Archives for: February 2006, 02

02/02/06

Permalink 02:50:31 pm, 385 words, 1891 views  
Categories: News, Equipment

First impression of Adobe Lightroom

At DPReview.com I found about the Beta version of Adobe Lightroom. This software is for photographers and aligned specifically for their workflow. In the Beta version not all functions are enabled, but still it is a good tool for the photographer (considering the available functions). Even my lightweight PowerBook G4 (512Mb RAM) has been able to process images in reasonable time. The only thing that bothers me so far is the speed with which the software generates/prepares the thumbnails for the images. I imported abouth a thousand images and I could not review them that easy - to see a bigger image it would require a minute or more. The background processing of thumbnails inhibits the review function. And this process takes hours, more like 6-8 hours. What concerns me more is "Will these thumbnails take space on my harddrive? And how much?". The thumbnails are processed of two sizes - small and full.
The good thing is the software has a lot of functions and it reads various file type (like RAW) without a hiccup or a question. And the changes you apply are stored separatelly, so you can always roll them back. Though I have to see how I can export the images with the changes I need.
See more detailed review by Michael Reichmann at The Luminous Landscape.

UPDATE on 02/02/2006:
After working with the Lightroom for a few more days, I found another thing that bothers me. When I ran a slideshow of the photographs, some of the photographs do not appear in full resolution. It seems that the software resized the tiny thumbnail to fit the screen and all this aweful pixelation hits you in the eye. Totaly there is about 3-5 images like that among 130+. I tried to look for a way to regenerate the thumbnail or fix the problem in any way and failed (or there is no such way - I cannot say).
So considering this issue and the enormous time needed to check/process thumbnails I am switching to more specialized tools, which do specific tasks, such as Adobe Bridge to manage your library of photographs, iView Pro or Portfolio to create slideshow and video, and Adbobe Photoshop to edit and print your photographs. But it could be just me perception, try it yourself and judge based on your opinion.



Permalink 02:32:15 pm, 98 words, 526 views  
Categories: General Photography, Photoshop and Effects

Photoshop Things

It started with a message from my friend. He's sent a link to Photoshop Killer Tips, where you can find several short video tutorials on Photoshop tricks. On that website I followed one link to Layers Magazine with a bunch of useful info about Photoshop in Photography and Design. And then I end up in an interesting blog The Unofficial Photoshop Weblog. The name of the blog says much itself. I will continue to explore this new spot of Internet websites and share my discoveries with you later.
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When we find something interesting and useful, which we want to return to and share with others, it will be posted here. It could be about composition, digital effects, photoshop, photography business or links to interesting websites.

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