Re: Printing profile test targets WITHOUT photoshop
Re: Printing profile test targets WITHOUT photoshop
- Subject: Re: Printing profile test targets WITHOUT photoshop
- From: James Horne <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:09:33 +1000
- Thread-topic: Printing profile test targets WITHOUT photoshop
It can't do 16 bit yet. At least not in the stable release. But it is
coming. Another vote from me for UFRAW. I tend to do a lot with the image
in UFRAW while still at 16-bit before cutting over to GIMP for fine-tuning.
Currently I have to go to 8-bit ultimately for printing anyway. UFRAW and
GIMP play very well together.
I also find the GMIC toolbox, formerly known as GreyCstoration, to have some
excellent noise handling features, among others which again plug in nicely
with gimp. If you are a GIMP user and have not tried this I recommend it.
The preview dialog is a bit clunky but the results are encouraging. That is
probably a bit of a euphemism for GIMP all up really!
Cheers
James
On 17/9/09 6:49 PM, "edmund ronald" <email@hidden> wrote:
> Marco,
>
> Of course, the GIMP cannot do 16 bit editing and CMYK conversions etc
> which disqualifies it from prepress. However, the built-in UFRaw
> camera converter can render superb 16-bit Tiff files, and original
> file quality sometimes still matters to some photographers.
>
> As an RGB tool for high quality Raw conversion of a single image at a
> time, GIMP stands right next to Capture One, in my opinion, just after
> the manufacturer proprietary tools (Canon DPP, Nikon NX2).
>
> Of course, Photoshop incorporates a very good, commercially successful
> Raw converter, but the real advantages of using Photoshop or Lightroom
> in practice have more to do with workflow than with file quality or
> color renderings.
>
> Edmund
>
> On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 5:11 AM, Marco Ugolini <email@hidden> wrote:
>> In a message dated 9/16/09 7:47 PM, James Horne wrote:
>>
>>> Can I ask you a question? Have you any experience using GIMP?
>>
>> No. Should I? Would there be a compelling reason, besides mere curiosity?
>> Something I cannot do with my current tools?
>>
_______________________________________________
Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.
Colorsync-users mailing list (email@hidden)
Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription:
This email sent to email@hidden