Comments on: Quick Retouch: Cayman Sunset

By: John

John — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:17:15 +0000

With some of the recent comments by Matt K. about settings for moving an image from Lightroom to Photoshop, I am curious what your setting for Color Map and Bit-depth are ?

By: Alex Wise

Alex Wise — Thu, 22 May 2008 07:21:49 +0000

Fantastic shot and very kind of you to share your technique!

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:30:45 +0000

Wow, that’s a beautiful shot!
As a much less experienced photographer, I would love it if you could post your “original” shot. I would love to be able to compare and contrast the original to the finished product.
Thanks for a keeping this cool blog!
Nick

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 02 May 2008 11:30:23 +0000

Beautiful photo. I love the silhouettes of the boats.

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By: Rex

Rex — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 05:51:56 +0000

Your tips are great!

I’ve really bought into the idea of heavily utilizing LightRoom’s Developing features since there is seemingly more power to edit RAW files in LR than 8-bit converted files is PSCS3, (the verdict is still out for me with 16-bit files in PS, but the files become so HUGE, plus it really taxes my CPU with every action).

Anyway, once I export into PS to further edit with all of its groovy tools (LAB color mode, further Levels and Curves, masking stuff, etc.), I like to leave a path for editing back in LR and being able to utilize those changes in the previously exported PSD file.

If I make a change in LT, what I do is re-export the RAW file, and then in PS convert it to a smart-object layer (like I do in the previous file), then drag the smart-filter from the original file onto the new file’s layer and export the layer (layer-flyout) to a layer file. Then on the original file I Replace layer (layer-flyout) with the one I just exported. Anyway, it keeps a sort of bi-directional editing flow between LR and PS.

Also, back in LR, I apply the lens vignetting to the PSD file.

Time will tell if I continue this method, or go back to editing in PS more as I did in the past.

Is there a reason you don’t do more “Developing” in LR? I’m still trying to decide just how much to do in LR and would be interested in your thinking on the subject.