My Lightroom experience is similar as yours. But the photo that started this debate is one example where I couldn't finish inside Lightroom. I couldn't find a way tone down the disturbing rock without destroying the flower.
And that's what set me of rethinking about Lightzone as a workaround my PS phobia. BTW. I have now had one round with the photo. And so far my experiences say I'm moving in the right direction. I'm not quite pleased with the result yet. But the learning curve doesn't seem too steep. I'll probably repost it, when I'm done. Tim Typo Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Boris Liberman Sent: 11. april 2007 19:45 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO: Memories of spring Tim, Tim Øsleby wrote: > I know you didn't mean to spike anything ;-) > > I like the word phobia. I think thats an accurate description. Like most > phobic reaction, this is hard to explain. That's the nature of a phobia, it > is something beyond rationalisation. > > Ok. Some are afraid of spiders. I'm afraid of PS. Now I've said it. It is a > first step. > Now it is time to confront myself with the object of my fears. In a safe > controlled environment. Thats usually the best treat for phobias. > > And for some reason the layers in Lightzone seem less scary. So thats my > controlled environment. I once read some place on the net that working in PS one has to do it in layers in order not to destroy the original image. So I did for quite some time up until LR arrived. Then I took a look back and realized that I actually almost never (like in 99.99% of the cases) returned and re-edited the multi layer PSD files. So I went and flattened these mutli layer images making sure that the original file (either scanned negative or digital image) was available elsewhere. It saved me at least 10 GB of space and it somehow made my life easier. These days I don't edit in PS. I find that I can do *all * that _I_ want to do to with the image in LR. Although I am not afraid of layers I never really mastered them. I understand the basic concept but I cannot say I am any proficient in this kind of editing. The way LR does it seems much more to my liking. Whatever it is worth... Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
