Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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. > > -- > > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw at archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com