I\'ve tested and compared 7 or 8 apps extensively and repeatedly plus another 5 or 6 apps fairly extensively but not so repeatedly. In every category (esthetics, speed, functionality, ease of use, and the biggest IMO - the end result) Capture One either matches or surpasses all others - especially in the end result category. There are demos of just about every app so you can do you\'re own comparisons and tests if you\'d like. Here\'s some links for you: Aperture, SilverFast, PhotoLine, LightRoom, CaptureONE, Photon, RAW Developer, Bible PRO, LightZone, Photo Mechanic, Pixelmator, DXO-Optics, Helicon Filter, Picasa, RAW Therapee, PhotoStudio, SilkyPix. And there\'s probably a few I\'m forgetting too. Keep in mind you\'re probably going to get a different opinion from everyone. I would assume most people have used only one or two apps and probably chose the 1st one that made sense to them without reading the docs and/or by user recommendation. That\'s usually the way for most software. I guess not many others purposely process a specific set of troubled and typical images through each app and compare as they go. At least I would be a little surprised to find another like myself in that regard. Photoshop+ACR+Bridge is also in the test Que. but not included here as it\'s already popularly known and I dunno why but I place it outside the \"photo-processor app\" category. If I included it my tests would become very complicated but PS+B+ACR would win just like USC is saying below.
I\'ve tested and compared 7 or 8 apps extensively and repeatedly plus another 5 or 6 apps fairly extensively but not so repeatedly. In every category (esthetics, speed, functionality, ease of use, and the biggest IMO - the end result) Capture One either matches or surpasses all others - especially in the end result category. There are demos of just about every app so you can do you\'re own comparisons and tests if you\'d like. Here\'s some links for you: Aperture, SilverFast, PhotoLine, LightRoom, CaptureONE, Photon, RAW Developer, Bible PRO, LightZone, Photo Mechanic, Pixelmator, DXO-Optics, Helicon Filter, Picasa, RAW Therapee, PhotoStudio, SilkyPix. And there\'s probably a few I\'m forgetting too. Keep in mind you\'re probably going to get a different opinion from everyone. I would assume most people have used only one or two apps and probably chose the 1st one that made sense to them without reading the docs and/or by user recommendation. That\'s usually the way for most software. I guess not many others purposely process a specific set of troubled and typical images through each app and compare as they go. At least I would be a little surprised to find another like myself in that regard. Photoshop+ACR+Bridge is also in the test Que. but not included here as it\'s already popularly known.
I\'ve tested and compared 7 or 8 apps extensively and repeatedly plus another 5 or 6 apps fairly extensively but not so repeatedly. In every category (esthetics, speed, functionality, ease of use, and the biggest IMO - the end result) Capture One either matches or surpasses all others - especially in the end result category. There are demos of just about every app so you can do you\'re own comparisons and tests if you\'d like. Here\'s some links for you: Aperture, SilverFast, PhotoLine, LightRoom, CaptureONE, Photon, RAW Developer, Bible PRO, LightZone, Photo Mechanic, Pixelmator, DXO-Optics, Helicon Filter, Picasa, RAW Therapee, PhotoStudio, SilkyPix. And there\'s probably a few I\'m forgetting too. Keep in mind you\'re probably going to get a different opinion from everyone. I would assume most people have used only one or two apps and probably chose the 1st one that made sense to them without reading the docs and/or by user recommendation. That\'s usually the way for most software. I doubt many others purposely process a specific set of troubled and typical images through each app and compare as they go. At least I would be a little surprised to find another like myself in that regard. Photoshop+ACR+Bridge is also in the test Que. but not included here as it\'s already popularly known.
Jan 23, 2009 at 08:25 PM
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Photoshop+ACR+Bridge is also in the test Que. but not included here as it\'s already popularly known and I dunno why but I place it outside the \"photo-processor app\" category. If I included it my tests would become very complicated but PS+B+ACR would win just like USC is saying below.