On Fri, 26 Nov 2010 16:48 -0500, "P. J. Alling" <[email protected]> wrote: > Beware, I like Raw Therapee, but I was unable to get the last iteration > I downloaded to run on either my Win2K box or my WinXP laptop. It would > just die trying to read K20D PEF files, (didn't do so well with K20D DNG > files either). There was a long thread in their support forums about > the problem but none of the supposed solutions worked so I decided to > remove it and just use Pentax Digital Camera Utility 4. Now PDCU4 isn't > the fastest software I've ever used but Raw Therapee was actually slower > slower rendering *ist-D/Ds files, PDCU4 is much faster. > > That I really miss Raw Shooter, once I got used to the funky interface, > it did everything necessary in a raw converter, quickly and > unobtrusively. It didn't force me to use their file management system, > it just worked.
Yes, I liked Raw Shooter too. Pity they sold the technology to Adobe. And I agree that the latest incarnation of the Pentax Digital Camera Utility is a vast improvement. The interface is now even usable! I haven't used Raw Therapee seriously for a while (I now use ACR) but I just tried the latest stable version (2.4.1) in a Windows 2000 installation running in Virtual Box. Seemed to run OK and quite quickly too. One thing I have found with Raw Therapee is that it can be slow in operation if the image preview is set to full size (1:1). I've found that editing is best done with the preview set at about 1:2 or less. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > On 11/26/2010 4:34 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > > On Fri, 26 Nov 2010 14:10 -0600, "Walter Gilbert"<[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> That sounds like a pretty fair work-around. I'll have to give it a > >> try. > >> > >> Thanks for the suggestion! > >> > > > > The Pentax software does include some basic editing functions such as > > white balance adjustment, exposure adjustment etc - so you may get a > > conversion that doesn't need further processing in PS7. > > > > Another solution is to use the freeware RAW converter 'Raw Therapee'. > > This has developed into a high quality converter, which is much superior > > to to the Pentax software. Again, you can convert in Raw Therapee and, > > if necessary, save as a TIFF for further work in Photoshop. > > > > Here's the link > > > > http://www.rawtherapee.com/ > > > > > -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Accessible with your email software or over the web -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
