Selfportrait and RAW handling
At the moment I use Canon’s EOSViewer Utillity and The GIMP for RAW handelling. While I need to figure out how to use The GIMP without getting heaps of artefacts/noise, I get quite often strange artefacts that are white curves that follow the light within a picture. To give an example, look at this selfportrait (not the best portrait as my eyes are crossing). The first picture is using The GIMP:
The second one is using Canon’s software and then cropping it slightly in Photoshop:
Any suggestions to how NOT to get these white curve-artefacts with Canon’s software? What kind of RAW handelling software do you prefer, and what do the pictures look like after you’ve exported them to jpeg?
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Hi.
I normally use the Canon software too (EOS 300D owner).
However, I am thinking of getting Capture One instead. It costs $99 but I have only heard good things about it.
The workflow in the Canon stuff is appalling, it really slows me down. Capture One supposedly gives better quality too.
I tried dcraw but it was unable to extract White Balance info from the picture which made it useless for me.
I’ve not noticed any of those artifacts on my photos (which can be seen on my site).