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Will Lightroom Become Web Only?
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PeterN wrote: On 10/22/2017 1:59 PM, Davoud wrote: PeterN: BTW & way OT, I just got an invitation to test drive a Volvo. From what I have been hearing, it's a well made car. Volvo? The Chinese brand owned by Zhejiang Geely Holding Group? Yeah, I've heard they're pretty good cars, too. Owned one back when Volvo was a Swedish company. Liked it quite a bit. International ownership is not surprising. One of my former clients was a Swiss company, owned by a German family. It was incorporated in Switzerland because many of their contracts were required to be notarized. The notary fees were considerably less expensive in Zug, than in Germany. The Swiss ain't at all as innocent and peaceful as they pretend to be. Besides having a military presence in the Vatican, they are after all Calvinists they have more or less taken over their truly peaceful neighbor Liechtenstein under the pretense of having several mutual and voluntary unions with it. Besides economic and diplomatic also military. They claim to defend them! So the question is whether the Swiss are ruthless aggressors in the middle of the continent or just hypocrites pretending to be neutral It's not like we can have a Geneva convention on these issues... http://www.encyclopedia.com/places/g...-central-europ e/austria-political-geography/liechtenstein -- teleportation kills |
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PeterN wrote: On 10/22/2017 1:59 PM, Davoud wrote: PeterN: BTW & way OT, I just got an invitation to test drive a Volvo. From what I have been hearing, it's a well made car. Volvo? The Chinese brand owned by Zhejiang Geely Holding Group? Yeah, I've heard they're pretty good cars, too. Owned one back when Volvo was a Swedish company. Liked it quite a bit. International ownership is not surprising. One of my former clients was a Swiss company, owned by a German family. It was incorporated in Switzerland because many of their contracts were required to be notarized. The notary fees were considerably less expensive in Zug, than in Germany. The Swiss ain't at all as innocent and peaceful as they pretend to be. Besides having a military presence in the Vatican, they are after all Calvinists they have more or less taken over their truly peaceful neighbor Liechtenstein under the pretense of having several mutual and voluntary unions with it. Besides economic and diplomatic also military. They claim to defend them! So the question is whether the Swiss are ruthless aggressors in the middle of the continent or just hypocrites pretending to be neutral It's not like we can have a Geneva conference on these issues... http://www.encyclopedia.com/places/g...-central-europ e/austria-political-geography/liechtenstein -- teleportation kills |
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Will Lightroom Become Web Only?
On 10/22/2017 10:22 AM, Mayayana wrote:
An analogy would be streaming. There's really no such thing as streaming. You download a video and software plays it. In most cases the software can start playing before it's fully downloaded. But it always boils down to the same thing: You can't access it unless it's downloaded, so it's always local. Playing a file while it's being "downloaded" is called "streaming". Streaming does not require that the entire file be downloaded at any point. For example, devices that lack the storage capacity to retain a feature-length HD or 4k movie can still present those movies in their entirety. The only thing that is "local" is the amount of the data in the device's buffer, which is typically only a few seconds. "Streaming" is not new, and there certainly are web sites that stream A/V media. Try Netflix or Hulu sometime. -- best regards, Neil |
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"PeterN" wrote
| That possibility is exactly why I am experimenting with other stand | alone editing apps. If that happens, at this point any positive | statement either way is speculative, I want to keep my options open. | I don't think there's much question for someone using Windows: Paint Shop Pro. The Ultimate version is $100 and comes with RAW support. (Aftershot Pro.) Less thatn the cost of 1 year of Photoshop. I got it on sale at Staples for something like $50. It also takes PS plugins. And they often package extras. Mine came with Athentech Perfectly Clear, which sells for $100 itself. (Though I have to admit, that looks like a gimmicky product to me and I've never actually used it. It seems to be a sort of for-dummies plug-in kit.) This discussion prompted me to try GIMP again. Not too bad, but quirky. Limited. No RAW support. Weird stuff like no tool for drawing shapes. Though people who *only* edit photos probably don't care much about drawing tools. Photoline -- link posted by android -- is not bad. It also has at least some RAW support. But it's quirky, not optimized for Windows, and not very impressive given that it costs about $70. It might be an option for people on Macs, however, since they have a more limited selection to choose from. There's a lot of stuff out there that has some functionality but doesn't quite work. I just tried RawTherapee out of curiosity. It seems to work OK, but there's no menu at all. Just opening and closing files is a challenge. There seems to be no undo function. Like so much open source software, it's a lot of sophisticated functionality in a broken UI. |
