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p.2 #2 · p.2 #2 · Am I an idiot for switching from LR4.1 to Aperture 3.3? | |
You don't "have to" switch... it depends on what you're doing.
If you expand the little grey arrows in the Quick Develop panel (Library Module) you'll see it has the same sliders that are in the Basic panel (Develop Module) except for Saturation. And the advantage of using the Quick Develop panel on a selection of multiple images is that the adjustments are relative to the content of each image rather than absolute as when using adjustments in the Develop module, applying presets, or syncing settings.
For simply tweaking a single image (or a series of images) you can work in the Quick Develop panel without ever going to the Develop module. If you're using graduated filters or adjustment brushes, etc then the Develop module is unavoidable.
So, for example, if you're a wedding or event photographer and you have a series of photos shot in relatively similar light that you want to tweak... you can simply select the series of images, apply the Match Total Exposure (CTRL + ALT + SHIFT + M) setting, then do your final tweaks in the Quick Develop panel without ever leaving the Library Module.
Match Total Exposure is an awesome feature in Lightroom and most users don't seem to be aware of it; its not even in Adobe Camera Raw. Here's how Martin Evening describes it:
"You can use this command to match the exposure across a series of images that have been selected via the Filmstrip. Match Total Exposures calculates a match value by analyzing and combining the shutter speed, lens aperture, the ISO speed the photos were captured at, plus any camera-set exposure compensation. It then factors in all these camera-set values, combines them with the desired exposure value (as set in the most selected image), and calculates new Lightroom exposure values for all the other selected images. I find that this technique can often be used to help average out the exposure brightness in a series of photos where the light values were going up and down during a shoot, which is probably why the chief Lightroom architect Mark Hamburg also likes to describe this as a a “de-bracketing” command. So in effect, if you highlight an individual image in the series and select Match Total Exposures, the other images in that selection automatically balance to match the exposure of the target image."
rlcramer wrote:
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Lightroom Con's
- Lightroom performance under 4.1 is MUCH worse than when I was using 3.X
- The fact that I have to switch from the Library module to Develop, in order to tweak an image is simply ridiculous
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Bobby
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