Same faciliites are in Lightroom, Paul. Just a different interface. And more cataloging and data management functions. But I don't care at all whether you like or want to learn Lightroom vs PS vs Aperture or any other software. I'm just trying to help Christine recover her work, and others to become more efficient in their use of the tools they're using.
I like the fact that I can browse and annotate all 300,000 photos in my library even when only 50,000 of them are on a live, mounted volume. Or carry a slide show to a talk without having to have the original files on hand. And go back and forth between my book layout and my image adjustment tools seamlessly. Or output an arbitrary collection of archive masters and client outputs simultaneously with the press of a button. Etc etc. None of which may matter to you, but which does matter to me. LR has great value for me, and I find I hardly find any use for PS anymore. So what? I don't care, and I don't expect anyone else cares, what software I use to do my work as long as my photos come out the way I want them to and the work that people ask me to do is done. :-) G On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 6:45 AM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ah, but in my opinion, that's not the best of both worlds. I' ve tried > lightroom and just don't like the conversion workflow or the structured > routines. I don't like the cutesy names, like "brilliance" for conversion > factors. I'm very comfortable with ACR and the way it allows me to adjust > every point on the histo curve in conversion. It saves my RAW result, but I > can return to the default at any time. And because I'm almost always do some > work in PS. I like that it opens the converted pic in PS. I usually sharpen > in PS and frequently do a bit of cloning as well and sometimes adjust the > vertical alignment. Using keystrokes, it can be done in a matter of seconds. > I can then save a tiff as either 16 bit or 8 bit and a web-sized jpeg. Using > "save for web," PS automatically changes the color space to SRGB and saves as > a highest quality jpeg. All in the same folder as the RAW -- a folder that is > arranged chronologically in bridge and on a drive dedicated to a specific > range of dates. BTW, while previewing shots in Bridge, I don't have to wait > for them to load or run a slide show. I can display them as large as a I want > and just scroll through the folder. A click opens any pic in ACR, almost > instantaneously. I don't think I'm missing a thing. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
