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>>If you remove the tinfoil from the windows, Adobe products look better...

Not so, without the tinfoil in the windows I lose

screen calibration, gamma goes up and all the

colours go 'roasty', bad idea :~/

 

Adobe products are classy. Adobe the company

is my problem. Please leave it out of this thread

which is about an alternative product SILKYPIX

hopefully allied to the Leica Q.

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Your crusade to persuade Silkypix to support Q files doesn't seem to have won many adherents here ;) !

If you want to avoid Adobe (and they're not the only ones who "lose" email addresses and personal data) and are willing to pay, look at Capture One. If you are not willing to pay, then you may have to go down the Gimp route - a steep learning curve, but appears to be satisfying to those who reach the summit.

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>>Your crusade to persuade Silkypix to support Q files doesn't seem to have won many adherents here ;) !

I agree. Wasn't meant as a crusade ...more fact finding

mission. Crusade part actually turned out to be fending

off Adobe acolytes. Humour... each to their own :-)

 

>>and are willing to pay, look at Capture One.

Good point Paul, my sincere thanks. NEVER would

have thought of them or even looked for them. Literally

searching right now I see here that not only is my long

awaited Q apparently already supported but my existing

Canon and Panasonic kit is too... wow.

 

I have to say that Ichikawa weren't fazed one bit by

me citing the opposition (Adobe LR) in my enquiry. Now

Capture One as the opposition might make more of an

impression? May have to start a C1 thread later;~)

 

Thank you Paul, I spent last night in bed thinking about

how I was going to be able to face myself (sleeping with

the enemy) but now there really may be an alternative(s).

 

>>If you are not willing to pay,

Heck, as if that makes a difference! At 229 Euros for a

single user (2 seats means 2 computers owned by me?)

it works out LESS than SILKYPIX. Assuming I read their

model right in my haste. Not per year or anything.

 

Need to check how they work. Adobe LR is a bit pixel

map editing model - big files separately saved. Whereas

SILKYPIX is brilliantly efficient with the base RAW left as

is and only changes saved out to a tiny digital file that

then affects the output. However the image and all IPTC

stuff routinely entered (it's massively good at this) are

included in each output artwork to my local server. On

which I've written a programme that immediately authors, 

well, everything (art, text, tags, SEO.. the lot) completely

automatically. That workflow working efficiency is or 

will be very hard to give up. Pardon me but I'm off to

skulk around C1 and do some sleuthing... right after

emailing Ichikawa with a more interesting challenge;~0

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I don't use Lightroom as I prefer Bridge to manage files.   I tried SilkyPix years ago with a Panasonic.  I did not have the patience required and thought it a rather crude converter.  For a more sophisticated non Adobe solution you might think about DXO or of course CaptureOne.  The problem with SilkyPix is probably lack of resources to make its own profile for every camera (even every Leica) out there.  I can accept that you have an animus towards Adobe.   We've all probably been ticked off by some company or other.  Usually you get over it.  But don't let your hatred get in the way of getting the job done.  Anyhow, Lightroom is free so you're not giving Adobe anything; you're in fact taking advantage of them.  

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I don't use Lightroom as I prefer Bridge to manage files.   I tried SilkyPix years ago with a Panasonic.  I did not have the patience required and thought it a rather crude converter.  For a more sophisticated non Adobe solution you might think about DXO or of course CaptureOne.  The problem with SilkyPix is probably lack of resources to make its own profile for every camera (even every Leica) out there.  I can accept that you have an animus towards Adobe.   We've all probably been ticked off by some company or other.  Usually you get over it.  But don't let your hatred get in the way of getting the job done.  Anyhow, Lightroom is free so you're not giving Adobe anything; you're in fact taking advantage of them.  

Is that the Bridge as in Adobe's CC (Creative Cloud) stuff?

 

I'm now trawling through CaptureOne's very clear site.

 

Yes, SILKYPIX are very small, very clever, but small.

May not be enough to survive particularly if they are

going to continue to cherry-pick their way through

compliant cameras and lenses.

 

No, I haven't got over 'it' and it's not hatred rather

a point of principle. You don't know the whole story.

Yes, I do ensure *I* get the done job ...thanks:-)

I'm not accepting freebies from Adobe if can help it.

 

Awaiting a reply from SILKYPIX. Meanwhile viewing

various video stuff, assessing features and lurking on

CaptureOne's site. Probably d/l their trial after supper.

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Yes Bridge as in CC. My views of Adobe are different.   Don't want to turn this into an Adobe forum so I'll not say more.  It's not a SilkyPix forum either; maybe there needs to be a place for that so users can exchange ideas.  I don't think you'll find too many here.  

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I agree and thank you for your comments. The forum has

provided me with all the answers I need and for that I am

grateful. Fact finding mission achieved. I will continue to

await the adoption by SILKYPIX of the Leica Q should

they grant it but, given a working trial, I will also parallel

run with the CaptureOne renderer. Result (probably) :-)

Well nearly ...still awaiting the Q.

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