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"Neil" wrote
| An analogy would be streaming. There's really | no such thing as streaming. You download a video | and software plays it. In most cases the software | can start playing before it's fully downloaded. But | it always boils down to the same thing: You can't | access it unless it's downloaded, so it's always local. | | Playing a file while it's being "downloaded" is called "streaming". | Streaming does not require that the entire file be downloaded at any | point. For example, devices that lack the storage capacity to retain a | feature-length HD or 4k movie can still present those movies in their | entirety. The only thing that is "local" is the amount of the data in | the device's buffer, which is typically only a few seconds. Whatever you watch is local. You're just repeating what I said from a different angle. The point is that these methods have been used to make people think they're receiving a transmission when they're actually receiving a file. Streaming makes it easier to start viewing quickly, but it's also part of a system to prevent people accessing the file they're downloading. That relates to the issue of so-called "web based" software. The trend toward regarding the Internet as a broadcast medium dovetails with the trend toward rental software. If they make you think you're getting it online they can more easily defend the rental model. But in the end it's really just a sleight of hand. |
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On Oct 22, 2017, Mayayana wrote
(in article ): wrote That possibility is exactly why I am experimenting with other stand alone editing apps. If that happens, at this point any positive statement either way is speculative, I want to keep my options open. I don't think there's much question for someone using Windows: Paint Shop Pro. The Ultimate version is $100 and comes with RAW support. (Aftershot Pro.) Less thatn the cost of 1 year of Photoshop. I got it on sale at Staples for something like $50. It also takes PS plugins. And they often package extras. Mine came with Athentech Perfectly Clear, which sells for $100 itself. (Though I have to admit, that looks like a gimmicky product to me and I've never actually used it. It seems to be a sort of for-dummies plug-in kit.) This discussion prompted me to try GIMP again. Not too bad, but quirky. Limited. No RAW support. Weird stuff like no tool for drawing shapes. Though people who *only* edit photos probably don't care much about drawing tools. Photoline -- link posted by android -- is not bad. It also has at least some RAW support. But it's quirky, not optimized for Windows, and not very impressive given that it costs about $70. It might be an option for people on Macs, however, since they have a more limited selection to choose from. Since when do people on Macs have a more limited selection to choose from,unless you mean because PSP is a Windows only thing? Start with the Adobe stuff, then for starters there are these to choose from, all of which include RAW processors. When it comes to Mac software you do not seem to be too well informed: On1 Photo RAW https://www.on1.com/products/photo-raw/ AlienSkin ExposureX3 https://www.alienskin.com/exposure/ Luminar https://macphun.com/luminar Pixelmator http://www.pixelmator.com/mac/ Affinity Photo https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/photo/ Pictorial https://www.picktorial.com ....and then there is RAW Power app which installs as an extension for macOS Photos. https://gentlemencoders.com There's a lot of stuff out there that has some functionality but doesn't quite work. I just tried RawTherapee out of curiosity. It seems to work OK, but there's no menu at all. Just opening and closing files is a challenge. There seems to be no undo function. Like so much open source software, it's a lot of sophisticated functionality in a broken UI. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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In article , Mayayana
wrote: | That possibility is exactly why I am experimenting with other stand | alone editing apps. If that happens, at this point any positive | statement either way is speculative, I want to keep my options open. I don't think there's much question for someone using Windows: Paint Shop Pro. The Ultimate version is $100 and comes with RAW support. (Aftershot Pro.) Less thatn the cost of 1 year of Photoshop. that's twice the price of photoshop elements, which is typically $50ish street price. it's only slightly less than a year of adobe's photography plan, which includes *both* photoshop and lightroom. I got it on sale at Staples for something like $50. so it's not actually $100, and about the same as photoshop elements. It also takes PS plugins. only some of them. And they often package extras. Mine came with Athentech Perfectly Clear, which sells for $100 itself. (Though I have to admit, that looks like a gimmicky product to me and I've never actually used it. if you've never used