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<p>Hi Philip:<br>

Many thanks for the heads-up..i agree with you about the manufacturers and I have stayed away from C1 because of the price..... never heard of RAW Therapee...off hunting...<br>

Regards</p>

<p>Hi: does anyone have any experience of this?<br>

i have tended to avoid manufacturers' software since it has been inevitably clunky and low-featured , DPP being a case in point. I uually run a workflow from my A900 raw files which involves Bibble 5 and/or DxO Optics Pro, then CS4..<br>

However I have heard that the Sony software is good at extracting detail and reducing noise in DRO images. can anybody who has used it seriously or anybody serious who has used it comment?<br>

Is it worth installing and has the latest version made an strides forward?<br>

many thanks...</p>

HI:

Help needed.

I have a client who has asked me to prepare a slideshow to be played on an HD 40" LCD display in his waiting room.

I have tried rendering it in Proshow producer, but it looks like crap.

The files are all shot on a 1DS Mk II/III, so the quality is there.

Doeas anyone know of an app that can give me sufficient quality and render to HD DVD form within itself that

actually works?

I owulds love to hear yout thoughts.

O, and I am PC (VISTA).

Regards and Thanks

Guys:

My aoplogies for the delay in getting back to you. I have beeen out of town on jobs.

So many suggestions that I can't thank each of you personally. As i think of it there are 2 main issues:

1 Back storage of the images already in my machine. I think this may be the nub of the problem. I have begun using MyBooks and duplicating when I import, using Lightroom, which I am going off, since it doesn't give the file quality of say Bibble or CS3, and the catalogues get flaky above 30k images. So I need to have a way of backing up all that data so I can retrieve them when needed.

2. Forward storage. I am looking for a good downloader that will enable me to save in multiple locations, ie to NAS/server. Wouldn't it be great if you could burn at the same time. Any suggestions for good backup software?

I really do appreciate you comments and help

Kind Regards

Tony

Hello:

I am hoping some of you will share what you do.

I have a burgeoning image catalogue of >120 000 images, which I need to backup

in a way that will make them both safe and accessible. At the moment they are

spread across 3.05 Tb of HDD space. As a working pro, I am constantly adding to

that~!

i want ot be able to archive them safely, without using DVD ( which aren't that

safe anyway, and I don't own a warehouse), using HDD's where possible. Currently

I back them up to externals, which gives me a 2nd layer of protection, but I

want to add a 3rd.

What do the rest of you do, and what suggestions do you have? NAS? Xternal? network?

Incidentally, before anyone asks, I use a PC.

Kind Regards

Tony

Hi:

I wonder if anyone can help me. I am in the process of needing to create a

jobsheet to track assignments,including travel, shooting, etc, editing and

billing information, from booking it to sending out the invoice.Does anyone have

a template(.doc or .xls) that I could customise or know where I can get one from

(read: download)?

Many thanks

Hi Jorge:

No doubt you have it sorted by now...

My 1Ds II did it when I first got it, then it went away...

My 1DIIn did it after 5-6000 frames ( in the middle of a wedding) and went back to Canon. It returned with a brand new shutter....( and no, I didn't put my fingers in there)

So much for Canon "pro" quality...

Hi Charles:

Many thanks. In the end the whole thing got so damned slow that I gave it to my geek, who took it back to the skeleton and put Vista Business on it, stripping out XP media Centre and all the HP C*#p.

Now it runs like a rocket ( on Vista too!).

Still haven't figured the DAM question yet....

kevin:

Yes, I see what you mean. The c and d: drives are 2 separate fujitsu 5400 120GB drives, although HP have partitioned off 10Gb on C: for their recovery stuff, since they will not supply a windows disc per se. Of course there is all that HP stuff running in the background.

I went over to the Adobe forums and see that others are having similar issues to me. One of "the team" suggests keeping folders down in size, avoiding writing into xmp and using different catalogues.

tou can read it at

http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx/.3bc49523

I have continued trying specific DAM software, but the only one that is as intuitive as i would like it to be is iView Media ( oops, MS Expression) Pricey, too.

