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OntheRez wrote:
Noiseless is quite good. Slowly moving up to my first choice for noise. Focus CK do much as all it seems to do is correct perspective. Tonality is nowhere close to SilverEFX for black and white conversion. I've found SnapHeal to leave lines on the resulting image. I don't care what they say about their new HDR app. Nothing beats Photomatix. IntensifyCK doesn't seem to be too much more than what you can do in Lr much less Ps.
Robert
Noiseless is actually more than quite good
Focus CK does a lot more that correct perspective. If can act more like a T/S or fast lens. Giving you a similar look to say an f1.4 shot or miniaturisation.
Intensify is quicker, and has a more intuitive workflow than LR, though LR (esp. using Pre-sets) remains my #1 work-flow. I do also like that with almost all of the MacPhun CK programs if you find you like a particular effect you've created, but it's a but over-powering, you can use the slider to pull back the effect to make it rather subtler.
Snapheal I haven't used yet - just run through the Training Video. However I think it may be a valuable addition for removing figures from shots quickly - though Affinity works very well for that too.
Completely agree on Photomatrix - great piece of software.
Tonality - Actually yes, IMHO, it is close to SilverEfex. I use SEPro2 but again find Tonality more intuitive and love the overall effects slider.
As with all software though, some people will have a preference for one and others for another, especially one you know and are used to using. What's important is that you can create the effect you are looking for and to that degree I think the CK Suite offers another good option. Ease of Use, Similar tools across different programs and
Another reason for me to buy it is that I'm looking to develop an alternative workflow to Adobe and their CC. I want standalone programs and with my earlier purchase of the superb Affinity to replace PS and now the MacPhun CK suite (currently used alongside LR) I'm almost there. It's interesting to note that Affinity, with it's latest update, can now offer a variety of RAW processing options on ingress.
I took this shot at dinner yesterday, pity about the directly overhead lights but that's usually what you get in restaurants ! The guy is a friend of my wife's, a very well known and affluent artist but rather shy. I smoothed his skin a tad first then used Tonality with a Film Texture overlaid and a vignette. Taken with a Sony A7r and Nikon 105/2.5 Ai-S, wide open, 1,000 ISO and 1/100.
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