Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Only problem right now is that ACR handles M8 DNGs much better regarding color profiles. LR uses the M8's poor embedded profile. I think ACR is applying it's own to my M8 DNGs. All in all, M8 DNGs look much better in ACR than LR (for now) Eric On 2/1/07, Wade Heninger <heninger@adobe.com> wrote: > > > On 2/1/07 11:49 AM, "Robert D. Baron" <robertbaron1@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Wade Heninger has been very kind to help us all begin to understand > >> Adobe Lightroom and its relation to Adobe Bridge and Photoshop CS3, and > >> he says in pertinent part: > > Thanks. Normally I try to shut up about the tools and talk about the > pictures... > > >> Although I am admittedly just beginning to scratch the surface of > >> Lightroom, here is where I get confused: say I shoot and fill up a > >> compact flash card. I use a usb card reader to copy the images to a > >> folder on my computer. I then use Photo Mechanic (my browser of choice) > >> to quickly open up that folder to evaluate and select the images I want > >> to manipulate further in Photoshop. I can go back and open and view > >> other folders as many times as I want. (I could have done that in > >> Bridge, but up to this point it has been too slow.) > > LR will download the images and either copy them to the library or place > them in a known location and reference them from there. This is a choice > presented in the LR Import dialog. I always do the latter so that > Bridge/PS can see/use them and backup is easier. And since the M8 shoots > DNG, the metadata is written to the file always (no sidecar file) and thus > portable. > > LR can also just import a folder and do the same as with a card. LR is > smart enough to know if a card has been inserted and do the right thing, > else it just gives you a "select" dialog to pick a folder. > > Here is a good video on how this works: > > http://www.photoshopuser.com/?page=lightroom/videos&video=sk_library_importi > ng > > LR can have multiple libraries (i.e. For a year) and work with them easily > (although I'm going to really focus on making this a bit easier in the next > version). > > Hope that makes sense. > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > w a d e h e n i n g e r > u s e r e x p e r i e n c e > a d o b e s y s t e m s , i n c > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >