LandscapePro Launched and panned on DPR: The side comments on PortraitPro are also less than positive. Basically what I think of all plug-ins...

Rongnongno Loc: FL

The side comments on PortraitPro are also less than positive.

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I firmly believe in spending time getting the shot as best as possibly can out of camera and using software to mildly make any improvements/corrections to achieve a desired look without making it look fake.

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Judging by the comments here it could be fair to say that neither 'landscapePro' or 'PortraitPro' are programs being used by actual pros.

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Sorry but all these tools are utterly useless, because as long as no really clever AI is developed, programs will always struggle to find whats background and whats foreground in more complex pictures. .../... And same as Portrait Pro which, in the wrong hands, turns your realistic models into plastic people without pores, this is more a program for newbies who are to lazy to learn clipping.

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You can't create a photographer with a photo editing programs.

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If they changed its name to LandscapeProFakeArtist, or DeskscapePro, then I don't think there would be much objection.

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This software is saying: Don't bother going outside being creative and enjoying the outdoors, just stay indoors and photoshop because your not talented enough to photograph a nice photo.

Basically what I think of all plug-ins...

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

Rongnongno wrote:

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Basically what I think of all plug-ins...

--Bob

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

At this rate, pretty soon they'll release the "Super Pro" version which won't require you to even leave your house. It'll contain a variety of landscape features, well known and otherwise, a variety of sky photos, etc. All one needs to do is drag and drop the scenes, features, sky, clouds, etc. into your final print format. No camera needed, no talent needed, no travel needed, etc. You too can be a master landscape fauxtographer.
--Bob

rook2c4 Loc: Philadelphia, PA USA

Essentially, this is software for photographers who don't want to learn how to perform advanced editing tasks (manipulating layer masks, using selection tools and curves, etc.). I call this software, "push button editing".

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

It seems like only one of the people commenting has actually used the program. "Tried it, didn't like it. Too heavy handed." Has everyone who tried LR or PS loved it and bought it? I'll wait for an actual test and review by someone who knows what he's doing.

jrushphoto Loc: Flint, MI

jerryc41 wrote:

It seems like only one of the people commenting has actually used the program. "Tried it, didn't like it. Too heavy handed." Has everyone who tried LR or PS loved it and bought it? I'll wait for an actual test and review by someone who knows what he's doing.

GoofyNewfie Loc: Kansas City

For the curious-a link to the software:
http://www.landscapepro.pics

And the DPReview article:
http://m.dpreview.com/news/5716845724/landscapepro-software-promises-simple-steps-to-dramatic-changes

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

Jerry, I tried this company's Portrait Pro. It's great if you want to turn people into mannequins. I'll stick to the tried and true techniques I've used in PS for years, such as this one:
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-372356-1.html

--Bob

jerryc41 wrote:

It seems like only one of the people commenting has actually used the program. "Tried it, didn't like it. Too heavy handed." Has everyone who tried LR or PS loved it and bought it? I'll wait for an actual test and review by someone who knows what he's doing.

rook2c4 Loc: Philadelphia, PA USA

pego99 wrote:

I love the program.

But everything the program did on your image, you could have accomplished without it... and with a little effort, even done better. And saved a nice chunk of money.

Rongnongno Loc: FL

rook2c4 wrote:

But everything the program did on your image, you could have accomplished without it... and with a little effort, even done better. And saved a nice chunk of money.

I would say that this really demonstrates how NOT to take a nude and then how to NOT PP it.

Cellulite anyone?

marcomarks Loc: Ft. Myers, FL

rmalarz wrote:

Jerry, I tried this company's Portrait Pro. It's great if you want to turn people into mannequins. I'll stick to the tried and true techniques I've used in PS for years, such as this one:
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-372356-1.html

--Bob

It does no such thing. If you choose to leave the settings where the software puts them it does a decent, but somewhat overly fixed, job. I have used it many times, used it three times on whole office head and shoulder shots that were groups of 4 shots each of 12 to 15 people, and all you have to do is fuss around with the sliders and most times reduce them slightly to bring the end result to a point of minimal changes that are indistinguishable from what you'd work your ass off to create manually. I find it quite a time saver and everybody has always been pleased with my results. It's not that I don't know or use PS because I do but why waste my time attempting to prove I'm smarter than software and get the same result?

LandscapePro is a different story. I'm not sure I understand the point of it. That seems more like something to be wildly artistic with instead of slightly enhancing reality. I'll have to review it more and see if it has any benefit at all.

CathyAnn Loc: Apache Junction, AZ

I tried the Trial Version of Landscape Pro, and don't like it for this reason. When the sky is selected that has the sun setting in the background and the daylight on the subject is coming from the right or left, I'm bothered. Where the direction of the light comes from and what is actually in the picture have to coincide. I went through all of their sky "replacements", and none were appropriate to the picture being edited. I tried it on one of my photos, and finally gave up. I'm not buying it.

marcomarks Loc: Ft. Myers, FL

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I tried the Trial Version of Landscape Pro, and do... (show quote)

Were the replacements adjustable? Being that you can change the lighting in PortraitPro, I'm surprised you can't change it in this.

CathyAnn Loc: Apache Junction, AZ

If they can be modified, I have no idea how. You just pick the sky you want after labeling and masking the sky, and the software puts it in the picture. In the opening screen, there is a picture of a couple with the light coming from the right. However, the sky in that picture had the light coming from the back. Very odd looking.

marcomarks Loc: Ft. Myers, FL

CathyAnn wrote:

If they can be modified, I have no idea how. You just pick the sky you want after labeling and masking the sky, and the software puts it in the picture. In the opening screen, there is a picture of a couple with the light coming from the right. However, the sky in that picture had the light coming from the back. Very odd looking.

Now you have me curious so I'll have to get the trial. Personal I use Topaz ReMask 5 for my skies but they are always blue skies with white fluffies for my real estate photography work on gloomy days, so light direction doesn't affect me for that. The main problem I have is getting the foreground to look like it was a clear sky and there was sunlight coming from any direction at all because it wasn't and there are shadows on the house.