On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 9:38 PM, Walter Gilbert <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, frankly, I'm going to have a hard time giving up Elements 9, now > that I've installed it. > > Hoo, boy. Pretty nifty.
IIRC the newer versions of Elements have some of the tools the big brother has, like curve tool etc. Am i right here. Dave > > > > On 11/26/2010 7:53 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> >> Sorry but PS7 is not capable of being used with any version of ACR >> that supports DNG. That thread says that although some of the comments >> are easy to mistake as saying the opposite. >> >> I don't use much other than Lr3 these days, but if you are seriously >> strapped for cash, dcraw is free, open source and works well. >> >> On Friday, November 26, 2010, Walter Gilbert<[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Looks like you're right, John: >>> >>> http://photo.net/digital-darkroom-forum/00WXvS >>> >>> Later in the thread >>> (http://photo.net/digital-darkroom-forum/00WXvS?start=10), though, they >>> mention that the converter is "super crude" -- whatever that means. >>> >>> Idunno. I'm in the process of downloading a trial version of Elements 9 >>> and will tinker around with it for 30 days, or so. If I like it and have >>> the extra cash to spend on it, I'll go ahead and register it. If not, I'll >>> use a freeware, or cheap& dirty alternative. >>> >>> -- Walt >>> >>> >>> >>> On 11/26/2010 7:00 PM, John Sessoms wrote: >>> >>> From: Walter Gilbert >>> >>> >>> Thanks! Although, to my infinite consternation, I've discovered >>> there's no way to get Photoshop 7 to handle DNG files, and I can't >>> afford to plunk down the requisite cash for any of the more recent Adobo >>> releases. They're a tad spendy. >>> >>> Picasa 3 will handle them, of course, but then I'm stuck with some >>> pretty limited options with regard to editing. I suppose I could use >>> Picasa to export them in .jpg format, but I wonder how much I'll be >>> giving up by using it to do the conversion. >>> >>> Any (extremely affordable) suggestions? >>> >>> >>> >>> There's something very wrong here. >>> >>> I bought Photoshop 7 and installed it on my laptop while I was in Iraq, >>> and I know that I downloaded the free stand-alone DNG converter when Adobe >>> announced it and used it with Photoshop 7. >>> >>> Prior to getting Photoshop 7 and installing the stand-alone DNG >>> converter, I was using the Pentax software that came with the *ist-D. >>> >>> I probably didn't shoot more than a half dozen raw images with the *ist-D >>> while I was deployed (shot mostly TIFF& JPEG) so I'm pretty hazy about how >>> i used the DNG converter, but I remember it being announced. >>> >>> I remember downloading and installing it and giving it a try. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> > > > -- > 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. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- 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.
