01-11-2012, 09:23 PM
Hi Ian,
I suggest you watch video #8 of the "what's new playlist" (to watch on youtube, not as embed; these videos only go over the main features, it seems there are more things, soft proofing is better covered on dpreview preview)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v4XKYBuq...p_play_all
Indeed, they have re arranged the sliders so that they influence a narrower area of the histogram. I find this is a welcome improvement as I could relate with the effects she described (for instance, wanting to adjust fill lights and pulling too much of the mid tones in the process). So part of the things you've been reading about will soon be different & IMHO better. But the principles remain the same :-). Keep in mind that there is often many different ways to achieve very similar results in LR.
What I haven't explored yet is their notion of process. Between process 2008 & 2010 it was pretty obvious as it was mainly demozaicing improvements. Here, the notion seems to be the way you can handle the corrections but I don't know if it means that a 2010 process file will open with the old sliders. Seems a bit weird but nothing to be worried about.
I've played about with the soft proofing and it seems quite well made (but maybe not so well made we had to wait version 4 to get it...) even though some questions remain and some things could be more streamlined with the print module. It's a BETA anyway.
Looks like R4 is going to be a better upgrade than R3 was, for me. Looking forward!
Greetings,
S.
I suggest you watch video #8 of the "what's new playlist" (to watch on youtube, not as embed; these videos only go over the main features, it seems there are more things, soft proofing is better covered on dpreview preview)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v4XKYBuq...p_play_all
Indeed, they have re arranged the sliders so that they influence a narrower area of the histogram. I find this is a welcome improvement as I could relate with the effects she described (for instance, wanting to adjust fill lights and pulling too much of the mid tones in the process). So part of the things you've been reading about will soon be different & IMHO better. But the principles remain the same :-). Keep in mind that there is often many different ways to achieve very similar results in LR.
What I haven't explored yet is their notion of process. Between process 2008 & 2010 it was pretty obvious as it was mainly demozaicing improvements. Here, the notion seems to be the way you can handle the corrections but I don't know if it means that a 2010 process file will open with the old sliders. Seems a bit weird but nothing to be worried about.
I've played about with the soft proofing and it seems quite well made (but maybe not so well made we had to wait version 4 to get it...) even though some questions remain and some things could be more streamlined with the print module. It's a BETA anyway.
Looks like R4 is going to be a better upgrade than R3 was, for me. Looking forward!
Greetings,
S.