Rab-Eye Loc: Indiana

I have been curious about Landscape Pro and just learned about Portrait Pro. Would those of you who use either of these be kind enough to explain what functionality or other advantages these programs offer as opposed to editing your landscapes or portraits in the classic (no pun intended) LR/PS combination?

Thanks so much!

DWU2 Loc: Phoenix Arizona area

I like Landscape Pro. I don't think there's anything that it does that Photoshop can't do, so, if you subscribe to Adobe's $10/mo package (hence, giving you PS), why buy it? Answer: because you can do the things LSP does a lot faster than in PS, and it's fun. It does a good job of masking out objects in the sky, like trees, power lines, grass, etc, and it gives you the ability to control the direction of light, and to control whether the sky that you added is reflected in water, and some other interesting capabilities. Advanced Photoshop users don't need it, but few Photoshop users are advanced.

I've attached a couple of "before and after" shots to illustrate. In the first, there's a shot of a mountain taken, unfortunately, at 2:00 p.m. on a cloudless day. The After version has the plain sky replaced by a sunset sky. I would point out that if the shot had lots of trees with leaves, LSP could readily mask them so that the new sky shows realistically through the leaves. The program does a good job of handling fringing, which can sometimes be a problem.

You can use the supplied sky photos, or use your own. In the second example, there's a shot of a raven in a nearly cloudless sky. What I did was replace that sky with a shot of the Grand Canyon. So, you can call a substitute background a "sky" and employ it in LRP even though it contains no sky at all.

I use the LSP Studio version, which is the one I'd recommend.

Hope this helps.

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rgrenaderphoto Loc: Hollywood, CA

I use Landscape Pro as a layered filter within Photoshop. One thing I've learned, Landscape Pro has to the the first filter used in PS, otherwise things hang. It is fine with additional layers and filters after that.

Rab-Eye Loc: Indiana

This is EXTREMELY helpful. Thank you, DW!

Rab-Eye Loc: Indiana

Thank you. I’m not familiar with a layered filter. Do you mind explaining it?

kubota king Loc: NW , Pa.

I have portrait pro 17 now , upgraded from 15 . I have had it for a few different version now . There is too much to explain in a text . Watching a video on youtube will allow you see what it can do . Here is a video you can watch https://youtu.be/waebShJ4ais . Just copy and paste into address bar . Tommy

MCHUGH Loc: Jacksonville, Texas

I have used Portrait Pro for several years and really like it. It saves me a lot of time. Like all programs you can easily over do a portrait and make a person not look like themselves but it has many controls to decrease or increase all its changes. I also use Portrait Pro Body and just like Portrait Pro saves a lot of time. You can of course do everything in LR/PS, it just takes more time. I still often make some more corrections after using the Portrait Pro programs but some time none at all. I have not used Landscape Pro but will be checking into it.

Rab-Eye Loc: Indiana

Thank you, Tommy.

Rab-Eye Loc: Indiana

Thank you, Mchugh.