Use one editing program or various?
Mar 18, 2020 23:10:52 #
mwsilvers
Loc: Central New Jersey
Crowtography wrote:
Does everyone use Luminar4, Lightroom, Topaz, or On1? .. do you use one specific program or certain ones for certain tasks?
I shoot 100% raw and primarily use DXO PhotoLab Elite. I also occasionally use ON1 Photo Raw 2020.1, and although its raw conversions are much poorer than Photolab's, it has some tools not available in Photolab.
Mar 19, 2020 06:26:38 #
Crowtography wrote:
What is cost of On1?
That information is on their website.
Mar 19, 2020 07:02:44 #
I start in LR Classic then to PS with various plug-ins:Topaz, NIK, Luminary’s as needed.
Mar 19, 2020 07:14:19 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
Crowtography wrote:
Does everyone use Luminar4, Lightroom, Topaz, or On1? .. do you use one specific program or certain ones for certain tasks?
Photoshop and Topaz.
Mar 19, 2020 07:23:57 #
I'm just about to buy Paintshop Pro and intend to use this for anything I can't do on CANON's DPP v4.
Mar 19, 2020 07:31:07 #
I always begin in Lightroom and do most of the work there, primarily because I like the catalog. Often, I do finishing touches in Luminar or sometimes Nik. I also have On1, but I seldom use it. I’m learning to like Luminar more and more, especially for color work.
Mar 19, 2020 07:39:41 #
I pretty much use PS exclusively. The only other program I use is one a friend of mine and I wrote to stitch panoramas together. It's come into use more often now that I have a shift-stitch back for my view camera.
--Bob
--Bob
Crowtography wrote:
Does everyone use Luminar4, Lightroom, Topaz, or On1? .. do you use one specific program or certain ones for certain tasks?
Mar 19, 2020 07:39:46 #
For me - it's Affinity and Serif's earlier PhotoPlus. I also use PhotoFiltre, and prefer to print using the facilities of XnView. For viewing and a quick edit for assessing potential, I use FastStone. When I need suggestions (run out of ideas) I use SmartEdit. Stay safe everyone 
Mar 19, 2020 07:55:05 #
Mar 19, 2020 07:58:21 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
Paul, does De Noise 6 work as a Light Room plug-in.? Does it export back into Light Room?I use LR for 100% of my images. In the old days, Topaz has a series of special effects modules. When an image will benefit for a B&W conversion or an HDR effect, the legacy Topaz B&W and Adjust modules work very well. I use the older Topaz DeNoise6 on nearly all images, typically most everything above ISO-100.
Mar 19, 2020 08:18:34 #
Mar 19, 2020 08:32:08 #
Import and name with Bridge then use PSE for all editing. Take care & ...
Mar 19, 2020 08:44:05 #
I use only 1 program, Luminar 2018. Personally feel don't need to retouch photos to a degree where original basically lost unless looking to go to point of creating art that's something other then photography, which is just fine for anyone, just not me.
Mar 19, 2020 08:55:39 #
AFPhoto wrote:
Paul, does De Noise 6 work as a Light Room plug-in.? Does it export back into Light Room?
Yes as a plug-in to LR. I use DeNoise6 mostly as stand alone batch, but the software shows it's unsupported status as Topaz refused to fix a problem where the EXIF is lost in the batch mode. I also have a Topaz product 'PhotoFXLab' that gives a Topaz workspace and access to the various Topaz modules, you can 'layer' an image between one or several modules including DeNoise6. Unsupported software has its limits.
Mar 19, 2020 09:06:59 #
I use as my primary editor proprietary software, Nikon View 2 with my Nikon cameras and Olympus Workspace with my Olympus bodies. I then finish the files with Affinity Photo and if some enhancement is needed I go to Topaz Adjust AI.
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