Digital BW, The Print

Bruce, I have been beta testing Lightroom from 3.? Through current. I
started using it as I expanded my search for RAW conversion
engines/programs. It does take a bit to get used to the interface but rather
simple once you get past a few a quirks. I look it them the same ways as
getting used to some of the In Design jargon. It all works and the easy of
setting up web galleries, and the quality of the processed images has been
great. I can certainly see them putting together some package deal where
Light room is part of a video package so CS 3 would be a little less perfect
but not much.  

 

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From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of btvarner
Sent: Sunday, December 24, 2006 10:43 PM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Lightroom Beta 4.1 - Where is the B&W Channel
Mixer Conversion Tool?

 

<gcwagner@...> wrote:
>
> I have tried the B&W Channel Mixer in PS3 and it is very similar to 
>the one in Lightroom. I am trying to determine where Lightroom fits 
>into my work flow. I have been using the PS2 Bridge without issue. 
>How or why are are others using Lightroom?
> Thanks,
> Gary W.

Gary,
I have only been fooling with Lightroom for a few hours however 
already I feel it will be a help in my work flow.

I currently convert my images to B&W through Channel Mixer in CS2. 
Many times I have noticed that I cannot seem to get the look I am 
after and must go back & tweak the color setting in an awkward way in 
order to bring out some of the specific details I am after.

I have tried several of these difficult images using Lightroom and 
the ability to move the color sliders in Lightroom's Grayscale Mixer 
seems to work in a way that seems more natural & effective to me.

The second thing I find great about Lightroom is the way that the 
Tone Curve can be adjusted through both the sliders and the 
histogram. I do not think that any of this cannot be accomplished in 
CS2 & I have heard that CS3 (I have not downloaded it yet) will have 
some of the adjustments like Lightroom. I'm thinking it will be of 
benefit to the way I process images.

Having said all that there are some things I don't like. Having to 
import an image before working on it seems unnecessary to me for one.

I will work the beta into my workflow for a while. Then test CS3. 
If Lightroom does everything I need with CS2 & CS3 does not have any 
new features I cannot live without, I may just get Lightroom & stick 
with CS2??? Too early to tell yet.

Merry Christmas!

Bruce
http://BruceVarner. <http://BruceVarner.com> com

 



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