John_Nevill
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BTW, this is a little OT but I've been meaning to ask if you have tried SilkyPix and what your opinion was. I've been using SilkyPix for a couple of months now and am very pleased, especially with rendered landscapes; this is not to say SilkyPix is only good for one thing and one thing only, just that the program produces noticeably "excellent" landscapes (e.g. nice greens). Also FWIW the program does a good job of detail extraction without a lot of (1) associated noise or (2) the creation of aliasing errors when shooting feathers. Unfortunately SilkyPix is somewhat slow compared to RSP. Anyway, I'm interested in your opinion (assuming you have one), thanks.
Joe
Joe,
I thought it worthwhile starting a new thread on this OT.
Silkypix, I love it, it may be quirky, but even though i'm embedded in LR, I find I return to Silkypix time and time again.
Why?, it renders colours beautifully, has additional colour modes akin to reversal and B&W film.
It has some really nice sharpening algorithms and great control over outline and detail emhasis etc. I also like the fine colour controller, its similar to LR, although less logical.
The lens and aberration controllers are very comprehensive, while the NR functions have false colour control and noise cancellation parameters. I also like the digital shift and rotation functions, simple, yet very useable when combined with the taste (preset) functions.
The only downside is the poor manual and basic image organisation functions.
Once you get your head around the interface its a breeze to use, ironically I don't find it slow, but i'm running an intel C2D at 3Ghz with 3Gig of ram under vista.
I started writing an introductory user guide for Silkypix a few months back and its up to ~80 pages, your welcome to review it before I release it. My intention was to sell it for a notional amount, but I may just put it into the public domain.
Anyhow, its a great RC, have you tried upsizing with it?, I was pleasantly surprised.
Oh and don't forget the notepad function (edit comment), allows you to keep notes on per image basis and stores the info in the sidecars.
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