Looking for a more advanced RAW program

[avcabob]

Aperature would be great if I had a Mac. Unfortunately, switching over my programs (CS2, Corel, etc.) to Mac-base will be like another $3000 upon the PowerMac I want.

Talk to the companies before assuming you have to repurchase software. Many will give you a mac copy for free or a much lower price then buying new as you already have a license to use the software. When a friend of mine was considering switching to Mac a while ago he said he talked to adobe and they were fine with it.

 

[mascafe]

RawShooter Pro is an excelent software. It eliminates not only high ISO noises, but hot pixels too. All automatic.
Nice soft.
Regards

 

[MACollum]

Just looking for something that can handle sharpening and noisse a tad better. DPP does a okay job, but I figure a more advance program may run better algorythms for a more refined touch. On High ISO shots 800+, the sharpening really adds to the grainieness more than I like. Can be fixed in Ps, but I rather not if possible.

DPP doesn't seem to sharpen all that much. Usually after applying the max amount of sharpening in DPP I can stand to sharpen more in PS. I'm lazy though so I don't always do it.

 

[Double H]

Lightroom, Lightroom, Lightroom.

If you are on a Mac, consider Aperture.

Did I mention Lightroom?

Are you saying Lightroom isn't available for Mac?

Aperture stinks in comparison. Aperture is to Lightroom what Live Type is to After Effects.
I use Lightroom on MY Mac, and it works flawlessly.

 

[soylentgreen]

Talk to the companies before assuming you have to repurchase software. Many will give you a mac copy for free or a much lower price then buying new as you already have a license to use the software. When a friend of mine was considering switching to Mac a while ago he said he talked to adobe and they were fine with it.

I did speak with Adobe a while back before I upgraded my PC, they pretty much told me I had to buy the full version of CS again to get the Mac license. $950. Are you kidding me? Maybe if I paid for the upgrade version (which is the full version anyway) I would do it. Paid $250 for my original student version in school and upgraded ever since at a $150 a pop. Talked to Apple about it also, maybe a price break or something to switch-over and negate the cost. Nope. Guess Steve Jobs still needs more money.

 

[BAB]

Adobe CS2 Raw is pretty lame but CS3 is very good. For someone who owns Photoshop CS3, I see no reason to purchase another program for raw processing. For those who do not own Photoshop CS3, then Lightroom or Aperture is a great choice.