfectly reasonable to me.
I think I'm going to see if I can find an older version of Lightroom on
the cheap, somehow. I just don't like the Paint Shop Pro layout at all
-- aside from the fact that it's cumbersome, it just doesn't strike as
as intuitive the way the Lightroom tutorial videos I've seen appear to be.
(I will say that Picasa is a very useful basic editor for me, though.
Especially when it comes to removing sensor noise, blemishes, etc. And
as a basic cropping tool, it's the easiest one I've ever tried.
Thanks for the input!
-- Walt
Cheers
Brian
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Brian Walters
Western Sydney Australia
http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/
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