Depending on how much processing you want to do on the road, Faststone Image Viewer is a low cost (as in no cost) option.
If you set up the settings correctly, it will read raw files (rather than just the embedded previews) and it has a limited range of editing options (Levels, curves, colour correction etc). It's useful if you just want to develop a few jpgs while travelling. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ On Fri, Feb 12, 2016, at 01:56 PM, Mark C wrote: > A couple days ago I dropped my 9 year old laptop and the hard drive was > trashed. I replaced it with one that I had on hand and am now completing > the process of downloading and applying every Windows Vista update patch > ever issued... One of the few things I still use this laptop for is > processing photos while traveling. My phone now handles email, casual > web browsing, etc. > > The laptop has a decent dual core processor (Intel Core 2 T5300) and 4 > gigs of ram. I've been using Photoshop CS 5.1 and bridge to review and > do some light processing of photos. K3 DNG files are pretty slow on > this setup, K5 files were not too bad. > > So - before I reinstall Photoshop, any suggestions about a leaner and > faster program for basic raw file processing? I don't want to spend much > money since I could upgrade to a much more competent laptop for a few > hundred dollars. But maybe there is a sleek and simple photo editor out > there. > > I'm also wondering if an earlier version of Photoshop might be the sweet > spot in terms of light footprint. > > Any suggestions? > > Mark > > --- -- -- -- http://www.fastmail.com - Access your email from home and the web -- 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.
