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Of interest is that Silkypix also provides free versions for some other camera makers and the free Nikon NX-D software is written by the Silkypix people.Īlso Affinity Photo had something like a 25% discount early on so bought that for the familiarity and the price and the features offered. Frankly I could happily live with using a combination of Silkypix and FastStone to do all that I really need to do for raw files. Next used raw converter would be Silkypix as I'm so used to it from V2 onwards, but stuck at V5 for a long time then went to V10 recently for the colour negative reversal and image stacking that DxO does not do. Best raw converter, must have it and the new Deep Prime noise reduction is evidently something quite good. My usual raw converter is DxO Photolab3 Elite, yet to update to Photolab4 Elite as I'm waiting to see if they repeat the 50% discount on Black Friday. Another extremely useful tool is FreeCommander (free or paid versions) for those big copies and moves using its two pane window setup. It can fix wrong dates/times but also JPGtime (free or donate) is best for that date fixing thing, it can fix all files, not just jpegs. Use it every day for all sorts of image things. The usual toolbox for downloads of cards, very simple crops and fixes and resizes and minimal image changes is FastStone Viewer (free or donate). It was my usual toolbox for all things to do with images until Corel took over and really messed it up. I need to do some re-learning as it is not as easy to use as PaintShop Pro but has a very familiar style and layout of features. It has a good set of sensible video tutorialsby an English speaker (it is English software), I'm so biased as the usual US accents for most things annoy Aussie me. Thanks for the suggestion.Īffinity Photo highly recommended, simply because for me it is so like a "copy" of PaintShop Pro that I had used since its early JASC shareware days back last century. Best value out there, and it opens panny raw files Also the stacking is handy, called Composite by them.Īffinity is a one off payment, got mine for £25 and it gives lightroom a run for its money. Later updated from V5 directly to V10 when they introduced one click colour neg conversion. I'm a long time user of Silkypix from V2 when it first appeared in English, up to V5 Pro when it became too expensive to update so headed off into DxO, but always went back to Silkypix for some tasks as it works so well. Start reading at the beginning with the V8 SE manual. If playing with the free SE V8 then its installed manual is far easier to read than the V10 version, much the same basics of course. Usually when rolling over some feature a little blue "I" will link to the relevant section. The manual that installs with the software is very complete but very hard to read. but the terminology takes a little getting used to. The good bit: It is a very complete and good raw converter. If next year some new Gxyz model is released then the program won't update to suit it, you would then need to wait for the next US$39 offer sometime later. I don't shoot raw very often but would like an easy to use software for when I do.įirst the warning: The US$39 version is the full V10 Pro but only works with Panasonic cameras up to the current date. Does anyone have experience with this version of the software? If so, what are the good and bad points? How easy is it to learn and use? The cost is about $39 US, much less expensive than Lightroom and many others. I have downloaded the free version to try. Since mynPhotoshop Elements 13 will not work with Panasonic raw files, that leaves me with few options. According to the offer, it is exactly like the regular Pro 10 version except less expensive and works with Panasonic cameras only. I recently received an email offer for a special price on SILKYPIX Developer Studio Pro 10.
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