I did not know that about the dng format, Ken. But I stopped using
DNG when you pointed out the differences in colour ...
Chris
On 28 Aug 2008, at 18:28, Ken Norton wrote:
> FLAMES ON:
>
> Frankly, I'm not sure that Photoshop really gives you that 15%
> more. There
> are other alternatives, including the most exellent Picture Window
> Pro and
> GIMP to take care of those 15% tasks. I was a Photoshop 1.0 user
> and then
> jumped off of that bandwagon a few thousand dollars back. Now Adobe
> has the
> extreme audacity to seperate out features into different packages to
> get you
> to spend even more. No, folks, there is NOTHING cheeper about that
> scheme.
>
> Adobe is the same as Microsoft in my book of evil companies. Sure,
> they
> have "given back" a smidge of things to the imaging community, but
> frankly,
> not near enough and their generosity pales in comparison to the
> "satanic"
> Microsoft. Even their DNG format is a closed format (licensing may
> be free,
> but it is NOT open) designed to control the imaging world--not to
> improve
> our lives. Want proof?
>
> How about this: You want to have DNG-able RAW files of the latest/
> greatest
> camera? Guess what--you have to BUY the latest Adobe raw
> converter. This
> raw converter is "free", right? Nope, it comes bundled in with the
> latest
> versions of editors, but is NOT backwards compatible to the earlier
> versions
> of Photoshop or Elements. That's right--that version of PS or PSE
> that you
> bought which understood and worked with DNG? Toast. Junk. Only
> good with
> the cameras supported initially.
>
> DNG is a very very cruel hoax foisted on the imaging community by a
> very
> very greedy company that has lied to us by making people think that
> their
> lives are better off supporting this dead-end, proprietary format.
> This
> "improved" RAW format isn't even compatible with itself! There are
> TWO
> versions of DNG raw files now. And NIKON was evil because they stuck
> proprietary information in the RAW header? Good Grief!!!!
>
> Personally, I have no desire to spend ANY money with that company
> and try to
> avoid it at all costs. Lightroom? Please. That slug of a program
> has
> sucked us right again and onto another upgrade treadmill.
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