When I've shown you " rotating screens on my G4 in Panther", I may have been a bit "so taken in" but only the new features on the great new Panther that actually do save me time (like quick user change and Expos� etc.) and won't give me headaches !
However I've been a bit (more) taken in by CS as well, when these, not only saves me time, it also improves drastically my work flow (eg. Version Cue) as well! No way, I haven't forgotten about real life, but do love when new software/upgrades do indeed help me a lot, and I'm also aware of other features that don't do much for me (professional any way!) and may be only cool to look at, with no use at all!
...Anyway, as you've mentioned before and true, in February 2003 Adobe released it's first raw converter "Camera Raw 1.0" as a Photoshop 7 plug-in only. They announced then that the next version of Camera Raw will be part of the next Photoshop. Photoshop CS (version 8) is now selling and it comes with the new Camera Raw 2.0 FREE.
According to Adobe, they will keep the support for new cameras current by providing updated versions of ARC 2.0 for free. It's not a big deal as ARC 2.0 is still technically a PS CS plugin (don't expect it to work with older versions of PS).
The advanced mode offers 4 tabs with controls: Adjust, Detail, Lens, Calibrate
The key operations of any raw converter are correction of white balance (WB) and exposure (EV). ARC 2.0 provides all the support you need for EV and WB.
This tab provides very unique tools: Chromatic Aberration Removal, Vignetting
(Eddy, the above are the one's I've first asked you about, remember ?)
Also ARC 2.0 supports all the cameras that could be used with ARC 1.0 and some new popular ones too: Canon 10D, 300D, Kodak 14n... just to name a few.
File Browser Integration
The file browser integration of ARC 1.0 in PS 7 was very limited while the new file browser is optimized for ARC 2.0. This means that the file browser will use ARC 2.0 to create thumbnails and preview images that use image specific settings and are processed by ARC 2.0 for all supported raw file formats (many).
In the new file browser you can also apply raw settings from one file to other selected files.
You then can select the source for the setting that should be copied. Then all the settings will be applied to the selected files and the file browser will later reflect them in the new thumbnails and preview images.
Re: RAW files...
I know RAW images are processed so that they are optimized for their intended use. As well as using the same white balance and sharpness settings as those on the camera, the CANON File Viewer Utility, the NIKON Capture or ARC 2.0, allows you to specify additional processing parameters such as digital exposer compensation and white balance adjustment. (most of you, nothing new so far...)
One thing I'm a bit confused is the fact when I shoot in RAW mode with my EOS 10D, does it mean it's (always) also a JPEG simultaneously and embedded recorded within the RAW format, or is just an option to activate (or not) so I can extract JPEG from my RAW image later ?
According to CANON this process (RAW) does not involve working with the original RAW images! It applies virtual parameters to RAW images temporarily downloaded to the computer, and like in PS CS you can redo the processing repeatedly with different parameters, or apply white balance settings etc. to a RAW image without opening it and saving.
Now, another question (to everyone) after opened a RAW file, I've being playing around with Sapce, Depth etc. I've also noticed the Resolution field ! Can I increase resolution of the RAW file ?? I know I can, (I've done it) but how effective is it ??
Ricardo Vieira
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On 15 Nov 2003, at 13:15, eddy raphael wrote:
Eddy Raphael wroteWhat does this mean- there is no need for Nikon Capture 3.5 or similar, does
CS actually "process" RAW files, OR is this just about 'opening' the RAW
files? I have been able to do that in PS6 and 7 for ages, with NEF plug-in.
Course, you can open the RAW image in PS and then save it, but it opens as a
small file; surely just making a file bigger by adding mb in PS isn't the
answer using 'file size' - this is why we use raw processing sw - right?
I was under the impression that to make a raw file into an image, one should
use a dedicated raw processing s/w instead, to allow for things like white
balance or interpolation (at source) etc??
Course I could do a print test, but I am still (like Shangara) injured badly
from fighting on the color management frontline.. no wish to complicate
matters if the list knows the answers!
Therefore does Photoshop (I use a D1x with PS7 and Capture 3.5) do what
Ricardo is suggesting? Maybe Ricardo isn't using the processing s/w that he
should? Apologies if I have it wrong RV.
All this - if true, points towards me going Panther... brr .. a shiver just
went down my neck. OS9 is now sounding a bit redundant.
Eddy Raphael
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