Comments on: My Take on Lightroom 3 Beta http://lightroomers.com/my-take-on-lightroom-3-beta/662/ Lightroom tutorials, tips and training for Lightroomers! Wed, 02 May 2012 08:13:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Rob http://lightroomers.com/my-take-on-lightroom-3-beta/662/comment-page-1/#comment-1536 Rob Fri, 28 May 2010 01:38:41 +0000 http://lightroomers.com/?p=662#comment-1536 The final release of Lightroom 3 will upgrade Lightroom 2 catalogs (and Lightroom 1 catalogs too). The final release of Lightroom 3 will upgrade Lightroom 2 catalogs (and Lightroom 1 catalogs too).

]]> By: pete Thornton http://lightroomers.com/my-take-on-lightroom-3-beta/662/comment-page-1/#comment-1535 pete Thornton Thu, 27 May 2010 21:30:46 +0000 http://lightroomers.com/?p=662#comment-1535 when LR3 finally is finally released, how will i get it to see all my LR 2 work / catalogs?? when LR3 finally is finally released, how will i get it to see all my LR 2 work / catalogs??

]]> By: LW http://lightroomers.com/my-take-on-lightroom-3-beta/662/comment-page-1/#comment-1511 LW Sun, 18 Apr 2010 19:33:37 +0000 http://lightroomers.com/?p=662#comment-1511 For selective editing, check out NIK software. I will be upgrading to Lr3 when it is launched but there are lots of great plug-ins out there that add functionality. For people are ticked off b/c such functionality isn't already in Lr, meditate on Don Quixote awhile. The fact is Lr3 WILL be the 800 lb. gorilla on the block and everyone [other than Aperture fanboys(people)] will be using it. For selective editing, check out NIK software. I will be upgrading to Lr3 when it is launched but there are lots of great plug-ins out there that add functionality. For people are ticked off b/c such functionality isn’t already in Lr, meditate on Don Quixote awhile. The fact is Lr3 WILL be the 800 lb. gorilla on the block and everyone [other than Aperture fanboys(people)] will be using it.

]]> By: John.B http://lightroomers.com/my-take-on-lightroom-3-beta/662/comment-page-1/#comment-1470 John.B Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:59:49 +0000 http://lightroomers.com/?p=662#comment-1470 Reviving an old thread, since it was recently bumped: >> re #4: Noise reduction is applied to the entire image, just like it is in LR2, but the rendering is greatly improved. Noise reduction control via the Adjustment Brush would indeed be a great feature! FWIW, that would be huge. The noise reduction I might use on skin tones might be completely different than the noise reduction I would want to use on a background. Not just different levels of NR, but different types of NR. >> What application do you use that applies noise reduction selectively to only parts of an image? Look at how Aperture 3 does this with their brushes tool, esp. the "detect edges" feature. That sort of paradigm but with exposure, white balance, noise reduction, the works. >> Would you be supportive of improvements to the noise reduction functionality if it did a better job of protecting the “good” areas while correcting the “bad”? What I need is the ability to mask off layers inside Lr for selective corrections. Without going to Ps and back (and rendering a PSD on top of the raw). I'm not asking to be able to do Ps stuff like cloning an image, just to be able to create layers (or an approximation) that I can use to selectively adjust, etc. Maybe on a hard edge, maybe feathered... Basically, anything I can do with Lr I'd like the control to be able to do to just a selected part of an image at potentially even to the pixel level. Not just a spray can tool. Reviving an old thread, since it was recently bumped:

>> re #4: Noise reduction is applied to the entire image, just like it is in LR2, but the rendering is greatly improved. Noise reduction control via the Adjustment Brush would indeed be a great feature!

FWIW, that would be huge. The noise reduction I might use on skin tones might be completely different than the noise reduction I would want to use on a background. Not just different levels of NR, but different types of NR.

>> What application do you use that applies noise reduction selectively to only parts of an image?

Look at how Aperture 3 does this with their brushes tool, esp. the “detect edges” feature. That sort of paradigm but with exposure, white balance, noise reduction, the works.

