Software Recommendations

[HDNitehawk]

cls thanks, it has always appeared to me that the only thing I gain with LR would be a more stream lined workflow. I have CS5 and use bridge for sorting now. But my opinion of Adobe software is this, "any software that you can go to college and get a degree to use is not user friendly".

I am going to throw another software point out:

I own both the PIXMA Pro 9500 Mark II and Pro 9000 Mark II. If I process a file (JPG) from my Canon Camera using my Canon Lens using Canon's DPP software, then I print it off on either of these Canon printers using Canon paper, it comes out looking just like it does on the screen.

If I print a JPG processed with Adobe, it is hit or miss. It may come out as it appears on the screen or it may not. Most of the time it does not.

It gets worse if you try and print picture from Photoshop. It is even more hit and miss printing from Photoshop than if you open up Easy-Photo Print for the Canon printer.

I haven't figured this one out yet. Why wouldn't all JPEGS print the same.

[jrw]

I am going to throw another software point out:

I own both the PIXMA Pro 9500 Mark II and Pro 9000 Mark II. If I process a file (JPG) from my Canon Camera using my Canon Lens using Canon's DPP software, then I print it off on either of these Canon printers using Canon paper, it comes out looking just like it does on the screen.

If I print a JPG processed with Adobe, it is hit or miss. It may come out as it appears on the screen or it may not. Most of the time it does not.

It gets worse if you try and print picture from Photoshop. It is even more hit and miss printing from Photoshop than if you open up Easy-Photo Print for the Canon printer.

I haven't figured this one out yet. Why wouldn't all JPEGS print the same.[/QUOTE]


Printing with different software packages requires being careful with the settings in the software and also in the drivers for the printer. Places to start would be matching the colour spaces, checking which colour profiles each piece of the system are using, and also whether the settings for controlling the colours in the software or the printer drivers are consistent across all of the software packages used. Do recall spending some time setting things up the last time I bought a new printer and making at least one or two test prints before getting consistent results for all of my software packages.

It may get a bit tedious driving down through menu options but the results will be worth it.

Jeff