Best RAW Editor in the market?

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I would like to ask for the best RAW editor out there, I've been usind C1 Pro and Bibble Pro, but I would like another one, a more flexible one, so when a question strikes my mind I always think of all my friends at Dgrin.
Thank you very much for the attention.

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Milner

I have recently started using i2e for raw conversion....Very happy so far. Easy auto and easy custom adjustments.

claudermilk

There is no "best" converter, only "best for you." They all have trials, so you can find out for yourself. For example, I guarantee there will be a lot of LR recommendations coming--but IMHO it sucks badly. No right or wrong there, just a difference of opinion.

I use Bibble Pro myself, and to me right now overall it's the "best for me." I cannot imagine any other being more flexible, however. With all the built-in options, very robust batching, and all the plugins from Sean and a few others now. I am going to be taking a long, hard look at LightZone when time allows; it has intrigued me & I tried it on a previous PC (yay, new registry allows me a new, second trial), I liked what I saw overall but didn't "get it" with some of the concepts, now I do and wnat ot give it another go.

Ric Grupe

claudermilk wrote:

There is no "best" converter, only "best for you." They all have trials, so you can find out for yourself. For example, I guarantee there will be a lot of LR recommendations coming--but IMHO it sucks badly. No right or wrong there, just a difference of opinion.

I use Bibble Pro myself, and to me right now overall it's the "best for me." I cannot imagine any other being more flexible, however. With all the built-in options, very robust batching, and all the plugins from Sean and a few others now. I am going to be taking a long, hard look at LightZone when time allows; it has intrigued me & I tried it on a previous PC (yay, new registry allows me a new, second trial), I liked what I saw overall but didn't "get it" with some of the concepts, now I do and wnat ot give it another go.

Just tried the new and improved version of Bibble Pro. Has a lot of options, that's for sure. I want a raw convertor...not an image editor.

I've tried them all...and as much as I dislike Adobe, I have to say that Lightroom is elegant, powerful, and costs way too much.

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Thank you very much for all of your recomendations.

And yes, I think I'll stick to Bibble as my main RAW editor, and I say editor because I don't just convert it to a 16bit TIFF for nothing, I think some simple adjustments can help a little bit, anyways, thank you all for your answers, you cleared my mind, specially you claudermilk

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arodney

Depends on what you want. Pure rendering quality? Raw Developer (Mac only) is my gold standard. But I use Lightroom for all the real work because its a production workhorse for me. I know some don't like it (I don't care that much for Aperture although there are some seriously cool features). Raw Developer can't handle a fraction of what LR can but if all I want is the best possible, most film like rendering, or I'm testing rendering quality, its RD that I use. So you need to define your needs a lot more. For me, the DAM capabilities of LR make it a must have. Love the print module. But I sure wish the rendering were closer to RD.