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What software are you using for image editting?
Troy Hunt, Photographer
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Grove City | OH | USA | Posted: 2:25 PM on 02.06.04 |
->> Currently using Photoshop 7.0 to edit my images, however, after looking at the images on this site feel there is something better/cheaper out there. What do you use? If 7.0, do you have some actions you would like to share to make processing easier?
Thanks
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Sean Harding, Photographer
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Seattle | WA | USA | Posted: 2:33 PM on 02.06.04 |
->> I use Photoshop CS. I've been using Photoshop for over ten years, and I've seen many cheaper applications, but none that I found to be better (or even equivalent) for my purposes. But depending on what specifically you need to do, there might be some workable alternatives out there.
Of course, once you've paid for Photoshop the first time, the upgrades aren't really that expensive. |
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Thad Parsons, Photographer
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Durham | NC | USA | Posted: 2:58 PM on 02.06.04 |
->> Stay with Photoshop!
There are a couple of other applications that are used for image editing that are useful (depending on your OS and end usage), but PS is by far the best all-around tool.
About Actions, I create my own actions for the things that I have to do a lot of (or that are multi-step but not that complicated).
Good Luck! |
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Colin Corneau, Photographer
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Brandon | MB | Canada | Posted: 3:04 PM on 02.06.04 |
| ->> And when you're working for clients, it isn't so much what you like, it's what they need...Photoshop is the industry standard and a tremendous tool for photography. |
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Mike Leakey, Photographer
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Indianapolis | IN | USA | Posted: 3:14 PM on 02.06.04 |
| ->> If you're really on a budget you may want to use Photoshop Elements. i think you can get it for $100. It has much of the functionality of the full version. The only reason I upgraded was for the color management and RAW processing options in PS CS. I'm no expert on PS so there may be some other funcionality that is important that I just don't use. |
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Mike Leakey, Photographer
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Indianapolis | IN | USA | Posted: 3:21 PM on 02.06.04 |
| ->> After a more thorough read of your post, I would recommend staying with 7.0. If you need raw processing capability you can upgrade to CS for $170. |
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Troy Hunt, Photographer
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Grove City | OH | USA | Posted: 3:44 PM on 02.06.04 |
->> Sorry for the confusion. Currently running with Photoshop 7.0, just looking to give my images more of an SI "pop"
Did some searching and came across the Adobe Studio Exchange. A whole slew of actions out there that may help until I get the curves/channels under control. |
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Nick Doan, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Scottsdale | AZ | USA | Posted: 3:53 PM on 02.06.04 |
->> Troy,
Have you looked at the books, "The Photoshop Book for Digital Photographers" by Scott Kelby and "Photoshop Color Correction" by Michael Kieran.
Actions are all nice and good, but if you don't understand how the actions work, you can get yourself into trouble on some images. These books are fairly easy to read, and understand, and have instructions that can be put to use right away.
I'd recommend these books to any photographer who doesn't have time to take classes in Photoshop. |
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Rich Pilling, Photographer
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New York | NY | U.S.A. | Posted: 4:41 PM on 02.06.04 |
->> Troy: We use Foto Station for editing. You could also use Photo Mechanix for editing.
We use PhotoShop for any adjustments (cropping, re-sizing, adjusting levels, etc.) to the images. |
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Steven E. Frischling, Photographer
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Amherst | MA | USA | Posted: 5:34 PM on 02.06.04 |
->> The actual editing of my images, ie: image selection, tagging, captioning, renaming, is done in Photo Mechanic. Once the images I want are selected I launch them into Photoshop for resizing, colour correction, levels, etc etc.
Once the images are edited, and saved to their archive disks, I use FotoStation v4.5 Pro (can't wait until v5.0 for OS X comes out) for archive searching by keyword. |
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Howard Curtis Smith, Photographer
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Rockville Centre | NY | USA | Posted: 5:34 PM on 02.06.04 |
->> I would recommend shooting in RAW and convert the image in either the OEM software, PhotoShop CS, or my choice Capture One SE.
Capture One is $250, but it is very powerful. It even has very effective banding removal for 1D shooters. Check out their web site.
http://www.c1dslr.com/
The images on my page were shot in RAW either with a 1D at 1000 iso, or a 1Ds at 1250 iso, lowest noise reduction in Capture One, and banding removal for the 1D images. |
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Mark Loundy, Photo Editor
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San Jose | CA | USA | Posted: 5:52 PM on 02.06.04 |
->> Troy, If you want to optimize your images in print, then that means have to optimize them for the specific press operation. That's really the job of the prepress folks who work for your clients or at your newspaper.
If you mean optimizing for Web display, then there is nothing more capable than Photoshop. Version 7 can do just about everything you want except work with Camera Raw files. For that, you have to upgrade to CS.
Rather than looking for different software, you would probably be better off finding better ways to use what you have.
--Mark |
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Mike O'Bryon, Photographer
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Ft. Lauderdale | FL | USA | Posted: 9:47 AM on 02.11.04 |
->> My first edits are in Photo Mechanic (mac) I then rename (also in Photo Mechanic)...all adjustments are in Photoshop and archiving/cataloging is in iView Media Pro.
--MOB |
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