Boater wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:
RG wrote:
"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in
message ...
Check out the new CS4 tutorial...

http://www.msjphotography.com/

Heh. Adobe's been looking over the fence to see what Nik Software
has been doing with their U-Point technology in Capture NX as well as
their own Viveza product. Being able to do local edits in a raw file
is a huge benefit. I've been spoiled by this ability for over a year
now in CNX. It's a cool thing and it's good to see Adobe put it in ACR.

I started working on the 2008 ebook today. It's beginning to take
shape. I've got about a hundred photos to resize and downsample, but
I was able to put together a master concept and design in InDesign
today.

RG


I was thinking about upgrading Capture NX, it looks like for a few
dollars more, I get CS4.


I have a demo of Capture2NX and a freebie of CS4. The former seems a bit
less complicated, by maybe a factor of 95. :)

My preference, though, is for Apple's Aperture. To me, it is a lot more
intuitive, easy, less complex than Photoshop. I'm not familiar enough
with Capture2NX to render much of an opinion, other than it is less
"obtuse" than Photoshop.

Photoshop in many ways reminds me of Microsoft WORD. It'll do
everything, including about 999,999 things I'll never do, or even want
to to, and because of that, the package is bloated and overly complex.

Aperature does a lot, but it seems to be a more intergrated, flowing
program, with a hell of a lot less clutter all over the screen.

I find this true with much of Apple's software, and third party software
written for Apple. I don't think it is the Windoze vs. Apple operating
system difference as much as it is a difference in the philosophies of
those who imagine and write the productivity software.

I've been eyeing an iMac with a 24" monitor...if I could sell off my
current desktop PC with its kazillion dollars of software...I'd be at
the apple store right now... :)



This from the guy that has auditioned every post processing product that
exists but states that he rarely does anything more than crop his
perfect work. Your writing here on rec.boats is so consistently
inconsistent. But Hey! It's always good for a laugh. Thanks Harry.