Importing of RAW images
Jun 17th, 2007 by AndieCZ
Generally, you have several options for importing and adjustments of RAW images before passing them to another application:
- Adobe Photoshop (expensive)
- iPhoto (not so comfortable)
- Aperture (great, but expensive)
- Open source application like Rawker (simple)
- … or you can benefit from Sandisk offer
Sandisk offers the buyers of their memory cards to download Capture One LE for free when you buy a new compact flash card. It is nicely included in the package and the application is really great and the offer saves to you 95 USD for the application. The only condition is to buy a Extreme III type card, but it is the only condition.
The application does just one thing – it takes all the RAW photos from one folder and process them to another. You can do almost everything with the photos, from balancing the white color to adjusting the lenses. And all the tasks are done intuitively. You can choose the version of the Capture One for Windows or Mac OS X and both versions include the same features.
The application has a very simple user interface, with the selected photo in the window and you can immediately see the changes as you change the values. When you are done with the setting you can make a batch processing of the photos or you can adjust all the photos manually one-by-one.Within the offer, you receive also one free update of the application. When you do not see the application as sufficient for your needs, you can upgrade the application to the PRO version with a 15% discount. But –it is really very expensive.
More conditions you can find here.