I personally find Olympus Viewer 3 and Sony Image Data converter to be pretty straightforward but limited, while SilkyPix has given me a headache with it's layout and slightly different terminology (and I absolutely hate the nag screen asking me to buy the full software). I also don't have the true justification for spending money on programs either. I have 2 different pentax programs, an olympus program, and a sony. Regarding it being hard to adopt from scratch, yep software can be a pain in the butt to learn. There aren't a ton of posters, and you get a pretty quick reply from the admins. I did the Windows and Linux beta, which were also free and untimed, basically by registering at the site and clicking on the beta thread, and replying "I want to try the beta" or similar. This is available to Windows and Linux as of June 16th, with the Mac beta about to begin (if it hasn't already). ![]() They have upgraded to version 4, which basically is 3.9, with more modern camera profiles and license-free. Sounds like a great product to revive though!DON'T buy a license. It seems I can send $99 to another company for a license but I haven't the nerve (nor the $99) so my trial time is up now. The problem is it's hard to adopt from scratch I was able to download it and test & it's pretty cool. HOWEVER for transfers from, say, me to you, where I want you to fix what I've begun, it works fine. This plays havoc for attempting to do a simultaneous collaborative edit, which is something I doubt LZ ever intended. Note 2- In addition, you're likely going to want to close lightzone on whatever computer you are not using, if you do the dropbox transfer.or at least not try to actually edit the same image on both machines simultaneously.! I notice that LZ adds a tmp.jpg file to dropbox folder, and each machine overwrites the file as you edit. Note- you DO have to have both the original file as well as the lzn file. I then copied that file and the original raw to my dropbox folder, and opened lightzone on my linux laptop (ubuntu 12.04 using the Cinnamon interface), browsed to the dropbox folder, and resumed editing. meaning I started editing an Olympus raw on my desktop (Windows 7 64 bit), and returned to the Browse mode (this saves your editing in a. I can also say from the beta-testing: LZ does lossless editing (saves as basically a bunch of layers on top of the original), and you can open a LightZone project from 1 computer to another. Although the brother doesn't shoot raw, he does a TON of travelling (has been to San Juan, New York, Boston, Orlando and New Orleans within last 2 months) and takes a bunch of photos. Both my brother and sister have Macs, and my sister uses a Nikon 3100. Yeah, I'm watching the Mac beta threads too. Much thanks to the developers, who have reclaimed the rights to the software and are stating they will keep it current. If you happen to have several different brands and want a single software, it's perfectly acceptable. I've done some nice prints at home and some good edits/conversion for upload to outside prints (Walgreens recently had a free 8x10, so I got one), and both are great.įor a free alternative to your proprietary converter, it's a great option. Editing time on images is rapid, faster than using a similar filter in PS. It runs pretty quick the longest lag you may find is by opening to a folder with a LOT of images in it. My impressions- it's stable and I wasn't able to create a crash or a freeze during my beta testing. Pentax K100D, Pentax Q, Sony A100, Olympus E PL-1 as well as TIFFs from scanned film negatives. ![]() ![]() I've used to to convert and edit RAW files from the following cameras: I've been involved in the beta-testing for both windows and linux, and I can tell you it's been an easy and enjoyable program to use, and produces great results. LightZone, which originally was a pay program, has been recompiled and released free of charge for Windows and now Linux (and Mac is soon to come). I didn't see this posted here, so sorry if I missed it:
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