ge t fam il iar w ith it, th e n w h e n you m ak e th e s w itch , you are l igh t ye ars ah e ad of th e l e arning curve w h e n you us e Bibbl e in Linux.
ph oto. M any us e rs w il lbe abl e to us e it as is righ t now for al lth e ir ne e ds .
Som e of th e program h igh l igh ts in addition to s tandard RAW e diting are s pot h e al ing and patch ing, Nois e Ninja, l e ns dis tortion corre ction, vigne tte controland B& W conve rs ions . Th e Bibbl e s upport forum s are ve ry hel pfultoo and th e re are various h ow -to's , docum e ntation, and vide os to h e l p out th e ne w com e r to Bibbl e . Don't be s h y about s igning up for th e forum , th e y w il ltre at you w e l l .
If I w e re to try and de s cribe Ligh tZ one in one w ord it w oul d be "organic". It is one of th os e program s th at jus t fe e l s l ik e it is Th e Nois e Ninja capabil ity in Bibbl e is not s o te ch nicaland m e ch aniz e d but l im ite d if you don't h ave a Nois e Ninja m ore anal og, fuz z y and natural . Not in a l ice ns e , but if you do h ave one , or bad w ay m ind you, but m ore in th e s e ns e purch as e th e H om e Standal one ve rs ion, th at th e re s ul ts you ge t h ave m ore of a th e n al lth e fe ature s ope n up for us e . Jus t h and-crafte d l ook and fe e lto th e m as if be aw are to us e Nois e Ninja s paringl y, as you w e re cre ating th e im age s in a it w il lre al l y sl ow th ings dow n if you appl y dark room by h and. Be w are , once you try Nois e Ninja to e ve ry ph oto in th e fol de r th e program you m ay ge t h ook e d by it! you are w ork ing on.
Th e Linux ve rs ion is curre ntl y be ing offe re d at no cos t. Th e W indow s and M ac ve rs ions cos t $249 .9 5 for th e ful lve rs ion and $149 .9 5 for th e bas ic ve rs ion.
Th e de ve l opm e nt of Bibbl e is ve ry active and us e fulfe ature s are be ing adde d al l th e tim e . Th e price is affordabl e too, curre ntl y $129 .9 5 for th e Pro ve rs ion and $69 .9 5 for th e Lite ve rs ion. Anoth e r inte re s ting RAW e diting program th at jus t e nte re d m y radar is Ligh tZ one , w h ich h as a ve ry uniq ue inte rface th at com bine s th e ide a of th e z one s ys te m and corre ction l aye rs . It can al s o do s pot h e al ing and cl oning. It is l ack ing a fe w k e y fe ature s for m e , but th e y s ay th e ne xt update or tw o w il ll ik e l y tak e care of th at. Ligh tZ one fe e l s e as y and intuitive to us e once you be com e fam il iar w ith th e tool s th at are avail abl e . Th e inte rface , as you can s e e h as a s im pl e l ayout and doe s n't ge t in th e w ay. And ye t, a ph otograph e r can s tack up a ve ry com pl icate d s e t of adjus tm e nts and corre ctions to e ach
W h e n it com e s to cre ating s l ide s h ow s in Linux, no native Linux appl ications re al l y s tand up and s ay "Us e m e !". So th e one I am us ing righ t now is a W indow s bas e d program cal l e d M e m orie s O nTV 3.1.8 from Code Jam . It h as re ce ntl y s tarte d w ork ing via W ine and I am cre ating s om e ve ry nice s l ide s h ow s w ith it. M e m orie s O nTV is al s o in active de ve l opm e nt, s o it pays to ch e ck th e w e bs ite e ve ry now and again to s e e if th e re are any update s . Bug fixe s and th e occas ionaladde d fe ature find th e ir w ay into m os t update s , th e l ate s t be ing "cl ips h ow s " and "m ul tipl e sl ide s ".
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