Playing with Lightroom 2.0
I installed Lightroom 2.0 and I would say that it does look promising. I am glad that I held off purchasing Aperture.
First, you can’t use your existing Lightroom catalog with the new beta version, which actually does make sense. At least the new beta version won’t screw up your catalog file, although I wonder if Adobe will provide the capability to merge both catalogs.
Next, I tried the “Retouch” tool, which allows for localized corrections. The beauty of this tool (and what I see as the advantage over Aperture’s dodge-and-burn plugin) is that it is non-destructive. Here is the base image where I planned to retouch.
The lady at the kiosk is barely visible. With the retouch tool, I was able to boost the exposure, revealing more of the kiosk owner serving hot lunch to the tired, weary messenger.
And what about the new “post-crop” vignette feature?
Here’s the uncropped picture:
And here is the cropped picture:
April 03 2008 07:02 pm | Software
