Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/09/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There's a great book that will answer all of your questions: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 - The Missing FAQ: Real Answers to Real Questions Asked by Lightroom Users http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Photoshop-Lightroom-Missing-Questions/dp/0956003044/ref=sr_1_20?ie=UTF8&qid=1315512500&sr=8-20 I've found it to be very helpful. Tina On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> wrote: > I fell in love with Lightroom from the day I got it. However, I must say > that Adobe manages to obscure many aspects of its interface. I don't object > to the fact that there are so many ways of doing the same thing; one just > learns a favorite way and can ignore the rest. What I object to are things > which are totally obscure--ridiculously easy when learned, but hard to > discover, even in some cases with the aid of available books. > > For example, it took me a long time to discover how to set print size in > the print module. For a few months, the only way I could print was to > export > a jpg and then print it using a display program, Preview in the case of > Macintosh. And only yesterday, using a reference book, was I able to > understand "history". It wasn't obvious that clicking on an earlier history > did not negate later ones until quitting LR, and that the later ones could > be saved by using a snapshot. > > Finally, and maybe I'm wrong about this, but some actions seem to be in the > main drop-down menus as well as elsewhere, some actions seem to be in > contextual menus, and some only appear which you click on some mysterious > hidden spot in the window. > > Sometimes I think the Adobe people should take a course in human interface > from the Apple people :-) > > Herb > > > I -hate- software which does that, and I nearly did not buy >> Lightroom because of it, after trying the demo. However I have now a >> workflow which forces Lightroom to file the imports more along the >> line of what I was used to. Mind you, sometimes it doesn't do what I >> expect for a reason I can't fathom. >> Anyway, I'm glad I bought Lightroom now. >> FD >> >> >> ______________________________**__ >> From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> >> >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Sent: Thursday, 8 September 2011, 19:47 >> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: More Experiments with ETTR >> >> Hi Bob, >> >> I sent the file to Philippe, who made the request. I have my own filing >> system for image files, and don't like the LR habit of doing its own >> thing. >> Maybe I'm just too old to learn new tricks. >> >> >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Robert Adler" <rgacpa at gmail.com> >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >> Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2011 1:43 PM >> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: More Experiments with ETTR >> >> >> > Oh jeez. Jim, once Tina works her magic, you are doomed to buy LR!! >> > ;-) >> > >> > On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 11:30 AM, philippe.amard >> > <philippe.amard at sfr.fr>wrote: >> > >> >> Send me the raw of the 1st one off list I'll see if I can do soemthing >> in >> >> LR ;-) >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> > ______________________________**_________________ >> > Leica Users Group. >> > See >> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for >> more information >> > >> > >> >> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See >> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for >> more information >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See >> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for >> more information >> > > -- > Herbert Kanner > kanner at acm.org > 650-326-8204 > > Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, > for they are subtle and will pee > on your computer! > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Leica Users Group. > See > http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for > more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com