I'll check them out -- I didn't know that Xara could do 16-bit images, and in all honesty I'd forgotten about Idruna entirely. :)
Thanks :) ----------------------------- Rakesh Malik My Web Site: http://www.whitecranephotography.com Blog: http://tamerlin.blogspot.com http://www.flickr.com/baratheon Sent from Seattle, Washington, United States On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 2:37 AM, Matthias Kappenberg <[email protected] > wrote: > Hi Rakesh, > > my 5 Cents: > http://www.xara.com/us/ > The *PRO can import 16bit images. > > and: > http://www.idruna.com/photogenicshdr.html > (8,16,32bit) > > and (one of my favourite software-companies): > http://mediachance.com/realdraw/index.html > in conjunction with > http://mediachance.com/dap/dap2.html > to convert the 16bit images after color adjustments > to 8bit psd, tif or whatever.... > > Maybe not exactly what fits in your needs > but nice apps in my opinion. > > Matthias > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Neil Cooke <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Sunday, December 27, 2009 11:04 PM > *Subject:* Re: Is Realsoft the only real 3D solution on Linux? > > @ Rakesh > > >Photoshop is also the only app out there right now that will load 500MB > 16-bit images (though some of the scans have approached 2 GB > > My renders for the mural size prints at 20,000 pixels etc, have meant over > 500 GB file sizes. I have not come to any limits with my Corel Photopaint in > handling these files. > > For one series I was shifting the colours into sepia but not by simply > tweaking the balance but rather by over laying the colour copy onto a sepia > tinted greyscale and adjusting transparency. > > Neil Cooke > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Andrew Berge <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Monday, December 28, 2009 10:28 AM > *Subject:* RE: Is Realsoft the only real 3D solution on Linux? > > Rakesh, > > There is cine paint the film version of gimp which can support upto 32bit > images and was developed specifically for use on film projects: > > http://www.cinepaint.org/ > > I haven't looked at it in quite a while, last I looked it was only just > released and needed more development but perhaps by now it is more complete > and may be useful for you. > > rgds, > > Andrew > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Rakesh Malik > *Sent:* Monday, 28 December 2009 2:42 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Is Realsoft the only real 3D solution on Linux? > > Lightroom is only a partial solution for my needs; it's sufficient for my > digital images, but it doesn't hold up with my big ones, and cleaning up > dust spots and scratches on film scans is a LOT easier with Photoshop than > with Lightroom, even with LR's new brush tools. :( > > Photoshop is also the only app out there right now that will load 500MB > 16-bit images (though some of the scans have approached 2 GB, I cut back on > the size because I only have 4 GB on my machine right now...). There are > some compositing packages that would probably be just as capable as > Photoshop, but they're all more expensive, and all of the ones that are > available for Linux are a LOT more expensive :( > > ----------------------------- > Rakesh Malik > My Web Site: http://www.whitecranephotography.com > Blog: http://tamerlin.blogspot.com > http://www.flickr.com/baratheon > Sent from Seattle, Washington, United States > > On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 5:42 AM, Zaug <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Rakesh Malik wrote: >> >>> Unfortunately, there's nothing comparable to Photoshop for Linux that's >>> in my price range right now... the Gimp just doesn't cut it for my >>> photography. >>> >> It is not Photoshop and is not a part of my photography workflow, but I >> understand that Lightroom meets the needs of most (many pro) photographers. >> It installed and ran well for me under Virtualbox; on a 64bit amd dual core >> and 3 gigs of RAM. >> >> I use to software that came with my alpha 850 and 900 cameras for initial >> color correction and dynamic range enhancement (it does this better than >> anything else I have tried, including LR); I run it under wine, but had to >> install it under VB first, then was a simple matter of moving the >> application to wine's windows folder. Running under wine instead of VB saves >> whatever memory you have alloted to your VB machine (about 1.25gig in my >> case), besides what the app actually requires. I realize that is getting >> close to the tweaking you speak of, but it only has to be done when >> installing the app. This method of installing under VB and moving to wine >> has worked for a few other applications, but not for all that I have tried; >> definitely worth checking for apps you run often under VB. >> >> I will also mention that Noise Ninja is available in a native Linux >> version; it _is_ part of my workflow - > does a fantastic job and is very >> reasonably priced. >> >> I guess that my HW and networking requirements are minimal, but a couple >> of the main reasons I am running Linux are that I very much like the >> advanced, journalling (apparently bulletproof) file systems available under >> Linux and of course it's small system footprint. >> >> CheerZ!, >> Zaug >> >> >> > ------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.430 / Virus Database: 270.14.120/2588 - Release Date: 12/26/09 > 19:02:00 > >
