On Sep 18, 2008, at 3:49 PM, Adam Maas wrote: > I've used LR2 enough to get a good idea of the how capable the > selective editing controls were (A very nice upgrade over LR1, but not > nearly as capable as NX2 or PS). I didn't compare the high ISO NR when > I was doing so. > > While CaptureNX2 can't do many things PS can do, it can do some very > interesting things with selective editing that PS can't do unless you > buy one of the Nik plugins (which cost more than NX2 does). Nik's > Control Point system is very, very Nifty and makes a number of > selective edits far less painful than they would be with layer masks > or lassos.
I'll have to look at the Control Point stuff you're talking about. I don't use any plugins at present ... I've never found them to be of much real value to me. My actual editing needs are pretty light. I find that if I get the exposure right I rarely need more than a little crop and rotate, then some modest tonal adjustments. I don't use much of what you and others seem to call high ISO ... high ISO to me is ISO 400 where what people here seem to regard as high is stratospheric to me ... so noise reduction isn't an issue when I've got proper exposure. My need for selective editing is beautifully addressed by the LR2 brush tool overall, it's very similar to what I do in PS with adjustment layers, masks and the brush. > I still have to use PS for some things, most notably the clone stamp. Most of what I need PS for nowadays are those occasions when I have to do overlays, profile conversions for print services (and associated soft-proofing/gamut checking), and such stuff like that. I haven't seen anything that does those things as well. G -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
