Photography Thailand Forum

[Hawaiiman]

Thanks very much David. I'm looking forward to my 30 day trial, when i finish with ACDSee pro 4

[Michael Luthi]

Gregg, when you open a photo in PS from LR the RAW file will be exported as PSD file with all the adjustments you have applied in LR. when you save the file and close it will appear in LR next to the RAW

[Gregg Spradling]

thanks Michael, i will give it a shot.

Unless I horribly underestimate the functionality of LR, I typically remove blemishes in PS then work on the image in LR. This will save me some steps. 

[Hawaiiman]

Greg, I just learned the "repair" function in ACDsee. Are you saying LR doesn't have this feature, or is the one in PS better?

[Gregg Spradling]

I'm sorry, I don't know what the "repair" feature is, I can only guess.

PS is pretty much the editing standard all others are judged by. At least when it comes to software normal people can afford.

[Michael Luthi]

Blemishes as in dust and such? but this can be easily fixed in LR with the spot tool. you can switch to either healing or cloning. i find it faster than in PS

[Gregg Spradling]

Yes, you are right. I forgot about it. Last time I used the spot healing tool in LR it was very very slow so I just ignored it. PS was instantaneous. It seems to take forever to get a selection spot as well. (3Ghz pc w/4GB RAM)

[crustyjuggler]

I understand that the algorithm for architectural perspective correction works better in some software than others.....

I really enjoy lightroom but the perspective controls are a little rudimentary. The best perspective implementation i've seen so far is with Capture one Pro's 'keystone' feature.  I hope LR adopts something similar in future releases.

C1 Pro keystone feature can be seen here on youtube:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkG241258FE

[Hawaiiman]

I just checked out the "keystone feature" link. Although I haven't tried LR yet. I prefer the ease and adjust-ability of perspective in ACDSee pro 4.

[Hawaiiman]

Great suggestion! Actually I'm using a trial ACDSee pro 4, and when it expiires, LR is next up. Then PS trial is next. That way I get 90 days of photo editing for a price I can afford  =$0 .

[swampy1977]

here are my 2 cents. i use both. why? ACDSEE allows me to re-arrange photos and rename them sequentially. this is something LR doesn't do. it may look unimportant but recently i had to re-arrange 400+ wedding photos from 2 different cameras. i wanted to have them in sequence before, during and after the ceremony. LR wouldn't let me do that but ACDSEE did:) it's only 49 USD i think.

[Hawaiiman]

ACDSee pro4 is great , but over $200. The healing tool is fast and effective. The perspective control is great and easy to use. it has both a keystone ype of adjustment and a horizontal and vertical shift tool. won't do watermarks, and don't know about pluggins. Not too impressed with the noise reduction, maybe that's me. I'm learning

[swampy1977]

sorry, yes you are correct, it's not $49, lr is 249 Euros I think

[Hawaiiman]

Thank you all for the help! In the mean time, I tried both ACDsee pro 4 and LR3. ACDSee is pretty good and the PC correction and healing/cloning tools are amazing, but LR3 is a better package, even though it isn't doesn't have the intuitive interface that ACDSee does. Just a few days before the trial expired I found a place to get the latest full version for free, and a couple of accessory items as well. I love the internet!! Waiting now for my first real digital camera, a Lumix DMC-LX3. I will be  shooting in RAW soon enough. I've got 3 film cameras coming, wish the designated family member in the states was a little quicker.