RawShoot vs Studio, a no so scientific comparison

[Alvin Yeoh]

Ver 1.1 of RawShooter has been released and it seems to be working on AMD systems now. Downloaded it and pulled open an old raw file of mine and converted them with a -0.5EV adjustment and upping the saturation slightly(13 on slider) on the RawShooter file to get the colours right.

My conclusion? Get RawShooter guys, its free(for now...) and it pulls out heck of an alot of details.

100% crops

RawShooter

'] http://www.livewiregames.net/members/evilmerlin/sPC220208RS2.jpg[/img] [/URL]

Studio

'] http://www.livewiregames.net/members/evilmerlin/sPC220208.jpg[/img] [/URL]

The interesting thing is that if you decrease the saturation in Studio, you can get the details to appear but you lose the punchy colours. In RawShooter, you can pump up the saturation to get the punchy colours and still get the details.

 

[David Lawson]

I have not tried Studio but am now getting conversions, since it became Athlon friendly, which are sharper and cleaner than I could get from ARC. Of course that could be me. david

Ver 1.1 of RawShooter has been released and it seems to be working
on AMD systems now. Downloaded it and pulled open an old raw file
of mine and converted them with a -0.5EV adjustment and upping the
saturation slightly(13 on slider) on the RawShooter file to get the
colours right.

My conclusion? Get RawShooter guys, its free(for now...) and it
pulls out heck of an alot of details.

100% crops

RawShooter

'] http://www.livewiregames.net/members/evilmerlin/sPC220208RS2.jpg[/img] [/URL]

Studio

'] http://www.livewiregames.net/members/evilmerlin/sPC220208.jpg[/img] [/URL]

The interesting thing is that if you decrease the saturation in
Studio, you can get the details to appear but you lose the punchy
colours. In RawShooter, you can pump up the saturation to get the
punchy colours and still get the details.

 

[E B]

I have not tried Studio but am now getting conversions, since it
became Athlon friendly, which are sharper and cleaner than I could
get from ARC. Of course that could be me. david

Nice to see you're finding some of the more capable RAW developers. Well, you might as well try the Studio 30 day free trial and compare that as well. It can be downloaded from here:

http://www.olympusamerica.com/e1/sup_softwareupdates.asp

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[Alvin Yeoh]

RawShooter



Studio

 

[Bill_Turner]

As a "Veteran" Rawshooter essentials user (since 02/21), (I have an AMD 64 3000+) I can highly recommend it.

I do have a problem with the color Temperature settings but generally ignore them and do my adjustments based on what's shown on the preview window.
I've done some comparisons with Adobe's ACR 2.4 and find very little difference.
Excellent stuff! ...and I'm shooting with an antique E-10.

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[dgrogers]

But so far, seems excellent. Definitely worth a try.

Ver 1.1 of RawShooter has been released and it seems to be working
on AMD systems now. Downloaded it and pulled open an old raw file
of mine and converted them with a -0.5EV adjustment and upping the
saturation slightly(13 on slider) on the RawShooter file to get the
colours right.

My conclusion? Get RawShooter guys, its free(for now...) and it
pulls out heck of an alot of details.

100% crops

RawShooter

'] http://www.livewiregames.net/members/evilmerlin/sPC220208RS2.jpg[/img] [/URL]

Studio

'] http://www.livewiregames.net/members/evilmerlin/sPC220208.jpg[/img] [/URL]

The interesting thing is that if you decrease the saturation in
Studio, you can get the details to appear but you lose the punchy
colours. In RawShooter, you can pump up the saturation to get the
punchy colours and still get the details.

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[Dawagiv]

Where can I download Ver.1.1 of Rawshooter

 

[FlipG]

http://www.pixmantec.com/products/rawshooter_essentials.html

Where can I download Ver.1.1 of Rawshooter

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[Paul Auclair]

Ver 1.1 of RawShooter has been released and it seems to be working
on AMD systems now. Downloaded it and pulled open an old raw file
of mine and converted them with a -0.5EV adjustment and upping the
saturation slightly(13 on slider) on the RawShooter file to get the
colours right.

My conclusion? Get RawShooter guys, its free(for now...) and it
pulls out heck of an alot of details.

i have not used ACR. used the Oly Viewer's RAW developer a couple of times a long time ago. any suggestions for starting out?
thanks,
Paul

 

[Dawagiv]

FlipG,

I know that link. It is Raw Shooter Essentials and no version is shown. My interest is in ver.1.1 which seems to have been released after RSE. I may be wrong?

 

[Zoltan2]

Do I see correctly? Is RawShooter now available for Windows 2000 Service Pack 4? It used to be WinXP only.

 

[Alvin Yeoh]

You'll be downloading the Ver 1.1 from that link.

FlipG,
I know that link. It is Raw Shooter Essentials and no version is
shown. My interest is in ver.1.1 which seems to have been released
after RSE. I may be wrong?

 

[FlipG]

any suggestions for starting out?

shoot some images with RAW + JPG (any quality you like) so that you can compare your developed RAW images to the in-camera JPGs. If you shoot some easy test subjects under good conditions where exposure and dynamic range are not extremely challenging, you should be able to familiarize yourself with the RAW dev tools by trying to get the developed results to at least equal the in-camera JPGs.

You can also easily change the white balance to give your pictures more of the look you want for the image rather than what the camera decided to use for accuracy. Pleasing color/output is not always the same as accurate color and this is where you have more control with the RAW dev workflow to make such changes.

Experiment with the 'Appearance' settings too as they sometimes give you just about all the adjustment you need depending on your pix. Make use of the 'snapshot' feature too to compare results of results from various settings on final images.

This links has the closest thing to a tutuorial:
http://www.outbackphoto.com/artofraw/raw_18/essay.html

experiment and enjoy!

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Keep on Shooting!

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[Paul Auclair]

any suggestions for starting out?

shoot some images with RAW + JPG (any quality you like) so that you
can compare your developed RAW images to the in-camera JPGs. If you
shoot some easy test subjects under good conditions where exposure
and dynamic range are not extremely challenging, you should be able
to familiarize yourself with the RAW dev tools by trying to get the
developed results to at least equal the in-camera JPGs.

You can also easily change the white balance to give your pictures
more of the look you want for the image rather than what the camera
decided to use for accuracy. Pleasing color/output is not always
the same as accurate color and this is where you have more control
with the RAW dev workflow to make such changes.

Experiment with the 'Appearance' settings too as they sometimes
give you just about all the adjustment you need depending on your
pix. Make use of the 'snapshot' feature too to compare results of
results from various settings on final images.

This links has the closest thing to a tutuorial:
http://www.outbackphoto.com/artofraw/raw_18/essay.html

experiment and enjoy!

--
Keep on Shooting!

Four Thirds FAQ's - http://www.fourthirdsFAQ.com

 

[Dawagiv]

Thank you, Alvin! Your link was very helpful.

FlipG,
I know that link. It is Raw Shooter Essentials and no version is
shown. My interest is in ver.1.1 which seems to have been released
after RSE. I may be wrong?