winparkman
Lives in
Houston, United States
Works as a
Consultant
Joined on
Jan 10, 2005
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There is nothing about google that benefits anyone but google's desire to control the world's data. They've become one of the poster children for big tech bad boys. Google is corruption.
I dealt with something similar in my non-photography business. A company attempted to hold up an entire industry over patent infringement. They offered a chance to buy into their program as an alternative to being sued. I refused. They threatened but a few months later, they went bankrupt. The reputation of the people involved was such that they could never return to our industry. Good. They were slime.
winparkman: Disgusted with them. It's a nice product but paying full price to upgrade each time just isn't worth it. I use it as a plug-in to LR.
No it isn't. The free upgrade depends upon which version of NIK2 you have. I just stopped upgrading because each time the upgrade cost money. Their product is good but it isn't great and not worth the amount of money they are asking you to invest.
Disgusted with them. It's a nice product but paying full price to upgrade each time just isn't worth it. I use it as a plug-in to LR.
winparkman: It looks like Lightroom 5. I don't trust Corel and I've used Corel products since the early 1990s with Coreldraw 1 (still use Corel X7). Their recent developments have left me cold and from what I've gleaned of this product, it remains a cheaper (both in cost and feature set) competitor to Lightroom.
I stand by my original statement: I don't trust Corel. It made me angry when I bought Corel X7 and I had to pay for "premium" content. Really? I just bought the thing and you want me to pay more? No, I am done with them.
It looks like Lightroom 5. I don't trust Corel and I've used Corel products since the early 1990s with Coreldraw 1 (still use Corel X7). Their recent developments have left me cold and from what I've gleaned of this product, it remains a cheaper (both in cost and feature set) competitor to Lightroom.
(unknown member): I downloaded, installed and tried this Corel AfterShot Pro 3.
I have stock NEF (Nikon RAW) files purposedly underexposed, overexposed, blemished, slightly not focused that I use for testing.
Very impressive . . . and I never even read any "instructions".
The annotation (watermark) was very easy to use. Blemish removal and color control are better and easier to use than that of the Nikon Capture NX-2 . There are many handy features of the Capture NX-2, the Color Control Point, Black, White, and Neutral Control Points are every useful, The Double Threshold make recovery of Underexposed and Overexposed photo is unparalleled. But overall, I find the latest offering from Corel draw better.
Price is about 40% cheaper than the Capture NX-2. If Corel honor my 20 year old Corel Draw, I'll get another $20 off.
I'll do a few more test, but it is looking good!!!
If your comparison is only to NX2, then I think you are going to be greatly impressed.
well, halfway, don't buy it. The 18-35 is on my camera most of the time. I look forward to the 50-100 and I will actually buy it. Without image stabilization...hehehehe...another expert!
No upgrade from Coreldraw graphics suite? I have LR and the only thing that might entice me away is a clean interface with graphics suite.
I am a Lightroom user but I have used Corel since it first appeared in the early 1990s. Although PS5 is a better product, Corel is easier to use and the integration of the draw and photo package are hard to beat. It is very easy to create nice documents.
That said, Corel Photopaint is a dog when it comes to RAW. Corel needs an improvement. What is ironic is that Lightroom developed from a product called RAWshooter which was a giveaway with the Corel Graphics package (version 8 or so, as I recall).
At first, I felt skeptical about what Morris was saying. But as the interview progressed, I understood what he was trying to say. I think one of the best pieces of advice about photography I received was that all photos lie. In this video, Morris is saying exactly that. What good photos do is touch us emotionally. That is good but we should not let our emotional response turn the photo into truth.
joblins: one of my favourite photographers, more pics here http://www.lensculture.com/leiter.html
Wow. I did not know this photographer and what a shame for me. I enjoyed that slide show. I also collect books and so I'll begin my hunt for this book.
Could be a thunderstorm has just dissipated leaving behind the ice crystals. Fascinating photo.
I wish you had posted this larger...
I loved this shot and it was my top-rated.