Digital Darkroom Software Review: RawTherapee

Program: RawTherapee (version 4.2.1) Platforms Available Tested: Linux, Mac, Windows Installation: normal download dmg & drag app to Applications folder (or wherever you like). Easy. RawTherapee is a very powerful Raw file converter/developer… And I’ll just leave it at that. If you don’t believe me, just dive in to the RawPedia, the most thorough and easy …

Tell it like it is

David Alan Harvey’s new reprint of Tell it like it is arrived on my doorstep this afternoon. Do people do unboxing videos of books? Probably somewhere… But if they don’t, they still don’t, since this isn’t a video… just a boring slideshow of an unboxing of a book filled with exceptional photographs of a Virginia family …

Digital Darkroom Software Review: AfterShot Pro 2

Program: AfterShot Pro 2 (version 2.2.0.29, 64 bit) Platforms Available Tested: Linux, Mac, Windows Installation: normal download dmg & drag app to Applications folder. Easy. Price: $79.99 (but it seems to be on sale fairly often: was $69 in April, I think, and is currently $42.99 with WinZip and a slideshow program thrown in free.) Corel’s …

Digital Darkroom Software Review: LightZone

Program: LightZone (tested version: 4.1.0~rc1) Platforms Available Tested: Linux, Mac, Windows Installation: must register to get to the installer; installation is otherwise normal. LightZone is an open-source, cross platform RAW converter, and little more. It was originally a paid application, but converted to open source some years ago. Other reviewers have gone into more detail on its …

Digital Darkroom Software Review: Intro

As mentioned a couple of days ago, I’m looking to replace Lightroom (and Photoshop… and Apple) in my photography workflow, and to that end, I’m testing RAW file editing and digital photo softwares to see what my options are. Before I start posting my results (there’s one already tested and discarded), I thought it might …