Which post processing software do you use?

[HB1969]

I'm far more familiar with photoshop than a I am with lightroom

BW is processed with Nik Silver Efex

 

[KeithB1]

darktable 2.7.0 git

RawTherapee 5.5

 

[mahidoes]

Despite I've voted for light room I use Adobe bridge and Photoshop. I edit RAW files via Adobe Camera Raw.

 

[CAcreeks]

darktable 2.6 has just been released on xmas with tons of improvements and camera supports. The new Retouch module is so cool.

http://www.darktable.org/2018/12/darktable-26/

I haven't studied the new features (just installed it!) but use the previous version of darktable.

I'd like to see this poll with open source software included (darktable and RawTherapee at minimum). In the end Lightroom will probably win but so far it's not.

 

[rponiarski]

ACDSee Photo Studio Pro 2019, with Affinity, the NIK collection plugins and Topaz Adjust and DeNoise.

 

[Mupepe]

Iridient X-Transformer for converting RAF to DNG and Affinity Photo for converting DNG to JPG. It is painfully slow, but it delivers (to my taste)!

 

[JNR]

Just to be clear, post processing software is generally considered as finishing after a raw converter output... although the better programs pretty much get you across the finish line on their own.

For occasions when I need finishing beyond what Capture One outputs, I far prefer Picture Window Pro over PS and the other options... even though support has ended for PWP and it is now available to all Windows users as freeware. As a photo-oriented finisher, PWP was always light years ahead of PS in the way it catered to precision 16-bit image and especially color - improvement as opposed to graphics manipulation needs.

 

[Douglas_R]

I'm a jpeg shooter. I have a trial version of DXO Photolab and likely will buy it. Very easy to use and it runs fine on my little i3 Intel windows 10 machine.

 

[ken224]

I use PN and Rawtherapee for raw development. Gimp for editing. Gimp now supports 16 bits per channel or more. Both Gimp and Rawtherapee are excellent software and are absolutely free.

Only PN costs money and I use it mostly because it allows side by side comparison of up to 6 raw photos (with synchronized zooming an panning). This enables me to select the "best" shot out of several. Why do other raw developers miss this?

 

[sluggy_warrior]

Only PN costs money and I use it mostly because it allows side by side comparison of up to 6 raw photos (with synchronized zooming an panning). This enables me to select the "best" shot out of several. Why do other raw developers miss this?

Yeah, darktable has a pending feature request to make use of a second monitor for comparing before/after:

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redmine.darktable.org

I'm using Qeeqie for culling, and it has an option to remember the zoom and position between images, that has been very helpful as I flip back and forth between two images to see the differences right away without moving my eyes.

 

[bazzap101]

Silky Pix Raw File Converter EX 3.0

Topaz Studio

Sometimes use Capture One for Fujifilm

All are free

 

[CAcreeks]

Only PN costs money and I use it mostly because it allows side by side comparison of up to 6 raw photos (with synchronized zooming an panning). This enables me to select the "best" shot out of several. Why do other raw developers miss this?

What is PN? I know about Raw Digger, but can't think what PN stands for.

Yeah, darktable has a pending feature request to make use of a second monitor for comparing before/after:
https://redmine.darktable.org/issues/8762

I'm using Qeeqie for culling, and it has an option to remember the zoom and position between images, that has been very helpful as I flip back and forth between two images to see the differences right away without moving my eyes.

Do you mean Geeqie? If so, it is an excellent viewer, as is Gwenview for KDE.

 

[sluggy_warrior]

sluggy_waerrior wrote:

I'm using Qeeqie for culling, and it has an option to remember the zoom and position between images, that has been very helpful as I flip back and forth between two images to see the differences right away without moving my eyes.

Do you mean Geeqie? If so, it is an excellent viewer, as is Gwenview for KDE.

Yes, the only Geeqie (I definitely should have finished my coffee before replying ). It supports both embedded color-profile in images as well as monitor profile. The recent version also implemented more rendering intents (absolute, relative, perceptual,...)

 

[Jon555]

For X-Trans usually Silkypix Pro 9 as I don't like the noise handling (especially slightly out of focus noisy areas) of most of the alternatives.

I'd also use Capture One 11 if I had issues with SP (although it might not help).

If people are used to Lightroom I think it doesn't suck 95% of the time provided you are on a version after the big X-Trans bug fix (so late version 6 or CC).

 

[bluebmw5]

PN is probably PhotoNinja

 

[CAcreeks]

PN is probably PhotoNinja

Thanks.

PhotoNinja having "up to 6" side by side Raw previews is indeed a nice feature, although you would need a very wide monitor to see all of them at proper resolution.

Picture Window Pro (PWP) had a side by side feature, but I think only two. Back when PWP was actively developed, screens were too small to see much, but with 5K2K monitors on the horizon of affordability, that feature might come back in fashion.

Some file managers show the Raw preview, but in the case of Fuji, it is camera interpreted JPEG.

After over a decade of twin monitors, I find keeping them both color calibrated and in sync is a chore, and would like to try a very wide monitor.

 

[chromos]

Silkypix Pro. Still better output than LR or Capture One to my eyes. Although Silkypix is not as fast as its alternatives, it is fast enough for somebody who was used to work in dark room.

BTW I'm curious why Canon user is interested which software do X-Trans people use?

 

[PSGimages]

Silkypix Pro. Still better output than LR or Capture One to my eyes. Although Silkypix is not as fast as its alternatives, it is fast enough for somebody who was used to work in dark room.

BTW I'm curious why Canon user is interested which software do X-Trans people use?

Good question for the OP.

I use CaptureOne Pro 12 + Affinity here (I shoot Sony and Fuji). The layer functionality in C1 is awesome, I'm not sure any other raw processors can match it. I also bought DXO Photolab 2 on sale and it has some great tools (u-points) and such , but it doesn't work with Fuji.

 

[The Fat Fish]

BTW I'm curious why Canon user is interested which software do X-Trans people use?

I owned an X-E3 for a short while and whilst I loved shooting with the camera, working with the files led me to sell it. I'm asking as the X-T3 is incredibly tempting and I want to see how people work with X-Trans files and see if I can do the same.

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[Sebastien Guyader]

Rawtherapee for 90% of the tasks, Gimp for the rest.

The dual demosaincing does wonders for xtrans, and it's likely going to be further improved by one of the developers (work in progress).