Anybody wants to split cost with me? Gary Fong BullzEye 3

[Kelly Grannell]

I want to test Gary Fong's new colour correction program. It looks like it's better than Photoshop for 3 reasons:

1. It can queue images so you don't have to open images, fix them, save, open another image etc. it's all done automatically.

2. It can EXPAND the histogram so pictures that are overexposed can be salvaged

3. It can also do automatic colour correction and noise reduction (if necessary) by a using batch process. You point it to the folder you want to colour correct, click batch process, you just leave your computer and go to bed. The next morning everything is (supposedly) perfect.

The program is US$150 to download and no trial version so I'm inviting people who wants to try this program to split the cost with me. If the program works as well as they claimed, I personally will buy another copy and pay the full price for it and I strongly suggest you to do the same.


Here's the link to that program description.

 

[JR6ooo4]

Boy, you buy all the tricks!
Did the kodak actions not do what this program does?

Mikeeee

 

[Kelly Grannell]

not automatically. For weddings, concerts, just in case I have to touch up the colours, I will still have to do it one by one and it's taking too much of my time.

This way I don't have to do custom white balance when I'm taking the picture (which takes more time) and just keep taking pictures, let everything done by the BullzEye3.

 

[Anewman]

not automatically. For weddings, concerts, just in case I have to touch up the colours, I will still have to do it one by one and it's taking too much of my time.

This way I don't have to do custom white balance when I'm taking the picture (which takes more time) and just keep taking pictures, let everything done by the BullzEye3.

Shooting in RAW does this EXACTLY.

Adjust WB on one image and apply those wb settings to any other image/folder(shot in same lighting of course). Does not take all night, 15 secs tops. Use an eydropper to select a white object, just like with this software.

I watched the video in your link, I think everything can be done by PHOTOSHOP and maybe even faster. Maybe I am just from the "never use AUTO" school of photography, I just dont let the computer or camera decide what my images are supposed to look like.

With actions, Photoshop will do anything you want to a batch. Simple as clicking one button.

 

[PaulD]

That program looks exactly like Pictocolor's iCorrect Edit Lab Pro. Maybe I'm wrong but it looks like the same interface. Check out www.Pictocolor.com to see what I mean. I actually have a very old version of the Pictocolor software which really works great. The newer version has many more options that I've never tried but I can grey balance and then balance for skin tones, vegetation, and the sky. It's really unique and it actually works pretty well. You can download a trial of this one. You might want try this before you shell out $150.

Actually, now that I've looked closer on the Bullzeye page I noticed that he mentions that it uses technology from Pictographics. You should go to the source on this one especially since Pictocolor (Pictographics new name) only charges $99 and they offer a version that is a plugin for Photoshop.

 

[PaulD]

Shooting in RAW does this EXACTLY.

Adjust WB on one image and apply those wb settings to any other image/folder(shot in same lighting of course). Does not take all night, 15 secs tops. Use an eydropper to select a white object, just like with this software.

I watched the video in your link, I think everything can be done by PHOTOSHOP and maybe even faster. Maybe I am just from the "never use AUTO" school of photography, I just dont let the computer or camera decide what my images are supposed to look like.

With actions, Photoshop will do anything you want to a batch. Simple as clicking one button.

Not exactly. This software can do some really interesting things with color. It can selectively balance different colors like skin tones for example. It's more sophisticated than simple white balance. Like I said above, I have a very old version of this software but mine is very easy to use and they've obviously upgraded the capabilities since then. It does have some auto functions but you also can have very precise control of the adjustments if you choose.

 

[Anewman]

That program looks exactly like Pictocolor's iCorrect Edit Lab Pro. Maybe I'm wrong but it looks like the same interface. Check out www.Pictocolor.com to see what I mean. I actually have a very old version of the Pictocolor software which really works great. The newer version has many more options that I've never tried but I can grey balance and then balance for skin tones, vegetation, and the sky. It's really unique and it actually works pretty well. You can download a trial of this one. You might want try this before you shell out $150.

Actually, now that I've looked closer on the Bullzeye page I noticed that he mentions that it uses technology from Pictographics. You should go to the source on this one especially since Pictocolor (Pictographics new name) only charges $99 and they offer a version that is a plugin for Photoshop.

And they have a DEMO version. Yes it does look very similar.

 

[Kelly Grannell]

Anewman,

I agree with you, but even with RAW, I still have to sit in front of the PC converting everything one by one (I don't have a fast enough PC to load all the pictures at once and do a batch). This program allows me to point to a folder and it will automatically queue the picture files and re-save them under a different name without the need of me being in front of the PC at all.

PaulD,
thanks for the link. I'll try it out. Again, going back to my slow PC, supposedly (according to Gary Fong site), this is a standalone program, so it's not piggybacking on a memory and CPU hogging Photoshop CS. I'll try this program on Monday and see what it can do. Thanks a lot for the advice.

 

[Anewman]

Not exactly. This software can do some really interesting things with color. It can selectively balance different colors like skin tones for example. It's more sophisticated than simple white balance. Like I said above, I have a very old version of this software but mine is very easy to use and they've obviously upgraded the capabilities since then. It does have some auto functions but you also can have very precise control of the adjustments if you choose.

Kelly mentioned using it to adjust White Balance in a certain way.

I consider Photoshop to also be more sophisticated than simple white balance.

It also allows very precise control, and if you save those adjustments as an action you can apply them to any image with one click.


Not putting it down just a "different strokes" thing.

 

[Anewman]

Anewman,

I agree with you, but even with RAW, I still have to sit in front of the PC converting everything one by one (I don't have a fast enough PC to load all the pictures at once and do a batch). This program allows me to point to a folder and it will automatically queue the picture files and re-save them under a different name without the need of me being in front of the PC at all.

Not trying to convert you, But this can also be done with RAW files(exposure parameters on auto). Rawshooter essentials/pro comes to mind, it converts to a file format of your choice if you save to jpeg they are first generation jpegs not recompressed. Does not require a super PC either.

 

[Kelly Grannell]

Anewman, where can I buy that program, or more importantly, where can I see the full description of what the program can do?

PaulD, I tried going and reading the write-up about that program you mentioned, but I can't seem to find the histogram expander mentioned anywhere. Did I missed it?

 

[PaulD]

I haven't compared them feature to feature. Maybe Gary Fong has expanded on the program with his own features. I just recognized the interface and thought that he may have just rebranded it with a price premium. I don't know.

 

[Anewman]

Anewman, where can I buy that program, or more importantly, where can I see the full description of what the program can do?

PaulD, I tried going and reading the write-up about that program you mentioned, but I can't seem to find the histogram expander mentioned anywhere. Did I missed it?

Rawshooter Essentials is FREE, But they have PREMIUM(pro) version that they sell. Downside is that they do not support the 30D yet(it is in BETA).
http://www.pixmantec.com/products/rawshooter_essentials.asp

Here is a video that someone put together. Video

Now I used this early on, at that time Rawshooter was ahead of the game IMO. Adobe has now implemented many of the features that Rawshooter brought to the table, and since ACR(Adobe Camera Raw) works so seemlessly with photoshop... But both are great converters.