Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/21

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Subject: [Leica] A question on LR v PS
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:23:47 -0400
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Right!  I forgot to mention that and it's the most important part.  Having
the instructions as sidecar instructions is the best part of LR.  LR beta 3
is a free trial right now.  If you have any doubts, download and try it!

Tina

On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 2:09 PM, Henning Wulff <henningw at 
archiphoto.com>wrote:

> Another point which has been addressed only slightly is that LR does its
> processing non-destructively. As you work on a file, you're really only
> developing a set of instructions. You can have 200 instructions, but they
> get applied once, optimally, only when you export the file or print it. The
> original stays and never gets touched.
>
> Photoshop does work destructively for many of its operations. You usually
> of course work on a copy, but once you start that many of the operations
> only take data away from the file. You have to plan your approach properly
> so that you lose as little as possible. Since the advent of adjustment
> layers, this has become less of a problem, but you have to be aware of it.
>
> This non-destructive nature of LR is what makes it a useful tool for jpegs
> as well. In LR, you can reasonable do contrast and level adjustments and
> white balance adjustments on a file, whereas in PS before adjustment layers
> and a light and knowing hand you'd be left with discontinuous mud.
>
> Of course, many of the options in PS are unavailable in LR, so depending on
> what you're doing and what you want your file to look like you might well
> have to bring it into PS for 'finishing'. But you should do all your 
> biggest
> adjustments and most drastic changes in LR first.
>
> --
>
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>  /|\      Wulff Photography & Design
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-- 
Tina Manley, ASMP
www.tinamanley.com


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