Ednsb wrote:
There are other options to replace LightRoom Classic though it is a very good Data Asset Management and uses the same raw processor as Photoshop. Adobe is moving some of the functionality of Photoshop to Lightroom. The one thing it can’t do is layers. But when you push an image to Photoshop from Lightroom it creates a new image so your original is still in Lightroom. And if you use layers in Photoshop not touching your background layer it is non-destructive especially if you use smart objects and save in either tiff or psd to save the layers.
There are other options to replace LightRoom Class... (
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That is not correct.
That's why I switched from using LR/PS.
Begin editing a raw file in LR. Do as much of your editing as you can in LR.
Oops you've got a clone/healing job that's too difficult for the crude tools in LR.
Send a SmartObject from LR to PS.
Create a new raster layer above the SmartObject layer and set the clone/heal tools to sample Current & Below.
Complete the clone/heal job.
Save as a PSD -- that would be a humongous monster-huge PSD, and you're finished.
Return to the image in a week and reevaluate it.
Hmm, I'll be that would look better using a different opening input profile.
Open the PSD and double click the SmartObject.
You're now in ACR where you can change that input profile.
Make the change which changes the overall color of the image -- yep, that's better.
Oh cr*p! The clone/healing job doesn't update the change -- it was a destructive raster element.
Enjoy doing the clone/healing job over. PS added a destructive element into your raw workflow and you got screwed.
In C1 however:
Begin editing a raw file in C1. Do all of your editing in C1.
That includes a clone/healing job that's simple to complete in C1 using C1's excellent clone/heal tools.
Return to the image in a week and reevaluate it.
Hmm, I'll be that would look better using a different opening input profile.
Make the change and see -- yep that's better.
Clone/healing job updates the input profile change -- no problem.
You're done 100% non-destructively.
Ednsb wrote:
That said there are option that have most of the features of Lightroom and Photoshop like On1 , pse, or Luminar.