YarcPlus: Major Upgrade Posted

DanSan said:

DanSan said:

Just upgraded it and it runs and displays a dialog box say can set
focus to list, abort, retry, ignore....

All trashed my log in and erased all bookmarks, wallpaper, etc.

Is this a known fault?

D.

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MichaelT said:

We are pleased to announce the release of YarcPlus V2.0 for Windows.
1 - YarcPlus now features PictureByPicture Conversion (PBPC).

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Steven said:

Is there a way to make color tone work on D30 also?
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PMolenaar said:

MichaelT said:

We are pleased to announce the release of YarcPlus V2.0 for Windows.
1 - YarcPlus now features PictureByPicture Conversion (PBPC).

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I've been waiting for this feature to be added. Great news and I'm
happy to be purchasing the software now. I assume a purchase now
will buy me the final 2.0 as well?

Good job!

PM

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MichaelT said:

DanSan said:

DanSan said:

Just upgraded it and it runs and displays a dialog box say can set
focus to list, abort, retry, ignore....

All trashed my log in and erased all bookmarks, wallpaper, etc.

Is this a known fault?

D.

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Dan,

First of all I am sorry that you had the problem. That is why it is
labeled a Release candidate. There is a potential for problems,
like with all new releases. I am just being honest about the state
of the release. Despite losts of testing there can always be some
hidden buigs that do not get uncovered until the SW is out in the
field.

First a gripe from me to you...To Post with a subject line of...

"It doesn't run on XP"

Does not serve you, me or the forum. It leaves a bad impression for
Yarcplus when in fact it is not true. making that statement based
on the data that you had would be like having your car break down
in Nevada and making the statement that "my car won;t run in
Nevada." There are a few variables here, so let's get back to
reality. End of gripe.

Many of our external testers run XP and I also test sometimes on
XP. So the problem is not XP. Over.

Now to what IS the problem. As noted in the post on our message
board there was a bug that may or may not have caused your problem.
I have posted a new version (V2.0 RC1) that fixes that bug so
people do not have to deal with it.

You say you are a programmer, so please work with me and not
against me. I need to know the full details of the first error
message that you get and the conditions under which you get it. A
screen shot is fine, or just the words.

Then perhaps we can find out what the problem is. So I suggest the
following.

Uninstall V2.0 RC
Install V2.0 Rc1
Run YarcPlus report back to me (better on the YP forum than waste
the peoples time here and also I get an email from the forum when
you post so I can answer more timely than scanning here.

if you get an error, please send me the screen shot.

The only thing that comes to mind is that on some XP systems OCX
files do not register properly. So if you get an error please
register the following files in the YarcPlus folder.

Histoview.ocx
Thumbview.ocx
PicView.ocx
ccrpbds6.dll

Since you are a programmer I assume that you konw hoe to register
these files. if not let me know.

Then try to run YP again.

Like I said we have many XP users, so there is something special
goingon here. If we work together we can figure it out.

Reagrding the other problems you had with your system, It is very
unlikely that YP had anything to so with that. Of course anything
is possible, but we do not go near anything that would cause such
an issue.

Non the less, I regret the problems that you had.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Please respond to the YP forum or to me on email.

--
Regards,

Michael Tapes
http://www.YarcPlus.com
http://www.michaeltapes.com

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Dan Zenzel said:

Just wanted to let you know that the new version is also running
just fine on Windows .NET enterprise server. I am testing YP on our
latest internal build....

As always, YP is great!

thanks!
Dan Z

MichaelT said:

DanSan said:

DanSan said:

Just upgraded it and it runs and displays a dialog box say can set
focus to list, abort, retry, ignore....

All trashed my log in and erased all bookmarks, wallpaper, etc.

Is this a known fault?

D.

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Dan,

First of all I am sorry that you had the problem. That is why it is
labeled a Release candidate. There is a potential for problems,
like with all new releases. I am just being honest about the state
of the release. Despite losts of testing there can always be some
hidden buigs that do not get uncovered until the SW is out in the
field.

