Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Actually, if you think that through LR does it correctly under most
circumstances. Mostly subsequent actions depend on what has been done
before, and it would rarely be the case that the subsequent actions
would all have been done in the same way if an intermediate action
had not been done, or done differently.
I think I prefer the procedure the way LR does it now.
At 3:44 PM -0700 3/21/10, Richard Man wrote:
>What LR needs is a way to disable/enable/delete an intermediate editing
>instruction. For example, let say you slap on a gradient, and then add a
>whole bunch of other stuff. AFAIK, there is no way to disable or delete that
>gradient without affecting the subsequent steps.
>
>On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 11:09 AM, 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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