Dave, Rob, Godfrey Thanks for the advice - Raw Shooter seems to be the best of the converters that I have. Seems to easily fit into a workflow with PS Elements.
I'm downloading the Lightroom Beta as I write... Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia Quoting Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Similar to what others have stated, but I add: > > - get as much of the color/tonal adjustment right in the RAW > processor as possible > (Not necessarily finished, but present as much data as possible for > > Photoshop to process later.) > > - set the cropping > > - sharpen and do selective tonal editing in Photoshop > > You might try Lightroom 4.1 beta as well, it's available free from > http://labs.adobe.com > It allows you to use the same set of controls for TIFF, JPEG, and > RAW > conversion processing. Lightroom 4.1beta will read *ist D/DS/DL, > etc > PEF files, any of them converted to DNG with DNG Converter, or K10D > > DNG files. It can also output and read Photoshop files. > > Godfrey > > > On Dec 19, 2006, at 11:31 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > > > OK - I admit to using JPG capture for most of my photography with > > > the DS. It's mainly an issue of limited hard disk space but I've > > > started using RAW capture more often lately. > > > > I don't have Photoshop CS / ACR - my available tools are Raw > > Shooter Essentials 2006, Photoshop 6 and Photoshop Elements 1 (I > > > also have the Pentax software, of course as well as a few other > Raw > > converters). > > > > Just wondering how others approach the RAW conversion/image > > processing workflow. Is it best to, say, just adjust white > balance > > in the RAW converter and do the rest in Photoshop or is it more > > > efficient to make full use of the range of tools in the converter > > > (which seem to be fairly extensive in Raw Shooter). > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Click to get a free auto insurance quote from top company at discount http://tags.bluebottle.com/fc/KCuXzzVOQBTvmhpnmElyop4kMoo272/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