>> Would you be supportive of improvements to the noise reduction functionality if it did a better job of protecting the “good” areas while correcting the “bad”?

What I need is the ability to mask off layers inside Lr for selective corrections. Without going to Ps and back (and rendering a PSD on top of the raw). I’m not asking to be able to do Ps stuff like cloning an image, just to be able to create layers (or an approximation) that I can use to selectively adjust, etc. Maybe on a hard edge, maybe feathered…

Basically, anything I can do with Lr I’d like the control to be able to do to just a selected part of an image at potentially even to the pixel level. Not just a spray can tool.

]]> By: Rob http://lightroomers.com/my-take-on-lightroom-3-beta/662/comment-page-1/#comment-1469 Rob Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:11:27 +0000 http://lightroomers.com/?p=662#comment-1469 Hi Jere, Take a look at this article: http://www.peachpit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1191969 Hi Jere, Take a look at this article:

http://www.peachpit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1191969

]]> By: jere Carroll http://lightroomers.com/my-take-on-lightroom-3-beta/662/comment-page-1/#comment-1468 jere Carroll Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:41:11 +0000 http://lightroomers.com/?p=662#comment-1468 I saw in your article about backing up the lightroom catalog that adobe assumes you will already have a backup process for your photos folder. Any hints as to how to do this with out the use of time machine on a mac? I saw in your article about backing up the lightroom catalog that adobe assumes you will already have a backup process for your photos folder. Any hints as to how to do this with out the use of time machine on a mac?

]]> By: Rob http://lightroomers.com/my-take-on-lightroom-3-beta/662/comment-page-1/#comment-1427 Rob Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:19:11 +0000 http://lightroomers.com/?p=662#comment-1427 Actually, all you need is the latest version of Lightroom 2, which is now 2.6: http://www.adobe.com/downloads/updates/ Lightroom 2.6 supports the G11, but the LR3 Beta does not. Actually, all you need is the latest version of Lightroom 2, which is now 2.6:

http://www.adobe.com/downloads/updates/

Lightroom 2.6 supports the G11, but the LR3 Beta does not.

]]> By: MB http://lightroomers.com/my-take-on-lightroom-3-beta/662/comment-page-1/#comment-1425 MB Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:04:18 +0000 http://lightroomers.com/?p=662#comment-1425 Question: I have LR2. I would prefer not to lod the whole LR3Beta, but rather prefer to wait until the actual version comes out. In the meantime I'm shooting RAW files with my Canon G11 that LR can't read. Is here a way to take/load a piece of LR3Beta so that LR2 recognizes them? Help! Thanks! Question: I have LR2. I would prefer not to lod the whole LR3Beta, but rather prefer to wait until the actual version comes out. In the meantime I’m shooting RAW files with my Canon G11 that LR can’t read. Is here a way to take/load a piece of LR3Beta so that LR2 recognizes them? Help! Thanks!

]]> By: Robert http://lightroomers.com/my-take-on-lightroom-3-beta/662/comment-page-1/#comment-1043 Robert Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:00:42 +0000 http://lightroomers.com/?p=662#comment-1043 i want tethered shooting i want tethered shooting

]]> By: Rob http://lightroomers.com/my-take-on-lightroom-3-beta/662/comment-page-1/#comment-989 Rob Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:32:47 +0000 http://lightroomers.com/?p=662#comment-989 I would choose to buy Lightroom 2 now (then free upgrade to 2.5). We don't know when the full version of Lightroom 3 will be released. Lightroom 3 Beta is not feature complete and while it has some improvements over 2.5 I find 2.5 to be a more reliable tool for the job for now. In the past, the catalog from the current version will be upgradable to the next, so everything you do in Lightroom 2 will transfer to Lightroom 3. I would choose to buy Lightroom 2 now (then free upgrade to 2.5). We don’t know when the full version of Lightroom 3 will be released. Lightroom 3 Beta is not feature complete and while it has some improvements over 2.5 I find 2.5 to be a more reliable tool for the job for now. In the past, the catalog from the current version will be upgradable to the next, so everything you do in Lightroom 2 will transfer to Lightroom 3.

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