[pov] Re: Useful free Lightroom plugin

  • From: James Culbertson <albion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: pov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 20:41:33 -0800

I use Lightroom to organize my photos, and when I can apply basic color 
corrections to a group of similar images.

Otherwise, I go to Photoshop to work with individual photos for the extra power 
and control.

James


On Mar 12, 2011, at 7:43 PM, Michael Elenko wrote:

> Generally from my own use history and from many that I've read about online, 
> the typical use situation is that you start off in Lightroom and only kick 
> the image into PS when certain specialized tasks need to happen. I only drop 
> over to PS about 9% of the time these days, usually for cloning (LR cloning 
> tools are OK, but not configurable), panorama creation, and extracting a 
> product from a background.  
> 
> As John notes, LR is not for all types of photography. If you have to do 
> serious skin fixin' or re-shaping body parts, or collage creation, then there 
> is PS and associated plugins to use.
> 
> A lot of LR functionality can be done in Adobe Camera Raw as well, but the 
> image cataloging and some more functions are lacking there.
> 
> ME
> 
> On Mar 12, 2011, at 6:52 PM, Andie Styner wrote:
> 
>> Thanks for sending that along. I'm actually having a difficult time adding 
>> lightroom to Photoshop. Seems like I might not need the both of them.
>> 
>> Roobiblue Studios
>> www.roobiblue.com
>> 
>> On Mar 12, 2011, at 5:50 PM, Michael Elenko <michael.elenko@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Ran across this spiffy Lightroom free plugin called the Fader that is a lot 
>>> like the Fade command in Photoshop:
>>> http://www.knobroom.com/thefader/
>>> 
>>> It lets you vary the intensity of any preset you apply to an image by a 
>>> span of 0-150%.  I've been doing something similar, but this is more 
>>> automated and more powerful. It's nice to see more plugins developed for 
>>> Lightroom.
>>> 
>>> ME
>>> 
>>> Michael Elenko
>>> Eye In The Triangle Photography
>>> 206-226-3315
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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> Michael Elenko
> Eye In The Triangle Photography
> 206-226-3315
> 
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