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Sad to say but Adobe is falling behind features that are available in third party raw converters.
In particular I would recommend RAW shooters check out Bibble and Raw Shooter. Bibble has some features in particular for drawing out detail from slightly underexposed/overexposed areas that are much simpler to use, although not necessarily better, than what I am able to achieve strictly using CS2.
I also find myself using several independent plug-ins to simplify processing, for example some of the Nik filters, and increasingly question why much of this functionality is not already available in a product that costs as much as Photoshop. Personally I think a large proportion of the "art" filters in Photoshop are useless junk that have been in there since the early days when they had a genuine "gee whiz" quality. I presume CS3 is due imminently, based on recent Adobe product marketing cycles, and that a beefed up raw converter will be part of the package. Personally, I would prefer that Adobe split off the web design features from Photoshop and invest more in the photoprocessing part of the package.
In particular I would recommend RAW shooters check out Bibble and Raw Shooter. Bibble has some features in particular for drawing out detail from slightly underexposed/overexposed areas that are much simpler to use, although not necessarily better, than what I am able to achieve strictly using CS2.
I also find myself using several independent plug-ins to simplify processing, for example some of the Nik filters, and increasingly question why much of this functionality is not already available in a product that costs as much as Photoshop. Personally I think a large proportion of the "art" filters in Photoshop are useless junk that have been in there since the early days when they had a genuine "gee whiz" quality. I presume CS3 is due imminently, based on recent Adobe product marketing cycles, and that a beefed up raw converter will be part of the package. Personally, I would prefer that Adobe split off the web design features from Photoshop and invest more in the photoprocessing part of the package.
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