RAW Processing Programs

11 years 11 months ago #226999 by bashea
Now that I've made the switch from 35mm to digital, I need a recommendation for a RAW processing program. I have a G5 Mac PowerPC, OSX 10.4.11. I shoot with a Nikon D-80. Photoshop CS3 is out of my budget range for now, so any other recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

Any opinions on Nikon's Capture NX2?


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11 years 11 months ago #227033 by mattmoran
Well I don't have any experience with Capture NX2. But I would really recommend a program like Lightroom or Aperture which will act as an digital asset manager as well as a non-destructive RAW photo editor.

Unfortunately both Apple and Adobe dropped support for the PowerPC a while ago, so you would have to go back to the version 2 line for either program.

I would check out LR2 or Aperture2. When they were new, you could download and evaluate them for 30 days for free. You may still be able to do that.

-Matt
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11 years 11 months ago #227081 by bashea
Thanks, Matt! That gives me a good start in the search.


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11 years 11 months ago #227088 by Darrell
Photoshop Elements is also good and around $80.00, also free trial.

You will not be judged as a photographer by the pictures you take, but by the pictures you show.
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11 years 11 months ago #228070 by Marki Photography NYC
I would go with photoshop raw.
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