it, then the packaged extras are of no benefit. It seems to be a sort of for-dummies plug-in kit.) then it's perfect for you. This discussion prompted me to try GIMP again. Not too bad, but quirky. Limited. No RAW support. the gimp has raw support via ufraw. the downside is that ufraw does not produce the best results and is also slow and limited in functionality. there's a very good reason why adobe camera raw is considered to be among the best in the biz. Weird stuff like no tool for drawing shapes. Though people who *only* edit photos probably don't care much about drawing tools. user error, but you are correct. drawing shapes is not a priority for photo retouching. if you want to draw shapes, photoshop is the wrong choice (although it does do that). Photoline -- link posted by android -- is not bad. It also has at least some RAW support. But it's quirky, not optimized for Windows, and not very impressive given that it costs about $70. It might be an option for people on Macs, however, since they have a more limited selection to choose from. nonsense. mac users have the widest choice of software. they can run all mac, windows and unix software natively and at the same time. There's a lot of stuff out there that has some functionality but doesn't quite work. I just tried RawTherapee out of curiosity. It seems to work OK, but there's no menu at all. Just opening and closing files is a challenge. user error. There seems to be no undo function. Like so much open source software, it's a lot of sophisticated functionality in a broken UI. that part is mostly true. rarely is the ui any good and many times the 'sophisticated functionality' is buggy, but because it's free, there's little to no motivation to fix anything. ask for a refund. |
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wrote: | An analogy would be streaming. There's really | no such thing as streaming. You download a video | and software plays it. In most cases the software | can start playing before it's fully downloaded. But | it always boils down to the same thing: You can't | access it unless it's downloaded, so it's always local. | | Playing a file while it's being "downloaded" is called "streaming". | Streaming does not require that the entire file be downloaded at any | point. For example, devices that lack the storage capacity to retain a | feature-length HD or 4k movie can still present those movies in their | entirety. The only thing that is "local" is the amount of the data in | the device's buffer, which is typically only a few seconds. Whatever you watch is local. You're just repeating what I said from a different angle. nope. The point is that these methods have been used to make people think they're receiving a transmission when they're actually receiving a file. Streaming makes it easier to start viewing quickly, but it's also part of a system to prevent people accessing the file they're downloading. they aren't receiving a file. they're receiving a data stream, while likely is using a different protocol than what downloading a file would use. That relates to the issue of so-called "web based" software. The trend toward regarding the Internet as a broadcast medium dovetails with the trend toward rental software. If they make you think you're getting it online they can more easily defend the rental model. But in the end it's really just a sleight of hand. nope. |
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Savageduck wrote: ...It might be an option for people on Macs, however, since they have a more limited selection to choose from. Since when do people on Macs have a more limited selection to choose from, they don't. they have the widest selection of any platform. unless you mean because PSP is a Windows only thing? psp runs just fine on macs. not that anyone would want to. |
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On Oct 22, 2017, Savageduck wrote
(in iganews.com): On Oct 22, 2017, Mayayana wrote (in article ): Photoline -- link posted by android -- is not bad. It also has at least some RAW support. But it's quirky, not optimized for Windows, and not very impressive given that it costs about $70. It might be an option for people on Macs, however, since they have a more limited selection to choose from. Since when do people on Macs have a more limited selection to choose from,unless you mean because PSP is a Windows only thing? Start with the Adobe stuff, then for starters there are these to choose from, all of which include RAW processors. When it comes to Mac software you do not seem to be too well informed: On1 Photo RAW https://www.on1.com/products/photo-raw/ AlienSkin ExposureX3 https://www.alienskin.com/exposure/ Luminar https://macphun.com/luminar Pixelmator http://www.pixelmator.com/mac/ Affinity Photo https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/photo/ Pictorial https://www.picktorial.com ...and then there is RAW Power app which installs as an extension for macOS Photos. https://gentlemencoders.comhttps://itunes.apple.com/us/app/raw-power/id1157116444 I guess I should have mentioned that On1, Pixelmator, Affinity Photo, and Luminar also install as macOS Photos extensions. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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