![]() When you use Nik as a plugin the host application must convert the raw files to either jpeg or tiff before sending them to the Nik plugin. Note that none of the Nik plugins support raw files. If you have the folder with the executable file (NOT the plugin file) for a specific Nik suite plugin open on your desktop and drag a jpeg or tiff file and drop it onto the executable file (NOT into a window where you have opened the executable file) a window with the plugin will open with the photo loaded. Although they can be run alone, the plugins were not designed to be used as a standalone application. May be due to bad lighting as I lack access to a D50 or D55 light source at the moment.Yes they can, but there are some significant caveats. However in the middle of typing this I tried it out, and am less than impressed. Just wish it had DNG profile support, but it seems that Darktable has its own color calibrating system built in much like Photo Ninja. Darktable especially I find to be extremely competitive with paid options. Darktable and Rawtherapee really are fantastic. The choice of software really is overwhelming. I was just thinking, the extra flexibility in raw files comes from the higher bit depth + the ability to adjust the color profile via ICC or DCP, right? I am thinking after the image is demosaiced, color profile assigned, and white balance set, one would not lose out on the afforded flexibility by exporting to a 16 bit tiff once those are set and continuing editing in a different program. I need to just settle on a work flow too. ![]() So many software options just put the breaks on editing. I also own Affinity photo and need to learn it. But I might prefer the work flow of photoscape x. I have many Olympus cameras and find RawTherapee/Art to work the best with the raws. That would allow you to use Affinity photo or Capture one as options. Reading the newest color checker software it may produce either ICC or dcp files: Photo Ninja has its own profiling built in. I got a color checker for Christmas, and I am fond of Lumariver Profile Designer, and I have to say it's been interesting going back to old visible light photos and revisiting them with the calibrated colors. The reason I am particular about the DNG profiles is that they are a lot more flexible than ICC. Was hoping to just use one program but oh well. I just want to settle on a consistent workflow. It may be that I use Rawtherapee for the demosaicing and assigning a DCP, export to TIFF, and edit those in darktable, luminar, or gimp as needed. That being said without all the add ons I have it would be much more limited, but I think it would be easy for a photoshop user to use.įrom what I am seeing it doesn't look like photo ninja takes DNG profiles (DCP), correct? The GUI is very close to Photoshop's own, not sure what it used to be like but when I've seen Photoshop videos on youtube I generally feel like I could jump straight into photoshop without skipping a beat. I have been using GIMP for a while and have several plug ins (GMIC, NIK Collection, Darktable, Rawtherapee, and many more as well as various scripts and other user-created plugins). GIMP now handles 16 & 32 bit files, both as floating point and as integer. I long shied away from GIMP as it was 8-bit only, but the new version 2.8(?) is now capable of handling larger bit depths.However, the learning curve is *steep*. If it had DCP support it would be a happy median between Luminar and Darktable.ĭoes anyone have any recommendations for an editor that supports dcp files? Actually really like this, but it lacks DCP support. If anyone uses this software and has encountered and somehow fixed this, let me know what you did please! There are other bugs as well, and the program is just slow doing basic things even when your computer exceeds the recommended specs. I'm not the only one to experience this, and Skylum has kept promising to fix it in an incremental update but never do. This holds true regardless of whether or not it is in the DNG format, and it's not specific to a particular camera. In other words, it acts as if undemosaiced raw files are demosaiced. ![]() While it has masking, layering, and DCP support, it often doesn't recognize raw files as raw which prevents applying one. This software is kind of a joke, in my opinion. Lacks any sort of masking features or layering. If DT had this, it'd be perfect for my needs. I would be using it for more than just UV photos Each is missing one or more features that I'd like to have as part of my workflow. Lately I have become rather frustrated with the software I have for photo editing. Not sure if this is really appropriate to post here or not, but it's the closest to an 'off topic' section I see. ![]()
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