Hi,

After all the good reviews I am nearly pursuaded to purchase QImage but have a question before deciding which edition to buy.  One of the features that the Studio edition has above the Pro version is the copyright/signatures (graphical) function.  This feature is not available in the demo because it runs on Pro mode so there's no way I can test it on the demo version.  I see that there is a "floating text" function that can be used to add certain info on photos.  Can I use this feature as a way of putting copyright info on photos but obviously only in a textual format or is this feature not meant for this use?  If I purchase the Pro edition and I see after a while of using it that there are a significant amount of features that I would like to have that are only available in the Studio edition, may I then upgrade to the Studio edition?  If allowed, what would the upgrade fee be? Perhaps just the price difference between the Pro and Studio editions? Thanks for the help
Andre

Thanks for clarifying the floating text part Fred. Most of the time I use a textual copyright signature on my prints but only very seldom I use a graphical one.  It contains my name and website address for self promotion basically and for insuring the buyer can contact me in the future for future business.

I do indeed shoot in RAW and sell my work.  I use and love LR for processing my RAW files into TIFF.  Almost every image that leaves my printer goes through some photoshopping. Also the catalogue functions of LR is outstanding.  What advantage would there be to process RAW files with QImage instead of LR? Would QImage give better quality TIFF files than LR?

Sorry for asking so many questions but you know how it is when an old dog has to learn new tricks.

Thanks

Hi Andre,

If you use and love lightroom, then you probably will not want to use qimage for raw processing. If, in particular, you save tiff files for archival purposes, there is not much  benefit with qimage raw processing/printing from raw - some camera raws it does not handle anyway, and for difficult images you do not have the same fiddly controls that you get in specific raw converters - like Bridge, Bibble, LR, whatever, so you can't always get the best from the raw file. Of course, that doesn't matter in many cases. If you are not careful, you end up with a raw file, and a number of associated additional files for each raw processor you use on an image. But, definitely buy the studio edition - the price difference is not much, and if you sell your prints, then just sell one more print to pay for it. You then know that you have the best version there is, and you get access to the 'secret forum' on here. Plus, the real biggy, if you sell prints, it does some canvas wraps, which the lesser versions do not.

Best wishes,

Ray

Of course you can use Studio without the profile. The profile is icing on the cake.
Why such a convoluted needed workflow?
Cropping of the print can be done in Qimage without any need to crop the image.
Cropping of the image if you like to do that is done with a tiny filter and again requires no extra file being made, nor any concern for size.
The correct way to use Qimage is to open Qimage to your folder with your images from your card.
Qimage will auto develop your Raw files using its auto developing. Most images will not need any further adjusting, but if you like to tweak, as I do, you go to REFINE, and use the choice of 10 possible exposure adjustments, plus a special FILL light algorithm that works as plus or minus, and white balance.

If you need further tweaking, such as saturation, Levels, Curves, extra sharpening Unsharp Mask, contrast, horizon straightening, image cropping, and much more, you put your image into what is called the Batch screen, (same as Image Editor).

Let's say that you have a customer that wants an 11 x 14, an 8 x 10, a 5 x 7, and 4 wallet sizes.
No need to fuss with the image and create sized crops.
Just place the image into the queue, select the print size/ sizes, go to the Full Page Editor screen where you can crop the prints for the size ratio you have selected.
In other words, crop the 8 x 10 as you see fit, crop the 11 x 14 as you see fit, and the 5 x 7 as you see fit.
These crops will be different since the aspect ratio of the three sizes are different.

Qimage will remember the crops in case you need to reproduce another exact copy, as well as never making extra files, nor doing anything to the original raw.
No need to make three tiffs.
All your bases are covered.

Fred

PS Qimage has a Rating system which you can use to select the best and second best............ from your folder of shots. That will show up in the thumbnail section and you can see in a blink which ones you chose for printing.

That's what we do best.... and bear in mind, that Mike Chaney, the author of Qimage lurks around here from time to time, so if I can't come up with an answer, nor any of the experts on here, you might just get a reply from the author.
Fred

Thanks Terry,

I have just purchased and downloaded the Studio Edition.  I will try it out tonight (still two hours away from going home here in South Africa) and see what I get.  I'll first play with the RAW convertor without the custom profile.

I'll speak to you all soon...

Hi Ray,
I see what you mean, I'll just t have to make sure I keep a copy of Qimage SE 
At some point , everyone will have to copy their CD &  DVD archives to Blue Ray disc, or whatever is the latest stable medium available. 
Terry

up and coming - the jury is still out on that - but is a bit more future proofed than raw, but still allows stuff to be hidden away, if the camera maker prefers. never to be unscrambled apart from proprietary software, which may not be available in a few years time.

Best wishes,

Ray