First a gripe from me to you...To Post with a subject line of...

"It doesn't run on XP"

Does not serve you, me or the forum. It leaves a bad impression for
Yarcplus when in fact it is not true. making that statement based
on the data that you had would be like having your car break down
in Nevada and making the statement that "my car won;t run in
Nevada." There are a few variables here, so let's get back to
reality. End of gripe.

Many of our external testers run XP and I also test sometimes on
XP. So the problem is not XP. Over.

Now to what IS the problem. As noted in the post on our message
board there was a bug that may or may not have caused your problem.
I have posted a new version (V2.0 RC1) that fixes that bug so
people do not have to deal with it.

You say you are a programmer, so please work with me and not
against me. I need to know the full details of the first error
message that you get and the conditions under which you get it. A
screen shot is fine, or just the words.

Then perhaps we can find out what the problem is. So I suggest the
following.

Uninstall V2.0 RC
Install V2.0 Rc1
Run YarcPlus report back to me (better on the YP forum than waste
the peoples time here and also I get an email from the forum when
you post so I can answer more timely than scanning here.

if you get an error, please send me the screen shot.

The only thing that comes to mind is that on some XP systems OCX
files do not register properly. So if you get an error please
register the following files in the YarcPlus folder.

Histoview.ocx
Thumbview.ocx
PicView.ocx
ccrpbds6.dll

Since you are a programmer I assume that you konw hoe to register
these files. if not let me know.

Then try to run YP again.

Like I said we have many XP users, so there is something special
goingon here. If we work together we can figure it out.

Reagrding the other problems you had with your system, It is very
unlikely that YP had anything to so with that. Of course anything
is possible, but we do not go near anything that would cause such
an issue.

Non the less, I regret the problems that you had.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Please respond to the YP forum or to me on email.

--
Regards,

Michael Tapes
http://www.YarcPlus.com
http://www.michaeltapes.com

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Phred said:

Good stuff.

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Steve Reed said:

Of course if Colin's new raw converter turn out as good as it looks
like it might be, I may have to rethink things again...sigh.

-Steve Reed

Phred said:

Good stuff.

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Janek Czekaj said:

Janek.

Steve Reed said:

Of course if Colin's new raw converter turn out as good as it looks
like it might be, I may have to rethink things again...sigh.

-Steve Reed

Phred said:

Good stuff.

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Steve Reed said:

Turn Sharpening completely off. Canon does not provide this
functionality in their SDK.

It's usually not a problem, but if you really need it, you have to
use the Canon converter.

-Steve Reed

Janek Czekaj said:

Janek.

Steve Reed said:

Of course if Colin's new raw converter turn out as good as it looks
like it might be, I may have to rethink things again...sigh.

-Steve Reed

Phred said:

Good stuff.

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John Davis said:

What Canon converter does allow turning sharpening off for
non-linear conversions? I just checked the latest Converter2 and I
do not see that option.

To convert, turning sharpenung off I suggest doin a lin conversion.

John

Steve Reed said:

Turn Sharpening completely off. Canon does not provide this
functionality in their SDK.

It's usually not a problem, but if you really need it, you have to
use the Canon converter.

-Steve Reed

Janek Czekaj said:

Janek.

Steve Reed said:

Of course if Colin's new raw converter turn out as good as it looks
like it might be, I may have to rethink things again...sigh.

-Steve Reed

Phred said:

Good stuff.

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MichaelT said:

The Canon Raw converter allows the Sharpness to be turned off for
the D60, where YarcPlus and the other 3rd party software cannot
(because Canon has not provided the function).

YarcPlus CAN tun the sharpness off for the 1D.

Nothing can turn the sharpness of for any other camera.

So the only limitation of the SDK is that for the D60, sharpness
cannot be turned completly off, however the difference between Low
and Off is very subtle.

Just so that no one misunderstands the facts.

