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16  Mike's Software / Qimage Ultimate / Re: Sigma X3F raw files from Sigma DP2 unsupported?? on: December 08, 2010, 03:07:45 PM
It seems that Sigma has encrypted the raw data. This will be my first and last Sigma camera. What a pity, because the small Sigma DP2 with the APS sensor delivers an excellent image quality.
Discussion about Sigma DP2 raw file format: http://www.flickr.com/groups/sigma-dp2/discuss/72157624462103697/

Anyway, the latest release of Lightroom seems to work, also the color profile from Colorchecker Passport works.
17  Mike's Software / Qimage Ultimate / Floating Text: Alignment with guide lines to the ruler? on: December 08, 2010, 11:14:18 AM
I'm aware of the aligning option of floating text (left, right, center) which works fine. On the screenshot the text is centered horizontal, but to align the text vertical in the weighted border (cutout frame) I can only drag the text up and down without any reference to the ruler at the left side of the editor. Would it be possible to add something like a guide line in Photoshop. When I click on the text icon to drag the text there should be a horizontal/vertical guide line for precise alignment of the floating text.

Maybe there is another workaround, or would it be possible to do the alignment of the text in the bigger window of the image editor?
18  Mike's Software / Qimage Ultimate / Sigma X3F raw files from Sigma DP2 unsupported?? on: December 08, 2010, 09:46:42 AM
It seems that Sigma X3F raw files from the Sigma DP2 are not supported in Qimage Ultimate 2011-105. Is there perhaps a workaround to print directly from the raw file?
19  Mike's Software / Qimage Ultimate / Re: Evaluation impressions on: October 15, 2010, 11:35:10 AM
@halftone: It seems that we will both getting old with Qimage 2010.209.   Grin
20  Mike's Software / Qimage Studio Edition (archived) / Re: Feature request: High precision sizing/positioning in metric mode (0.1mm) on: August 24, 2010, 04:14:51 PM
I gave that some thought when I was working on it for Ultimate but it's not in the plans for Lite/Pro/Studio right now.  The problem is that the change required a lot of small changes all over the UI which itself has been changed quite a bit in Ultimate. 

Thanks for your reply, Mike. That's understandable. Maybe it's easier to strip the RAW module from Qimage Ultimate to offer a Qimage Ultimate Print version...
Excuse me, I better should hold my fingers away from the keyboard...!  Roll Eyes
21  Mike's Software / Qimage Studio Edition (archived) / Feature request: High precision sizing/positioning in metric mode (0.1mm) on: August 17, 2010, 12:28:47 PM
Would it be possible to have high precision sizing/positioning in metric mode (0.1mm) also in the future Qimage Studio Edition v2010.210 ?
22  Mike's Software / Qimage Ultimate / Re: Some grumbling going on over here... on: August 17, 2010, 12:25:55 PM
Looking at the features what I want in my Qimage Studio Edition from the features of Qimage Ultimate is:
- New streamlined user interface                          
- Tone targeted sharpening: selective sharpening                   
- High precision sizing/positioning in metric mode (0.1mm)

However, I will try Qimage Ultimate after the holidays, but I don't need a new RAW converter, I want just these 3 features above from Qimage Ultimate.
An annual subscription edition of Qimage Studio with the "ultimate printing updates" wouldn't be a bad thing, just my 2 cents to this thread.
23  Mike's Software / Qimage Ultimate / Re: Q Ultimate - my thought on: July 28, 2010, 07:51:11 AM
...and don't forget the ongoing work at the alpha version of Qimage Digital Magazine Solution (see http://www.adobe.com/digitalpublishingCheesy
24  Mike's Software / Qimage Ultimate / Re: Qimage Ultimate: mini FAQ on: July 28, 2010, 07:46:58 AM
By not getting Q Ultimate a user will miss out on future enhancements to the printing features.  Embarrassed
See http://ddisoftware.com/tech/qimage-ultimate/qimage-ultimate-mini-faq/new/?topicseen#new, Mike's first post.
Terry

Terry got exactly the point. I (= Qimage Studio user) would like to update/upgrade to Qimage Ultimate for the printing workflow. My complete raw & archive workflow is locked in Lightroom (which works great).
25  Mike's Software / Qimage Ultimate / Re: Qimage Ultimate: mini FAQ on: July 27, 2010, 07:42:07 AM
No discount for existing long time Qimage users. I can understand it but I'm not happy with this statement.  Embarrassed

But what about splitting Qimage Ultimate in two editions, one version without raw features, and the other version with raw enabled?

Working with raw files and metadata to retrieve images in Lightroom for me (and probably many other users) it is useless to add another raw converter. With Lightroom 3 we got lens profiles, I use the X-Rite Colorchecker Passport to create camera profiles for various light situations and settings. My output is a 16 bit tiff file that will be refined with Silver Efex or Viveza from Nik Software in Photoshop. And at the same time Lightroom is THE management tool for my image archive. Using Qimage Ultimate as a raw converter I would split another time the archive management from the raw workflow - a no go for me.

So, what about a Qimage Ultimate Print edition without raw features?
26  Mike's Software / Qimage / Re: Sigma DP2 raw files unreadable by Qimage on: June 13, 2010, 03:06:32 PM
Thanks Ray. I will probably convert to DNG (with an embedded X3F raw file) to use custom profiles made with Colorchecker Passport in Lightroom. This will be my first and last Sigma camera until they open their crippled raw or switch to DNG like Leica, Sinar and others.
27  Mike's Software / Qimage / Sigma DP2 raw files unreadable by Qimage on: June 11, 2010, 07:23:09 AM
Qimage can't read the raw files from the Sigma DP2. The raw support for Sigma DP files is probably not available in Qimage. Would it be possible to add this raw format or is it too much work?

Some good soul has decoded the DP format for a monochrome raw converter, the article is here at:
http://www.keithmathome.co.uk/dataformat30.html
28  Technical Discussions / Cameras / Re: Sigma Dp2 on: June 04, 2010, 07:20:15 AM
Oh, a DP2 corner in the forum. We've got a used DP2 two days ago after sorting out a bunch of P&S cameras. Reidreviews has a very good review with image examples from the Panasonic GF1, the Sigma DP2 and the Leica X1. So our choice was a used DP2 for 350 € and not the Leica X1 for 1500 €.

If it helps, MonoVeon from KeithM is a monochrome Foveon X3F Convertor for Sigma, it can be found at http://www.keithmathome.co.uk/monoveon.html
Another software page is from Arvo Jägel (maybe for Mike Chaney) is at http://www.stv.ee/~donq/dcraw.htm - but DP1/DP1s/DP2 cameras are not (yet) supported.

Right now I used Sigma Photo Pro 4 for conversions to monochrome images. The real candy in this software is the X3 Fill Light feature, see http://www.foveon.com/article.php?a=73
29  Mike's Software / Qimage / Re: layout and edges problem on: April 01, 2010, 01:09:22 PM
Printing more and more images for custom made folios I ended up preparing the final images in Photoshop. Adding a larger border at the bottom and two lines of centered text at a fixed position is easer to do Photoshop as in Qimage. The final prints look like the folios of Brooks Jensen.
Example: http://lenswork.com/workshops/FolioSample5/FolioSample5.html

Brooks Jensen has also a fine tutorial on DVD about creating these folios, he uses Indesign to combine the image with text.
http://www.lenswork.com/workshops/folios.html
30  Mike's Software / Qimage / Re: Setting Output Levels (white/black point) on: December 01, 2009, 12:53:08 PM
Thanks a lot Fred. Qimage is full of features - but it's quite difficult to find theme. I think I have to study the whole manual during the Christmas holidays.
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