> On Dec 29, 2019, at 3:56 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Dec 28, 2019, at 6:44 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Dec 28, 2019, at 5:01 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I started a thread on this topic on their community support board: >>> >>> https://on1help.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360055861911-Switching-from-lightroom >>> >>> I’ve run into another issue with Photo RAW, setting the white balance of a >>> group of photos based on a greycard. >> >> There are simply so many things that are far far easier to get done quickly >> and efficiently with Lightroom than with Photo RAW XXXX, I gave up on On1 >> Photo RAW XXXX as a suitable replacement. I worked at it pretty seriously >> for three weeks, after dabbling about with it for most of the past year, and >> came away unimpressed. >> >> No software should be that difficult to figure out and use efficiently. :) > > I understand, that’s why I gave up on photoshop. > > I’m coming to the conclusion that LR and PR have different primary and > secondary goals. LR is much better at processing a lot of photos. PR has > some features (like layers) that are better for individual photos which LR > lacks. If I pull the trigger on PR, my workflow will likely be to continue > to use LR on my first pass, and then when I have specific, challenging, > photos that I really want to put a lot of effort into, the layers and masks > of PR will make that job easier.
Without the DAM capabilities that LR has (and Photos, and Aperture, etc), all image processing apps are akin to a Photoshop at some level or another. PR's biggest advantage over Photoshop and Affinity Photo is that it is a parameter-based editing solution rather than a bit basher and leaves the original files untouched (although PS can do similarly when using Layers), so you always have access to the original files to re-start a rendering without having to go to backup files. The combination of LR and PS is powerful for precisely the reason you state: PS gives you extraordinary capability for the moments you need it, LR manages and handles large volumes of images, even on disconnected/offline volumes while providing enough rendering capability to do the job in a majority of cases. PR works best as an adjunct to Lightroom, IMO, for these same reasons. If the goal is to remove The Evil Empire from your workflow, the search for a useful alternative to Lightroom goes on. :) My goal is to get my photography done the most sensible way possible while minimizing my dependence on Adobe's business policies. G -- 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.
