Just Cancelled Photoshop

[Sal Santamaura]

You might want to take a look at DxO PureRAW: https://www.dxo.com/dxo-pureraw/

Thanks, but, unless PhotoPlus X8 won't run under Windows 11 when WIndows 10 is eventually no longer supported, I'm already fixed for NEF conversion. Nikon also offers free software (I have Capture NX-D; NX Studio is the newer version) that enables RAW conversion to TIFFs while maintaining all camera NEF embedded information, i.e. the TIFF file looks like back-of-camera screen images, reflecting shooting menu settings. From a TIFF one can use whatever 16-bit editing program is desired.

 

[nmp]

Some info on 16 bits with Elements: https://asktimgrey.com/2017/11/20/bit-depth-importance-2/

So essentially 16 bit in Elements is similar to 32 bits in PS CC. You can do it but not all adjustments are available and you can't "save" them as layers which can be modified at a later time. Once they are done, they are done. Your background layer basically inmbibes those.

:Niranjan.

 

[Sal Santamaura]

Sal, Does your earlier Elements have Camera Raw? THe later Element versions (see pictures) open RAW images in Camera Raw 16 bits. When you close it, it then opens Elements that will continue to edit in 16 bits except for certain kinds of edits, and even if you use them with 8 bits, you already took care of most of the exposure edits with Camera Raw. I don't know what an upgrade would be but it has to be fairly inexpensive. Just check that it handles your camera...

Not for my D810, but see this reply for why it won't matter:

Thanks, but, unless PhotoPlus X8 won't run under Windows 11 when WIndows 10 is eventually no longer supported, I'm already fixed for NEF conversion. Nikon also offers free software (I have Capture NX-D; NX Studio is the newer version) that enables RAW conversion to TIFFs while maintaining all camera NEF embedded information, i.e. the TIFF file looks like back-of-camera screen images, reflecting shooting menu settings. From a TIFF one can use whatever 16-bit editing program is desired.

 

[jtk]

Half way through a big fun project, shot Pentax K70 w/50-300 zoom. mostly @ 10 feet, mostly 300ish. Pentax stab is wonderful. PS of course, soon to be printed Canon of course (Pro 10) on Red River Aurora 11X17 (matte). Love all of it. The tech is perfect and the new lens is mind-blowing.

Do I care about the cost of the tech? Not at all. I value my time and my results.

 

[Sal Santamaura]

Yet another reason to flip off Adobe:

Adobe May Be Using Your Photos to Train its AI

All users were automatically opted in to the program.

petapixel.com

 

[Pieter12]

Only if you’re foolish enough to put your images on the cloud.

 

[nmp]

Do we know Kodak wasn't doing that when you sent in your roll.

 

[MattKing]

Do we know Kodak wasn't doing that when you sent in your roll.

Somehow I doubt that the Kodachrome labs were doing much of that - punch cards and paper tape don't hold a lot of AI data.

 

[Sal Santamaura]

Yet another reason to flip off Adobe:

Adobe May Be Using Your Photos to Train its AI

All users were automatically opted in to the program.

petapixel.com

Only if you’re foolish enough to put your images on the cloud.

Nah, the Adobe's lack of integrity/transparency alone is sufficient to flip it off even if one's own images aren't involved.

 

[mshchem]

I canceled PS because I just don't use it. I mostly used lightroom to adjust scans of my Dad's Kodachromes, I never used their cloud storage, I don't do heavy editing with digital stuff.
I will probably use it or something similar when I need it. The subscriptions are crazy, bleeding to death by a thousand cuts.

 

[Pieter12]

Nah, the Adobe's lack of integrity/transparency alone is sufficient to flip it off even if one's own images aren't involved.

And who knows what the other software makers might be doing with your images and data? God know what runs in the background.

 

[Sal Santamaura]

And who knows what the other software makers might be doing with your images and data? God know what runs in the background.

An excellent argument for running everything (not just image editing programs) except Internet browsing software on a dedicated, air-gapped computer.