RAW converters

[ehasler]

With the imminent arrival of my DSLR, I've been taking a look at the different RAW converters that you can get.

It looks like the good ones are Capture One, Canon DPP and the standard converter with PS CS, plus I've heard good things about Breeze Browser too.

I'm not sure I've got the time to try them all out, as I'd imagine you need to spend a fair bit of time on each one to get to grips with their features, so thought I'd be lazy and ask here

So, are any of these particularly good in certain areas, or are they all much of a muchness?

I've got PS CS already, and will be getting Canon DPP with the camera, so really I'd like to know whether there are any benefits to upgrading to Capture One or Breeze Browser, or indeed any other that I've not mentioned.

[pug406]

You can download a RAW Plud-in for CS from the Adobe site FOC

HTH

Dave

[ehasler]

RAW support is actually standard with PS CS - it was only PS 7 that needed the plug in. I'm mainly interested in whether the ones that you have to pay for are better than the ones I don't have to pay for

[stringer_m]

I have tried the Photoshop CS one, Capture One and the DPP one - of them all I find Capture One in most cases to be the superior but...Photoshop CS is so close that the advantage offered by the integration into the product and the attendant benefit to the workflow outways the small C1 quality advantage (in my humble opinion!).

[Bee_Jay]

Adobe Camera RAW 2.4 is available for CS and 7, since it is an update to include new cameras and formats over and above those supported by CS at install...

[simpo two]

Bee_Jay said:

Adobe Camera RAW 2.4 is available for CS and 7, since it is an update to include new cameras and formats over and above those supported by CS at install...

That would explain why I have CS but still needed a plug-in to read NEF files.