Gawd, I love this list!
Even though my doddering brain sometimes quakes.
So much to learn
.. So much
On Apr 11, 2016 4:28 PM, "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 4/9/2016 4:57 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
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>> I recommend FastStone Image Viewer. <
http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm> . . . FastStone can pass an
image to an external editor also.
>>
>>
>> FastStone is what I recommend to my kids because, although its editing
capabilities are limited, it still has far more editing function than they
will ever use.
>
>
> I still love it as an image browser; use it every day - and think it
stinks as an editor - especially for those less adept at editing:
>
> It only edits 8 bit files.
> Its editing functions for color, exposure, etc. have no automation.
> It's effects aren't polished, how much a matter of programming and how
much the limitations of 8 bits, I don't know.
>
> I think RawTherapee is a much better free editor. It works pretty well as
a Raw converter, if desired, can edit JPEGs in 16 bits, before converting
back down to save.
> Although perhaps more intimidating at first, by properly labeling all its
controls, I find it easier to use than the highly minimalist interface of
FS.
> And, for the beginner, it has decent Auto options for WB and exposure
(although Auto Levels was dark for this snow image).
>
> Correcting WB and exposure in this image is a couple of clicks, whereas
in FS, the Auto Color is quite poor and otherwise, one ends up pushing and
pulling a lot of sliders with no guidance.
>
> This got me wondering about how various editors would handle auto WB and
exposure for a snow scene like this; which would be useful for a
beginner/casual user. <
http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/Others/Beckrich/Snow_flower.htm>
>
> Interestingly, the most expensive, and supposedly hardest to use,
PhotoShop, gave the best, to my eye, results - with one command. There's a
lot of variation in how white to make the image, vs. various retentions of
some of the yellowishness.
>
> Rather than a "pick the best", this is meant to show that there are a lot
of auto choices, a couple needing a bit of increase in the exposure slider,
all at least decent - except - FastStone seems to me easily the worst. It's
hardly corrected the color cast at all.
>
> There's also LightZone that's free, but I don't know much about it.
Picasa is pretty funky, and moribund, as Google stopped development long
ago.
>
> Editorial Moose
>
> PS:
>
>>
>> Perhaps its biggest drawback is that it's volunteer programmer/creator
is like most of the programmers I've ever worked with... they like writing
code but hate writing documentation
>
>
> Hey! I represent that! Fortunately, and due to my dislike of programs
that require documentation, the only program I still have live in a
corporate environment simply doesn't require instructions. There is one
pop-up instruction, for folks who are too clever for the interface. :-)
>
> Many, many CEOs, CFOs and various sorts of VPs have used it for decades
now, with no need for a help function or instruction in use. I'm darn proud
of that.
>
>
>> on how to use stuff or how and why it works internally.
>
>
> Even I am not sure about that part these days. I just fumble through
figuring it out when changes are needed. ;-)
>
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