The Pentax Photo Camera Utility, (combines PPB and PPL), has a much
better interface. It came with the K-x, and you need to trick it to
install if you don't have the CD.
On 1/18/2010 2:31 PM, Jack Davis wrote:
Thanks, Bruce. I'll download the disc (came with the K20) and take your advice
as to my approach.
Mainly curious as I realize I'm not Geek enough to be unhappy with PE8. ;)
Jack
--- On Mon, 1/18/10, Bruce Dayton<[email protected]> wrote:
From: Bruce Dayton<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: SILKYPIX
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List"<[email protected]>
Date: Monday, January 18, 2010, 10:49 AM
Hello Jack,
I use it. Started with Capture One from Phase One -
it was good, but
a bit pricey. I tried Bibble and Lightroom and
settled on SilkyPix.
For me, because of my ExpressDigital Darkroom software
working with
labs and online storefront, I found Lightroom to be too
much - it was
doing a lot of what I already had things in place
for. And the
penalty in speed to simply do raw conversions wasn't worth
it for me.
These tools all work best when you use the workflow they
were
designed for. So you might first examine your general
workflow of
how you do your pictures and then look at each tool to see
how well
it fits what you do.
As far as an editor goes, Silkypix is much like most raw
converters
where it doesn't offer control beyond the entire
image. So it is
used to set things up and convert from raw. If you
need to do
further editing on a smaller portion of the image, then
some other
editor would be employed. I think most raw converters
work this way.
I believe the latest Lightroom does have some more powerful
editing
on smaller portions of the image.
The best approach is to examine your desired workflow, get
the trial
version of each product and see how it fits for you.
--
Best regards,
Bruce
Monday, January 18, 2010, 7:27:22 AM, you wrote:
JD> Anyone using SILKYPIX (S-SW74)? Have an opinion as
to its competency as an editing tool?
JD> Am currently using PE8.
JD> Thanks,
JD> Jack
JD>
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