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I don't have and can't afford Photoshop at the moment so I'm unable to use the Adobe Camera Raw utility that I understand is the general concensus as the best option in for processing RAW photos.
My S6000fd came with the Fuji FinePix Studio which does a moderately decent job of handling RAW files as long as they can be fixed using the settings already built in to the camera, but it doesn't allow any manual adjustments of exposure levels or white/black points. It also outputs all files at double the in-camera resolution (6mp becomes 12mp) which I suppose is cool if you want to create really large prints, but the 12mp JPEG output files are the same size as the camera's internally processed JPG files. I haven't done any detailed tests yet but that makes me concerned that the RAW>JPG processed pictures won't be as sharp as the files created directly by the camera.
I played around a bit with Google's Picasa, and while it seems like a really nice way to handle photo albums and basic photo management like cropping and rotation, it has even fewer (and less useful) options for processing of RAW photo files.
Are there any free RAW processing programs that are worth the effort? Since I'm using GIMP (it's free
) a plug-in for GIMP that works the way ACR does in Photoshop would be ideal, but it's not required. Or, should I just let FinePix Studio do what it can with the photos and then adjust color temperature and white balance on the JPEG files in GIMP?
My S6000fd came with the Fuji FinePix Studio which does a moderately decent job of handling RAW files as long as they can be fixed using the settings already built in to the camera, but it doesn't allow any manual adjustments of exposure levels or white/black points. It also outputs all files at double the in-camera resolution (6mp becomes 12mp) which I suppose is cool if you want to create really large prints, but the 12mp JPEG output files are the same size as the camera's internally processed JPG files. I haven't done any detailed tests yet but that makes me concerned that the RAW>JPG processed pictures won't be as sharp as the files created directly by the camera.
I played around a bit with Google's Picasa, and while it seems like a really nice way to handle photo albums and basic photo management like cropping and rotation, it has even fewer (and less useful) options for processing of RAW photo files.
Are there any free RAW processing programs that are worth the effort? Since I'm using GIMP (it's free
) a plug-in for GIMP that works the way ACR does in Photoshop would be ideal, but it's not required. Or, should I just let FinePix Studio do what it can with the photos and then adjust color temperature and white balance on the JPEG files in GIMP?
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