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by Charles2
November 8th, 2019, 9:10 pm
Forum: Picture Window Support
Topic: RAW conversion
Replies: 11
Views: 4200

Re: RAW conversion -- look into dcraw

You might look into dcraw, the command-line demosaic program that is at the core of most raw developer software and firmware, even from camera vendors. Among the parameters you can set, gamma is probably one of them. Dave Coffin produced and maintained the program for free for many years. I think he...
by Charles2
October 22nd, 2019, 4:17 pm
Forum: PWP 8 Beta
Topic: Check for update error???
Replies: 12
Views: 16352

Re: Check for update error???

... you are probably seeing a cached copy of a previous version. This is a really annoying "optimization" that web browsers implement to avoid downloading the same file over and over again. Sometimes reloading the web page fixes it. Yes. In Firefox, F5 is a "normal" refresh and ...
by Charles2
October 15th, 2019, 5:45 pm
Forum: PWP 8 Beta
Topic: First Official Release - Version 8.0.2
Replies: 5
Views: 8031

Re: First Official Release - Version 8.0.2

Not only have I realized my vision for many shots, I have learned so much about tone and color and more by using Picture Window Pro.
by Charles2
October 3rd, 2019, 11:30 am
Forum: PWP 8 Beta
Topic: Bug fix release 2-Oct-2019
Replies: 10
Views: 15045

Re: Bug fix release 2-Oct-2019

The Microsoft DNG codec loads the embedded JPEG -- the Adobe DNG codec loads the full image. Well, Adobe does not make it easy to find a description or documentation of the assumptions that matter when making an image out of the raw data, such as how the codec sets the tone curve, temperature and t...
by Charles2
October 2nd, 2019, 11:36 pm
Forum: PWP 8 Beta
Topic: Bug fix release 2-Oct-2019
Replies: 10
Views: 15045

Re: Bug fix release 2-Oct-2019

jsachs wrote: October 2nd, 2019, 12:03 pm Added support for reading (not writing) DNG files, but you need to download and install Adobe DNG Codec 2.0 first.
That loads the JPG embedded in the DNG, which is about what one would expect rather than a full demosaicing operation on the raw data.
by Charles2
August 28th, 2019, 5:02 pm
Forum: PWP 8 Beta
Topic: Praise for the Transformations.pdf
Replies: 1
Views: 1696

Example of a shot with Primaries and without

I did the workflow for this shot twice, once with a Primaries transformation, once the same except no Primaries transformation. The Primaries transformation was not the last one applied. For what it is worth, you can compare how it looks with and without. Criticism welcome. With: https://www.flickr....
by Charles2
August 26th, 2019, 4:27 pm
Forum: PWP 8 Beta
Topic: Bug fix release 26-Aug-2019
Replies: 4
Views: 2677

About the new Primaries transformation

The Primaries transformation is something to explore. My first fear is that it would seduce me into violating what seems a good rule: keep calibration and other color adjustments that aim for accuracy separate from color changes that deliberately bend colors for aesthetic reasons. For the latter, th...
by Charles2
August 4th, 2019, 4:16 pm
Forum: PWP 8 Beta
Topic: resize request
Replies: 7
Views: 3525

Re: resize request

Longer side / Shorter side.
by Charles2
August 1st, 2019, 11:02 pm
Forum: PWP 8 Beta
Topic: Bug fix release 1-Aug-2019
Replies: 6
Views: 3197

Re: Bug fix release 1-Aug-2019

jsachs wrote: August 1st, 2019, 9:50 pm By the way, if and when you upgrade from Windows 7 to 10, I recommend using one of the third party Start Menu replacements (I use Start10).
I use Classic Start Menu, and with it I second the advice to use something calmer and more systematic than the default Windows 10 user interface.
by Charles2
July 25th, 2019, 12:32 am
Forum: PWP 8 Beta
Topic: Work in Progress
Replies: 5
Views: 3372

Re: Work in Progress

Did all of us with 4K monitors miss this? A sobering thought. No wonder photographers keep quoting Cartier-Bresson: "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept."