I agree on the subject of Real World Camera RAW. That book significantly
improved my efficiency at processing RAW images. I also agree on the
upgrade. Bridge is worth the cost of upgrading in and of itself.
YOu might also checkout the Lightroom Beta. It's perfectly capable of
doing the rendering, and the workflow is even faster than Bridge. It can
open the files in CS as well. But it does need RAM (768MB minimum).
-Adam
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
On Feb 14, 2006, at 8:23 AM, Mark Roberts wrote:
RAWShooter Essentials is only available for Windows.
PSE3 does not have much in the way of workflow automation available.
Photoshop CS and Camera Raw 2.4 can handle PEF from both D and DS
bodies, and it can also be automated to batch render large numbers of
files easily. I don't have a Windows system so I cannot say this with
first-hand credibility, but from all I've seen Camera Raw does a better
job of RAW conversion than RSE.
If you want to learn how to do this efficiently, PLEASE go buy and read
Bruce Fraser's "Real World Camera Raw with Photoshop CS". It will save
you a tremendous amount of time.
The update to CS2 is also well worth the money for this sort of
endeavor. The new Bridge companion application does a much more capable
job of automation in the RAW workflow and Camera Raw v3.x has new, far
more capable features than Camera Raw 2.x. My recommendation is to go
for both the upgrade and the second edition of Bruce's book, "Real
World Camera Raw with Photoshop CS2".
I process about 300-400 images a week with this software, mostly
automated up to the final finishing steps, on an iMac G4 20" similar in
performance to your iBook...
Godfrey