[QUOTE=LittleSkink;326965]done a search for this topic on forum without success, so apologies if I am restarting an old thread
being a bit tight fisted (well, to be fair I would rather spend my cash on kit than pay for software that some nice people are willing to give away free to show how clever they are
). Only been digital for 3 months with a K10, so this Raw/Edit workflow thing is all pretty new
What I use is below, but interested in knowing if there is better out there, or a REAL good reason why I should pay for something
Raw conversion:
Raw Therapy - seems to be brill, not found any batch processing option yet but mostly use it for single pics anyhow (and there is an option to apply last seetigns to new pic, so it is quite quick for me)
Raw shooter essentials
HRD:
FDR Tools Basic- still learning this stuff but the program does the business for me
Panorama:
Autostitch
Panotools
Hugin
only played with these really, both work well in specific situations where the other might struggle - another key reason I went digital as I always fancied a Fuji 617 but didnt have the cash
Mosaic:
Andrea Mosiac - not managed to get enough pics together to try this yet
This is good.
Editing:
GIMP seems popular but use Elements 2.0 as it came free with my scanner. As I generally try to get the pic right when its taken mostly use this for crops, unsharp and maybe a bit of cloning out nasties
Album:
need one of these soon, so any recommendations welcome here
Jalbum or Multiply
My suggestions but i use not free unless you use torrents, PS3, Photomatix and LR.