Can anyone tell me if the Adobe DNG converter is a stand-alone application, or does it function only as a PSCS plug-in?
An article I read, as well as Adobe's webpage for DNG <http://www.adobe.com/products/dng/main.html> had me believing that it was a stand-alone app, but when I linked to the download page I found it categorised according to the PS version it is to be installed into. I'm not a PS user, and won't be unless I rejoin the professional fray. I just want to try raw processing of files from my new toy, a Fuji FinePix S7000. The Fuji raw converter supplied simply converts RAF files to TIF files but offers no functionality. I've installed a trial version of SharpRaw, which so far is the only non-PS raw converter I've found to support RAF. Does anyone here use SharpRaw? If so, what's your opinion? I've found it a bit slow, I suspect it uses the Windows page-file rather than creating its own swap-file like PS or The Gimp. But if Adobe DNG Converter is in fact a stand-alone app, then I could convert RAF to DNG, which I'd then process with RawShooter essentials, which is free. Alas, RaawShooter doesn't support RAF. Can you tell that I'm a cheap bastard? regards, Anthony Farr
