ts705 wrote:
After taking many pictures with my S500 camera, I'm finding that cleaning these up individually is VERY time consuming. It seems that every photo editor has some good features but is missing features or is weak in other areas.
I'm looking for the ultimate photo software - one that allows:
1) multi-photo cleanup/enhancement (contrast, brightness, sharpness, red-eye reduction, etc.)
2) croping and resizing
3) altering resolution/file size
4) format conversion
5) fun stuff (morphing, etc.)
6) ability to remove things I don't want (people, trees, etc in the background)
7) good picture organization on the hard drive.
Are there any programs that do most/all of these (as well as others)?
Take a look at Capture One from www.rawworkflow.com
it can do #'s 1-4 and 7. It's a little pricey ($100 for the LE version batches are limited to 20 images) But it's really streamlined my workflow. What I usually do when I have multiple images of the same subject, is do any WB and exposure corrections, and some minor curves or levels work to one image, with 1 click I can then apply all the changes I just did to any image I want, then que them up for batch processing and go get a cup of coffee while it outputs them all into 16bit Tiffs.
An added bonus is C1 never actually touches your raw file, it writes all the modifications you make to a 1kb .work file, so 2 days or 3 years down the line you can undo the changes adn go back to your straight raw file.