Hi Mark:

My files in my laptop are stored on my internal HDD ( D:) and the catalog is in the default location on my C: drive. I am not sure what you mean by the profile.

NB:

I notice that at times LR is taking up to 512K of my system RAM ( desktop an Intel 6600, 2GB Corsair RAM, XP Pro,2Tb HDD space). Is this normal?

Hi Mark:

When my LR (1.1)catalog exceeds 6 000 files on my laptop (HP, XP Pro, Intel dual core, 2Gb RAM, 512 graphics, it will go into a go-slow, then "unexpected quit" with an offer to tell MS ( what value that is I have no idea!) I have tried optimising the catalog, and splitting it up into different catalogs, which are then a pain to access as it requires restarting. I do write the data into xmp so CS3 Bridge can see it.

My desktop fares little better.

A shame, as I really like the LR interface.and Adobe have track record of sytill being there years later.

I am surprised that people can find it stable with 60k+ images. I won't dare think of that at the moment.

Hi:

I am a pro with a burgeoning image library that has finally reached the point

where I need to stop and take stock-literally. My memory has become too

unreliable, to put it mildly.

Until recently I have used Lightroom for my images, but find it is not happy

with >6 000 files. The catalog falls over on a regular basis. I really love its

import function,its develop mode and its output tools, but I need to

future-proof myself, because the pile is only going to grow.LR seems quite flaky

at the moment ( and I am running it on potent PC's.

I have tried iMatch (too geeky), and IDimager ( slow but efficient), but have

yet to try Portfolio and/or iView Media ( which is $$$$ to buy).

If there is anyone who is current with P8.5 and iView 3+, I would really

appreciate your input.

signed: confused Antipodean

Many thanks guys. I have sorted the issue. I went to the plugins section and installed it as a folder. hey Presto!

I appreciate your time.

Hello:

I wonder if anyone I can help. I am trying to install the 16-bit plug in for

the ipf5000 into CS3. Does anyone have experience of this and, if so, can they

advise on what and where to install the plugin.

Many thanks

Hi:

I am a professional artist in New Zealand, contemplating purchasing a Mamiya

645AFDII to use with a digital back for landscape Fine Art photography, and at

the moment am looking at both the P45+ and P30+ backs. Until now I have used a

1Ds MkII, but the image quality does not hold up above an A1 print. No I am not

talking about res or noise, rather smoothness of tonal transition.

I wonder if anyone has experience of both and would be willing to comment on the

relative merits of both, with this camera and for the purpose i have outlined. I

understand the 45 uses the Kodak chip and the 30 uses the Dalsa chip ( but I

could be wrong).

Many thanks

Hi:

Does anybody have any good links or advice on how to print the same

image several times on an inkjet printer( canon Prograf 5000). I have

heard this can yield interesting results and increase colour depth.

many thanks

Hi: can anyone help?

I have been offered one of the above models, brand new at a good price. It

appears on the surface to be a remarkable bargain for a 44" printer, however it

is no use if it doesn't deliver exhibition quality work on fine art papers.

Does anyone have experience of these or links to sites which might help me make

a decision one way or the other?

Many thanks

Many thanks guys. you are right. I am cross-platform.My desktop is Pc, but the laptop is a Mac. So while I will create in Win, I will show off my MacBook. That said, if the software is good enough, i will create on my Mac. No big deal.

Thanks for your help

Can anyone help?

I am a professional photographer and photoeducator. I teach workshops around the

world. I am looking for a piece of robust slideshow software that will enable me

to present my images and teaching lectures as a set of slideshows.

Until recently I used Opus from digitalworkshop but now they have gone into bat

against Powerpoint, the focus of the software has changed.

I am PC-based, but I would like to be able to do the sort of thing that the

slideshow function in Lightroom achieves. I need to be able to output images and

sound and to be able to cut tracks together as well as varying the length/timing

of individual images. being able to work direct from RAW images would be really

great as well. I do not need 243 000 cool and groovy transitions!

In an ideal world I could run it off my (Mac) laptop, but I suppose you can't

have everything.

Oh yes, and a price that wasn't eye-watering would be great as well.

many thanks