RAW photo files

[Welshbird]

Can anyone recommend software to let me play with RAW format digi photos?

I've got a Canon EOS300D (Rebel in the US I believe) and haven't really done much with this format yet. iPhoto certainly recognises it, but not much else.

I got Adobe Photoshop Elements with the camera, and have played with that a wee bit.

Aperture sound expensive - so any other suggestions would be gratefully received.

Fee

The question should be [red]Is it worth trying to do?[/red] not [blue] Can it be done?[/blue]

 

[jimoblak]

What is your output intent? This often determines how you handle images.

Common RAW-supporting apps are Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, and Apple Aperture

 

[mrn]

Fee,

Got Aperture it's brilliant (Could let you have a copy to try (Ask Mr Lacey for my mail)) but iphoto can also handle raw format.

Mike

"Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather engaging little things, not at all like the staring defects in other people's characters."

 

[mrn]

Found this

http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/05/04/iphoto_raw.html

Mike

"Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather engaging little things, not at all like the staring defects in other people's characters."

 

[Welshbird]

MRN - Apple have offered me 30 days free trial of Appature, but that makes me nervous cos if I really like it it will cost me lots.....

iPhoto certainly imports the RAW image, but doesn't seem to give me lots of options to 'play' with the image.

I'll have a look at your link though - thanks for that.

Fee

The question should be [red]Is it worth trying to do?[/red] not [blue] Can it be done?[/blue]

 

[jpadie]

does GIMP not handle RAW with a plugin? a quick google got me this:

http://ufraw.sourceforge.net/Install.html