I see what you're getting at, Boris. That's a valid point. As a one-step solution, Lightroom is probably better. By the way, you might want to convert to tiff rather than jpeg. That way you won't lose anything when you save the file. Paul On Jan 27, 2007, at 2:38 PM, Boris Liberman wrote:
> Paul, > > It really depends on the goals one sets for oneself. My ultimate goal > is > to make *all* the processing during RAW conversion time. That is, all > the tweaking, sharpening, just everything, I want to do just once - > when > I convert from RAW to PSD and then to JPG for printing or directly to > JPG for printing. To that end, LR presents more controls that I can > work > with. Indeed, using CS2 + Bridge I can probably do the same and much > more because CS2 is far more powerful than LR. But I consciously do not > want to deepen my PS knowledge. At least not at this moment of time. > > I hope you see what I mean here. > > I am not comparing Godfrey's LR and ACR conversions of the presented > RAW > file. No, not really. I thought it was a suitable thread to make my > remark, but indeed it is very off-topic of the original thread. > > Thanks. > > Boris > > > > Paul Stenquist wrote: >> I doubt that LR is far superior. In this case, I think Godfrey's LR >> conversion is slightly more pleasing, but a few tweaks on the ACR >> version would make it identical. Both are very good and illustrate >> that there was no problem with the original RAW file. >> Paul >> On Jan 27, 2007, at 11:30 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: >> >>> Godfrey, I am almost ;-) ready to admit that LR RAW processing >>> engine is >>> *far* superior than that of CS2 ;-). >>> >>> If LR is priced reasonably, it may be just the sweet spot for me ;-). >>> >>> Boris >>> >>> >>> >>> Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >>>> Challenge? no. >>>> >>>> Here are two quickie conversions, one in Lightroom and the other in >>>> ACR with a little bit of CS2 work after the fact. >>>> >>>> http://homepage.mac.com/godders/lacus/IMGP0076-LR.jpg >>>> http://homepage.mac.com/godders/lacus/IMGP0076-ACR.jpg >>>> >>>> G >>>> >>>> On Jan 26, 2007, at 7:23 PM, David Savage wrote: >>>> >>>>> Peter asked, so here are my efforts: >>>>> >>>>> Straight .dng conversion (3008x2008pix ~510kb): >>>>> >>>>> <http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/Misc/Images/IMGP0076.jpg> >>>>> >>>>> Conversion worked in PS (3008x2008pix ~645kb): >>>>> >>>>> <http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/Misc/Images/IMGP0076_2.jpg> >>>>> >>>>> B&W version (3008x2008pix ~660kb): >>>>> >>>>> <http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/Misc/Images/IMGP0076_2_B&W.jpg> >>>>> >>>>> Full EXIF & XMP data retained in the files. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers >>>>> >>>>> Dave >>>>> >>>>> On 1/27/07, Peter Lacus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>> Just FYI the picture is now available for download at >>>>>> http://www.misenet.sk/Pentax/IMGP0076.dng >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
