ACDSee Pro 2.5, Key Differences between PM 2009 and Pro 2.5
The key differences between Pro 2.5 and Photo Manager 2009 are:
With
Pro 2.5 you can process and develop RAW images. With PM 2009 you can only view
them. RAW processing is important to owners of Digital SLR cameras who
sometimes or always shoot in RAW.
With
Pro 2.5, you can batch process adjustments to your images. This is a
valuable time-saver for professional and advanced amateur
photographers.
With
Pro 2.5, you have more advanced image editing controls, like the Light EQ
and Advanced tab in Shadow/Highlights, and the Channel Mixer, with
which you can create richer black & white images. This is important
to professionals and advanced amateur photographers who want precise
control over image adjustments.
Digital cameras have processors in them. This converts the image into a jpg so that it can be viewed on your computer.
Digital
SLR (single lens reflex) cameras have the ability to take RAW images.
This means that the processor isn't being used in the camera.
Remember
when you took photos with a camera & got the negatives? They needed
to send it through a processor to create prints.
Well,
RAW images are like negatives. They need to be processed to achieve the
jpg image. You can view the RAW images in both ACDSee 10 & Pro 2,
but ACDSee Pro 2 allows you to process them & edit them. Other
programs that are similar are Aperture, Lightshop, etc.
Why take RAW images?
There are a number of advantages:
it allows the photographer to make changes to the image before the final jpg is created
the RAW image can't be saved over - so your original image is always maintained
Some of the disadvantages:
a jpg is required to print the image
RAW images ( files are quite large), so it's helpful to have large memory cards
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