Does anyone use Piccure+

9 years 4 months ago #410409 by Carlos
I'll pass, Lightroom does the job for me

(2) Canon 7D, Canon 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS, 17-55 f/2.8 IS USM, 50mm f/1.4 USM, 85mm f/1.8 USM, Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 HSM, Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6
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9 years 4 months ago #410428 by Luca

Chris Briggs wrote: Why bother?  Looks like a brand new company that is doing what Lightroom does already.  NO value



yep +1


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9 years 4 months ago #410479 by Tim Kelley
I'd stick with Lightroom


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9 years 4 months ago #410517 by garyrhook
Detailed analysis (above) aside, there's far more to processing an image than nitpicking lens distortion. And given the softness that passes for acceptable for many, it's difficult to understand how this can possibly be of any value.

A 14-day free trial is offered. One is tempted to check it out and compare to other tools.

In the meantime, it appears to be an expensive one-trick-pony, and/or a solution in search of a problem.


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9 years 4 months ago #410520 by Lui
:)  In photography it is always expensive one-trick ponies... Or at least the one-trick ponies are always expensive. Some people need 36 MP sensors, others don't. Some people need a 1,500 USD lens, others go with the kit lens. Some people fancy with a Zeiss Otus, others just think it is ridiculous to spend as much on a lens as others spend on cars. For people of the first categories such tools come in handy. For people of the second category it appears like a waste of money.

Decision wise: if you just spend $3000 on a camera and a lens - it may actually not be entirely stupid to use software like that if it can actually correct optical aberrations that can otherwise not be corrected for 1/30th of your equipment's price-tag... And I do not want to argue with "whether that makes sense or not" - it's a personal decision. But except for the Zeiss Otus and the Sigma - there are very few to no lenses which are actually "quite usable in terms of sharpness" at open/fast apertures. Just check DPReview. So why would anybody buy a 1500 USD lens in the first place?

And btw: it fully integrates into LR, PS CC and PSE. 

Best,
Lui

PS: Well, it may actually be of equal use for kit-lens users as for users of expensive lenses... So maybe I was wrong about my assumption that only "professional photographers" would use such a tool.


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9 years 4 months ago #410522 by Robert Chen

garyrhook wrote: Detailed analysis (above) aside, there's far more to processing an image than nitpicking lens distortion. And given the softness that passes for acceptable for many, it's difficult to understand how this can possibly be of any value.

A 14-day free trial is offered. One is tempted to check it out and compare to other tools.

In the meantime, it appears to be an expensive one-trick-pony, and/or a solution in search of a problem.



:agree:        +4 pass


Next please

Nikon D300 24-70mm f2.8
70-200mm f2.8
50mm f1.4 & 50mm f1.8
105mm f2.8
2 SB800

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9 years 4 months ago #410532 by Chris Briggs
Lens correction in Photoshop video http://tv.adobe.com/watch/adobe-evangelists-russell-brown/lens-correction-and-smart-filters-for-aerial-videos/


Another clip showing how this can be fixed in Photoshop for videos



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9 years 4 months ago #410533 by Chris Briggs
Another one


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9 years 4 months ago #410534 by Chris Briggs
Lens correction in Lightroom




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9 years 4 months ago #410535 by Chris Briggs
So if you have Lightroom or Photoshop, this software has no value as mentioned earlier. 


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9 years 4 months ago #410550 by jkenney57
Thank you everyone for the great info.  I think for me this software while interesting, is something I don't need.  I think I will save my money for something more useful.
Again, thanks to everyone.
John


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9 years 4 months ago #410568 by Lui
As much as I can share your passion to "stay away from the new" - the discussion is somewhat useless.
> There is a "Lens correction module in Photoshop"
> There is a "Lens correction module in LR"
> There is a "Lens correction module in DxO"

All those things have been said before. Why are you repeating it? It is common knowledge.

However, the results from the lens correction differ. And LR and Photoshop can not account for "lens softness" in the image. They only correct distortion, vignetting and chromatic aberrations. As for how powerful the "lens softness" corrections are of DxO and the tool mentioned in this thread - there is a sample image. 


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9 years 4 months ago #410595 by Tim Dordeck

Lui wrote: As much as I can share your passion to "stay away from the new" - the discussion is somewhat useless.
> There is a "Lens correction module in Photoshop"
> There is a "Lens correction module in LR"
> There is a "Lens correction module in DxO"

All those things have been said before. Why are you repeating it? It is common knowledge.

However, the results from the lens correction differ. And LR and Photoshop can not account for "lens softness" in the image. They only correct distortion, vignetting and chromatic aberrations. As for how powerful the "lens softness" corrections are of DxO and the tool mentioned in this thread - there is a sample image. 



I don't think it's stay away from the new.  If the new had worth and was needed, that would be different story.  It's more like 'why bother'?  If you have PS or LR, lens correction is already built into it.  


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9 years 4 months ago #410674 by SJM
Got Lightroom and Photoshop already

Country guy living in the big Apple!
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9 years 4 months ago #410713 by Jackson Rieger
Buy good glass and Photoshop or Lightroom and you won't need software like this. 


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