Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 2/3/07 10:57 AM, "Eric" <ericm@pobox.com> wrote: >> In short, you enable TAT (Targeted Adjustment Tool) by clicking on the >> target icon in Tone Curve & HSL/Color/Grayscale panes. Then you click on >> the tone you want to adjust and mouse up/down (or arrow key up down) to >> adjust it. LR knows which slider of the many apply and will adjust it - >> its >> a nice way of local control of tonality. >> >> TAT is covered here: >> >> http://www.outbackphoto.com/artofraw/raw_31/essay_develop.html > > That looks a lot like the way I convert to B&W now, using a couple hue/sat > layers. But a lot easier. And the spot clone tool looks way cool. I'd > love to be able to adjust the source/target for alignment. Yes, I was blown away with it (not my idea, sadly for me) when they showed it to me a while back. Also you can also directly manipulate the histogram by pushing areas - another very cool option for overall exposure. > Dangit. You need to put a disclaimer in front of your posts saying that > reading the contents may be expensive. I think I just "lost" $200 reading > your post and following that link. :) Yeah, like I said, I am normally "it if ain't broke, don't fix it" kinda guy as well, but sometimes that round wheel just makes much better time than a square one and its worth it. These new Raw tools (and I include Aperture in this) are really a huge improvement if you are a photographer and not a pixel manipulator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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