[pov] Re: Fwd: The Most Popular Photographic Post Production Software [POLL RESULTS]
- From: James Culbertson <albion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:00:21 -0800
Michael,
It's been a version or two since I have evaluated Lightroom for more complex
image editing...
How does Lightroom handle alpha channels, clipping layers, layer masking,
adjustment layers, blending modes, and layer blending? ...Perfect Layers?
Does Perfect Layers allow you to apply LR develop room "effects" to each
individual layer?
Is there a way now in LR or via plugin to do a more traditional Photoshop style
Dodge/Burn tool, Healing Brush or Clone Stamp that doesn't limit me to a static
feathered circle? And if not, how does spot removal work for hairs or other
more complex artifacts? And say you need to "spot removal" 50 dust specs on an
old photo... doesn't that get a bit laborious in Lightroom?
Can I now work in Lab color space in LR?
And most importantly, file sharing for collaboration, how do I send what I have
done with all this in Lightroom to a colleague elsewhere without losing any of
my modifications so that they can make further modifications to the source
(without flattening the image). Does DNG export preserve your Lightroom
settings? I guess the plugins could be problematic.
Thanks,
James
ps, the poll doesn't take into account that Lightroom in useless for still and
motion design/compositing/graphics/text work, though some of us like it as an
organizational and tracking tool. Most people I work with in the design realm
for video or web delivery still use Adobe Bridge to navigate through
collections of still images, probably because it is always a mixture of
traditional photos and graphical images, collections are commonly on shared
servers, and folder hierarchy (whether shared or not) is constantly changing.
On Nov 15, 2011, at 12:03 PM, Michael Elenko wrote:
> Until recently there were a few vital functions that Lightroom couldn't do
> that meant that PS was still needed. That's changed big time with the
> introduction of cheaper 3rd party LR plugins like Perfect Layers. Plus tools
> like Photomatix will now automate HDR creation from LR and import the new
> image back in.
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