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by Charles2
February 10th, 2020, 9:33 pm
Forum: Picture Window Support
Topic: Kolor Autopano is "closed"
Replies: 3
Views: 1786

Kolor Autopano is "closed"

Recommended in PWP General Tips, but...
"Kolor is closed and existing Kolor products will no longer be updated."
https://www.kolor.com/
by Charles2
January 17th, 2020, 2:21 pm
Forum: Picture Window Support
Topic: Update Available - Version 8.0.37
Replies: 2
Views: 1347

Re: Update Available - Version 8.0.37

In the Help text, the subhead "Blue Radius" is a typo.
by Charles2
January 16th, 2020, 1:21 am
Forum: Picture Window Support
Topic: Sharpening
Replies: 5
Views: 2070

Re: Sharpening

Maybe the user is not given "the single best method," but I agree that a user should be able to employ one best procedure, the best he knows (which may evolve!). When I begin a raw file in Raw Therapee, I use its RL Deconvolution. The radius is important: 0.8 - 1.0 for Bayer CFA, .04 - 0.5...
by Charles2
January 10th, 2020, 10:51 pm
Forum: Picture Window Support
Topic: Update Available - Version 8.0.32
Replies: 6
Views: 2517

Re: Update Available - Version 8.0.32

Someone posted this remark today on another website, maybe relevant: All the photos I took using a rented Pentax 645Z are upside down. I shot them in backup mode, so both cards are recording raw (PEF). All the photos are upside down, both my faststone image viewer and LR are showing them upside down...
by Charles2
January 4th, 2020, 2:11 pm
Forum: Picture Window Support
Topic: batch processing image pairs
Replies: 23
Views: 11023

Re: batch processing image pairs

I need to see the images and zoom on them to decide which to throw out. FastStone does previewing competently but doesn't want to keep JPGs and RAWs associated so that I could get rid of both versions in one go. You can change the order in which FastStone goes through images. It can be by filetype,...
by Charles2
December 18th, 2019, 11:36 pm
Forum: Picture Window Support
Topic: need advice on how best to open and process nikon raw (NEF) images
Replies: 8
Views: 3488

Re: need advice on how best to open and process nikon raw (NEF) images

Try Silkypix. I gave it a file from a Nikon Z7; it opened an image that looked close to the camera JPG. But if I have a difficult file that needs careful noise reduction, or if I want a fairly flat file that leaves room for maneuver in PWP, use Raw Therapee, which is donation-only. In both cases, yo...
by Charles2
December 17th, 2019, 11:07 pm
Forum: Picture Window Support
Topic: RAW woes
Replies: 47
Views: 19703

Re: RAW woes

In my experience, none of the manufacturer-supplied programs are any good. Fuji does not make its own vendor-supplied raw processor; it licenses a version of Silkypix. Recently it added a similar joint deal with Capture One. Fuji also has the idiosyncratic Fuji X Raw Studio. It requires a live USB ...
by Charles2
December 16th, 2019, 3:24 pm
Forum: Picture Window Support
Topic: RAW woes
Replies: 47
Views: 19703

Re: RAW woes - two alternatives

1. Most camera vendors offer a free developer program that yields a close match to the camera JPG. Have you tried the current Olympus offering, Olympus Workspace? https://app.olympus-imaging.com/olympusworkspace/en/ 2. An alternative is Silkypix. In agreement with Jonathan, it does not encumber you ...
by Charles2
December 2nd, 2019, 12:35 am
Forum: Picture Window Support
Topic: Update Available - Version 8.0.17
Replies: 9
Views: 3730

Re: Update Available - Version 8.0.17

Scripts as subroutines -- Another instance of its use: I sometimes like to see how an image looks if I apply a chiaroscuro effect. I have the effect saved as a script without image name. Currently, I save the image, then open the script and start from the saved file. But if I like it, what is a conv...
by Charles2
November 21st, 2019, 7:22 pm
Forum: Picture Window Support
Topic: Capture One Express for Fuji and Sony (free)
Replies: 1
Views: 1109

Re: Capture One Express for Fuji and Sony (free)

Capture One does some idiosyncratic things to colors when it opens a raw file. See http://www.lumariver.com/lrpd-manual/#c1_curves Indeed, it begins quite differently than both Raw Therapee and the free version of Silkypix for Fuji cameras. I tried to work with it for a few dozen files; at first it ...