Microsoft Fhotoroom

adot45

Senior Member
I did a search in this forum for this program but found nothing. By any chance does anyone use this program?
Thank You, Dave
 

adot45

Senior Member
Had never heard of it.

I hadn't either Needa. I was looking in the MS store for photo editing programs and saw it, I use it but for NEF files you have to buy a package....and it only says something like "buy package"....doesn't say what the price is and I'm not clicking on any buy it now stuff without knowing the price.....I don't want any unpleasant surprises.....::what::
 

Needa

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Challenge Team
I use it but for NEF files you have to buy a package....

So that's the catch.

Most carts allow you to back out after you have clicked the purchase button and see the price. Tried Nikon's software? Some here use it.
 

adot45

Senior Member
So that's the catch.

Most carts allow you to back out after you have clicked the purchase button and see the price. Tried Nikon's software? Some here use it.

OK, I went back to the program and poked around and it turns out that there are 8 or 10 filters...like plugins (moody, duotone, HDR, etc.) for the program that range in price from free to $1.99 or you can get the complete set of them for $7.99.....a mere piffling. Seems like a deal to me just to have another editing program. I do have the Nikon software but really lack the patience to to stick with it long enough to really learn it. This little adventure started this morning when I was searching for the stitching program I used to use, Microsoft ICE , (Image composite editor)

Thanks Needa
 

Needa

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Challenge Team
OK, I went back to the program and poked around and it turns out that there are 8 or 10 filters...like plugins (moody, duotone, HDR, etc.) for the program that range in price from free to $1.99 or you can get the complete set of them for $7.99.....a mere piffling. Seems like a deal to me just to have another editing program. I do have the Nikon software but really lack the patience to to stick with it long enough to really learn it. This little adventure started this morning when I was searching for the stitching program I used to use, Microsoft ICE , (Image composite editor)

Thanks Needa

Do you have the Nikon codec installed on your system? Or is one of those plug-ins specificity for NEF files?

https://downloadcenter.nikonimglib.com/en/download/sw/97.html
 

adot45

Senior Member
I have view NX and the other Nikon program installed....when I drag a NEF photo into fhotoroom now, it opens whereas it wouldn't before.
Should I install the RAW codec too..?

edit: Oh I see what you mean. Yes, one of the filters or plugins was specifically for NEF files.
 
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Bob Blaylock

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This little adventure started this morning when I was searching for the stitching program I used to use, Microsoft ICE , (Image composite editor)

That doesn't appear to be on the Microsoft Store. It is still available at its official web site, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/image-composite-editor/. It hasn't been updated for many years, now.

Some time ago, it stopped working correctly for me, started putting odd, regularly-spaced triangular artifacts in the finished images. Multiple attempts at deleting it and clean-reinstalling it failed to resolve the problem.

A few months ago, my main hard drive crapped out. One hope I had was that with a clean install of Windows 10, followed by a clean install of ICE, that it would work properly again. No such luck. Anyone else have any experiences to report with recent attempts to use ICE, for good or ill? I suppose if very much comes of my query, it should be moved to a separate thread, but it seems that the answer is that it is just a dead product, broken by recent versions of Windows, and isn't going to be fixed. I very much hate to lose it, as it was a very powerful and useful program, matched by no other than I know of.
 

adot45

Senior Member
Try this link Bob, I haven't installed it yet but wanted to post this before I lost it. It (MS) claims to work on win10.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/res...tography-applications/image-composite-editor/

If this newer version of ICE doesn't work on win10 it might be worthwhile to drag an old computer out of the closet that has an older windows version. Also there is the use of running ICE in compatibility mode on win10. I am going to try and find the best/easiest solution for running this as I agree with you that it is a very powerful and useful program. I looked up the thread on here about "posting your vertical stitched photos" and saw that I last used ICE in 2015 but I don't remember what version of windows I was using at the time.

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Here was that thread: https://nikonites.com/landscape/843...photos.html?highlight=stitching#axzz6S252joNh
 
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Bob Blaylock

Senior Member
Re: Microsoft ICE

It turns out that ICE, as currently installed on my system, shows these artifacts when the results are previewed, but not in the final output. I'm pretty sure that at some point in the past, it was producing final output containing these artifacts as well. After my rebuild, I surely saw these artifacts at that stage, and assumed they would be in the final output as well, and didn't bother to save it.

ICE_Artifacts.jpg
 

Woodyg3

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Contributor
I wouldn't bother with this, if I were you. Lightroom/Photoshop for $10 a month will be constantly up to date for new cameras and will be around in the future when other programs have come and gone. Just my 2 cents. :)
 

Bob Blaylock

Senior Member
I wouldn't bother with this, if I were you. Lightroom/Photoshop for $10 a month will be constantly up to date for new cameras and will be around in the future when other programs have come and gone. Just my 2 cents. :)

For me, having to pay on an ongoing basis, in perpetuity, to keep using a program that I ought to have to pay for only once and be able to use thereafter, is a huge dealbreaker.
 

Woodyg3

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Contributor
For me, having to pay on an ongoing basis, in perpetuity, to keep using a program that I ought to have to pay for only once and be able to use thereafter, is a huge dealbreaker.

I understand that argument. For me, I have no problem paying $10 a month for what I feel is the best set of tools for my needs.
 

Andy W

Senior Member
ICE works fine on my Win 10 PC.


For me, having to pay on an ongoing basis, in perpetuity, to keep using a program that I ought to have to pay for only once and be able to use thereafter, is a huge dealbreaker.

I felt the same way for a while. I dropped Netflix, which we weren't using much, and added LR, which we use a lot.
 
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