Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It was $200 (or whatever it was) well worth spending. I didn't upgrade from CS1 until CS5, then it's a no-brainer. On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 3:48 PM, Lew Schwartz <lew1716 at gmail.com> wrote: > These upgrades are so, so worth it that you'd have to be nuts to spring for > a new lens first. > On Jun 19, 2012 6:44 PM, "Richard Man" <richard at richardmanphoto.com> > wrote: > > > I will gladly pay $200 just to get the Content Aware <whatever>. Of > course > > Adobe wants $$$$ :-P > > > > On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 3:14 PM, Lew Schwartz <lew1716 at gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Yes, everything is better. Not only LR4, but the noise->dust & > scratches > > > routine in CS5 & 6 is nothing short of amazing. Simply erasing a long > > > scratch pushes the days of the fine point brush, magnifying glass, and > > > Spotone so far into the past that one forgets the little bottles are > > still > > > in a drawer someplace. Like electrons, you actually used such a small > > > quantity that it seemed endless. > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 4:12 PM, Richard Man < > > richard at richardmanphoto.com > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > "H" to show the circles of replacement and things being replaced. > > > > > > > > For heavy duty spot removal, I use CS5. The healing brush is amazing. > > LR > > > > also slows down a lot with spot removal if your file is large. > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 12:43 PM, Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > I haven't used this tool recently--for sure in LR2, possibly in > LR3. > > In > > > > > LR4, they seem to have improved it to where it no longer works > worth > > a > > > > > damn. I remember removing two strands of a barbed wire fence that > > were > > > > > between me and a donkey in LR2. It took a while, because it did not > > > work > > > > > like the PS cloner--it replaced a circular area by the area in some > > > other > > > > > direction, e.g. at right angles to the wire. So I had to remove the > > > wire > > > > > one section at a time, which took a while but worked splendidly. > > > > > > > > > > Yesterday, there was part of a picture frame showing at the top of > a > > > > shot, > > > > > and my wife asked if I could remove it in LR. I said "probably > not," > > > but > > > > > thinking about it, there seemed to be enough clear wall between it > > and > > > > the > > > > > subject of the picture to make removal possible. > > > > > > > > > > No way! It was a colossal failure. 1. I didn't see the replacement > > > pixels > > > > > show up as I was dragging the tool; they clearly showed in LR2. 2. > I > > > had > > > > to > > > > > wait a number of seconds before I could see what the tool had done. > > 3. > > > A > > > > > faint image of some lines of the picture frame remained and could > not > > > be > > > > > removed. 4. The replaced area was darker than the ostensible source > > > area. > > > > > > > > > > Comments? Observations? > > > > > -- > > > > > Herbert Kanner > > > > > kanner at acm.org > > > > > 650-326-8204 > > > > > > > > > > Question authority and the authorities will question you. > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > > > > > Leica Users Group. > > > > > See http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug< > > > > http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for more information > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Leica Users Group. > > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > -Lew S. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>