Originally posted by exposeric Today I've seen, that there is a difference in detail resolution/definition between processing a DNG file to jpg with On1 and Digital Camera Utility 5.
Would this really be an advantage to open all DNG in Digital Camera Utility 5 instead of opening in On1?
Does anybody made a similar experience and could give an advice for optimal processing DNG-files?
Cheers
Eric
I find it varies a lot with what demosaic'ing engine you are running. Some softwares give you more than one option and I personally like AMaZE.
I know I get a little bit more detail out of RawTherapee with my K-3 than I get from DarkTable 3.4 (using AMaZE on both). That was only pixel peeping. I now have DarkTable 3.6 and processed only a few K200D files with it so far - but their handling of AMaZE did not change so I don't think I'd get any extra detail from it.
My results from Corel Aftershot 3 are horrid, I don't use this anymore except for the Perfectly Clear algorithms ("clearing" and denoising) on JPEGs.
And to think that back when I used the first version of Corel Aftershot Pro, the colors I used to get were better and more accurate than RawTherapee and DCU 5. Rawtherapee has come a long way since, and I no longer have the original Corel Aftershot Pro to install - if I did I could at least still use it with my K10D and K200D. I don't think it could handle anything larger than 16MP files with its old 32-bit monoprocessor engine.
Either way, I'm pretty happy with RawTherapee at the moment, and on the few files I need to clean up dust and do retouches that RawTherapee can't do, I happily use DarkTable, as the difference between these two isn't all that huge.