BUT THERE ARE MORE IMPORTANT ISSUES

In YarcPlus you can set the following functions on a
PictureByPicture Basis...

FCF
ARF
Output format
Sharpness
1D Sharpness Pattern
Linear/Non-Linear

In Canon Raw Image Converter all of these are set globally for all
pictures (and of course no ARF at all).

The above is a major difference IMHO.

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Regards,

Michael Tapes
http://www.YarcPlus.com
http://www.michaeltapes.com

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Janek Czekaj said:

Should I bother taking my Canon RAW convertor software out of the
CD cover or should I just make it into a clock?

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Taz said:

I shoot exclusively in raw using a D30 (for now) and prefer doing a
linear conversion. I had previously tried YP on an evaluation
basis but was disappointed to find that ARF wasn't applied during
the linear conversion process.

I say disappointed, but secretly I was very comfortable in my
workflow, and the no ARF for linear situation enabled me to escape
making a decision to change it.

But NOW...well, just look what you've done! You've gone and made
an already great tool even better, and have thus forced me to step
outside my comfort zone and take up with something new. Shame on
you.

Seriously...congratulations on your latest generation of an already
outstanding program. I know there've probably been countless hours
spent "under the hood" to get to this point. It's nice to have
someone from the photography community that listens to what the
community desires and then doing his best to provide it. How
refreshing. We do appreciate it.

-Taz

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MichaelT said:

We are pleased to announce the release of YarcPlus V2.0 for Windows.

While there are many features that have been added since the last
official V1.7 release, I will mention just 2 here in this post.

1 - YarcPlus now features PictureByPicture Conversion (PBPC). With
PBPC, YarcPlus allows you to to adjust the parameter settings of
each picture in the file list on a picture by picture basis. You
can set the following picture settings individually for each
picture in the file list and then convert them all at once with
each picture being converted based on their own individual
settings...

--White Balance including Picked White Point and Gray Card setting)
--Contrast (Not 1D)
--Saturation (Not 1D)
--Sharpness
--Sharpness Pattern (1D)
--Color Tone (D60)
--Exposure Compensation (D60 and 1D)
--Color Matrix (1D)
--Output Format
--Linear/Non-Linear
--False Color Filter (FCF)
--Artifact Reduction Filter (ARF)

We feel that this is a major step forward for YarcPlus and the
Canon RAW community as it represents the ability to maximize an
efficient workflow, as well as take advantage of the unique
YarcPlus features such as ARF.

Details can be found in the release notes at the link below.

2 - ARF (Artifact Reduction Filter) exclusive to YarcPlus, is now
available for use with Linear conversions. Many Canon RAW
photographers convert exclusively with ARF, and now this
proprietary technology is available for use with Linear conversions
as well as Non-Linear conversions. (Note: Because most Linear
Actions have sharpening steps within them, we recommend starting
with ARF Mode1 for use with Linear work. ARF Mode1 does no
additional processing beyond the reduction of the objectionable
aritfactual noise within the digital image files).

Updated Release Notes for YarcPlus Version 2.0 are available at:
http://www.pictureflow.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=211

The V2.0 Release Candidate Version is now available and the final
release will be available in a few days. This download will

upgrade existing users, and can also be run in free evaluation
(demo) mode for new users...
http://www.pictureflow.com/Pages/YP-Download.html

Note that this is a free upgrade to all Registered YarcPlus users
(Just download the new software. No need to reenter your
registration key).

Because this new version of YarcPlus represents such a major step
forward, we have established a new forum on our message board for
questions and comments relating to Version 2.0. This is the link...

http://www.pictureflow.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=13

We hope that YarcPlus enhances your Canon RAW workflow.

All suggestions and questions are welcome on our message board or
at [email protected].

Thanks and Enjoy! ...from Bruce and myself...

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Regards,

Michael Tapes
http://www.YarcPlus.com
http://www.michaeltapes.com
[email protected]

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