Breeze Browser or Scott Professional?

[Peter Hilzendegen]

Hi folks,

I found the original software bundle (e.g. Zoom Browser) not to be very appealing and foundrecommendations for the 2 programs "Breeze Browser" and Scott Professional".
Is anyone of you familiar with both programs and can you then tell me

- the difference between them
- respectively the advantages / disadvantages?

Kind regards,
Peter

[ScottH]

Hi Peter,

I use both programs. Both have distinct advantages. I now shoot exclusively in RAW format, which both programs can convert to jpeg.

I like the control that Scott Pro gives over exposure, white balance and so forth, and is great for adjusting each shot individually, or as batches.

Breeze Browser is updated more often, is great for batches, and I really like it for inserting text (Copyright) on proofs. Use it with Breeze's free downloader...it's a great little tool that you can automate some of your transfers. I also use their G2Remote program...another great program!

Hope this helps!

Scott

[Peter Hilzendegen]

Hi Scott,

Thank you for the reply. Do you know, if there is a quality difference between the way the programs convert RAW files to JPEG / TIF ? I mean, with BB you have for example that opportunity to use the normal or linear or combined conversion. To me it's not yet clear, what that all is about. Maybe you or somebody else can try to explain in an understandable way?

Regards, Peter

[Don Ellis]

Peter Hilzendegen wrote: I mean, with BB you have for example that opportunity to use the normal or linear or combined conversion. To me it's not yet clear, what that all is about.
Normal is, well, normal. Linear gives you output that is a fair amount of trouble to work with. And Combined converts the image two ways -- Normal and Linear -- and combines the two.

I find that Combined generally produces an image that's slightly superior to Normal and much easier to work with than Linear. If I have a picture I'm particularly fond of, however, I convert the RAW file to 8- or 16-bit TIF in both Normal and Combined modes and flip back and forth between full-screen views in ACDSee to see which one I like better.

Cheers,

Don