Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Are early versions of Photoshop still for sale at reduced prices? This may be a lower cost substitute for some people. Ric Carter http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/ricc/ On Jan 30, 2007, at 6:31 AM, Peter Dzwig wrote: > Jim, > > my comments on PSE5: > > I upgraded to PSE5 a couple of weeks ago because of my desire to be > able to use levels. That was the single reason. Frankly it does > that in a limited way, but in my opinion the User Interface to PSE5 > is awful. > > UI: > > I say in my opinion deliberately because it is my opinion, but then > that is what UI design is all about, providing a good experience to > the user. To this user the UI singularly fails to do that. The user > is forced into a way of handling and storing my images which is > Adobe's way and not, probably the way that many users would want to. > > Several of the tools have been moved and the design of the sliders > etc changed. Previously they had been perfectly OK. If it ain't > bust... > > > Levels: > > FWIW I work entirely with TIFFs until I do something like putting > the images in the LUG gallery; as afr as I am aware all of these > comments apply equally to JPEG manipulation. > > Levels, or lack of them, has been for me one of the major > differences between PSE and PS. My workflow is based upon scanned > C41 B&W (BW400CN) images stored as RGB TIFFs. Generally I convert > these to B&W and then work on them as required. Levels is one of > the last steps one would go through. > > Unfortunately "adjust colour levels" - which is what you get - > requires a colour image, so you have to work entirely in colour or > convert a B&W image back to colour! The levels that you get from > the UI are then only adjustable at certain points via sliders, no > manual dragging of the curves. The preview seems to take a longer > time to react than I would have expected, but that is a minor > point. Finally you cannot save the output from a set of levels > adjustments independently of the image. In other words you can't > save the adjustments to import and re-use. > > PSE5 adds a number of features which are aimed at the digital video > capture market and at doing the sorts of things that I guess that > most LUGgers probably don't do; most of which aren't "traditional > photographic" manipulation. > > Gripes apart PS/PSE does enable you to do a lot which you couldn't > do in a darkroom and that is its strength. > > Peter Dzwig > > Jim Nichols wrote: >> LUGGERS, >> In my digital endeavors, I work with JPEG images, not RAW or the >> other more detailed files. For some years, I have used Adobe >> Photoshop LE as my editing software. I am now interested in >> upgrading, and today downloaded the beta version of Lightroom. In >> experimenting with Lightroom, I find I miss the functionality of >> PS, but can't justify the professional package. I wondered if >> anyone not requiring work with RAW images has compared Lightroom >> and Photoshop Elements 5.0? If so, please share your opinions. >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> _______________________________________________ >> 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