Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/10/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Pretty much every photo has a curves adjustment layer and a large number have local color adjustments and/or local changes in brightness, contrast or saturation. Several are stitched from two or more exposures and for some of the hummingbird photos I've removed feeders. The DNG is the score. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com http://doug-herr.fineartamerica.com -----Original Message----- >From: John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> >Sent: Oct 14, 2015 12:11 PM >To: 'Leica Users Group' <lug at leica-users.org> >Subject: Re: [Leica] If not Lightroom, ... > >Curious, what manipulation do you do? Most of the colour stuff I show is >unmanipulated..... > >john > >-----Original Message----- > >For myself the tools Photoshop offers that Lightroom doesn't are used >pretty close to 'everyday'. > >Doug Herr >Birdman of Sacramento >http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > >-----Original Message----- >> >>I know it does all that, is that 'everyday' in your use? High +90% of >>everyday use and Lightroom is fine..... >> >>I was asking what Mark does in PS that he cannot do in LR for normal >>use...... >> >>john >> >>-----Original Message----- >> >>Well stitched panoramas for one thing. >> >>Masking - Lightroom?s tools can do some auto masking that is pretty neat, >>but the Photoshop offers significant, indeed a vast set of tools for >>selection and masking that Lightroom simply doesn?t offer. >> >>Layers - combined with masking, as above, Photoshop allows adjustments to >>portions of an image based upon, for example: color or tonality allowing >>for adjustment to narrow ranges that LR cannot match. >> >>Change of color space - being able to shift into Lab color space allows >>for an exploration of image color that staying inside a traditional RGB >>image does not. (I?m somewhat convinced that some of the tricks that LR >>plays involves a shift into Lab color space on the fly) >> >>A variety of tools for sharpening. LR does a good job but for large prints >>Photoshop?s sharpening options do a better job than LR. >> >>It?s a matter of approach. I find for making a final print I can get part >>of the way there in LR but for the final print it?s Photoshop the rest of >>the way. For the screen LR works almost all the time. >> >>That?s my experience and my approach. LR takes the nearly bewildering >>array of tools and methods and narrows them down into, essentially, Camera >>Raw. If you need anything beyond CR then Photoshop is where you go. >> >>Adam Bridge >> >>> On Oct 14, 2015, at 10:10 AM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr >>> <mailto:john at mcmaster.fr>> wrote: >>> >>> What do you do with your pictures in Photoshop that cannot be done in >>> Lightroom? Genuine question. >>> >>> I have used PS since early versions, looking at 2015 CC there is >>> little comparison to earlier versions so why hark back to LR v1? >>> >>> john >> > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information