Show Us Your RAW Conversions, BEFORE And AFTER

hxpham .....nice work.
how do you like LR3beta?

_Mark

Ziffle wrote in post #9093986
hxpham .....nice work.
how do you like LR3beta?

_Mark

Thank you, Ziffle/Mark!
I cannot comment too much, as I switched to LR3 after upgrading to a new camera so that brings up a lot of new variables. However, I did compare the noise reduction of the LR3beta and I think it is a big improvement. At the moment it only has chroma noise reduction and not luminance, so it isn't as strong as other programs but it has a much nicer look to the noise (more grainy and less splotchy) with much less color noise.
Here's a sample of a moderate crop from an ISO3200 1Ds3 photo through LR3beta http://img88.imageshac​k.us/img88/7072/mg0030​.jpg

hxpham wrote in post #9094020
Thank you, Ziffle/Mark!
I cannot comment too much, as I switched to LR3 after upgrading to a new camera so that brings up a lot of new variables. However, I did compare the noise reduction of the LR3beta and I think it is a big improvement. At the moment it only has chroma noise reduction and not luminance, so it isn't as strong as other programs but it has a much nicer look to the noise (more grainy and less splotchy) with much less color noise.
Here's a sample of a moderate crop from an ISO3200 1Ds3 photo through LR3beta http://img88.imageshac​k.us/img88/7072/mg0030​.jpg

nice......

i have processed 2 wedding w/ LR3.
Love the new engine, sharpening is better and i use vignetting now.
I have played w/ noise reduction .... but still use noiseware for any hardcore work.
waiting to see how much functionality they will add to final version of print and slide show.

Later,
_Mark

It's been awhile since I last contributed to this thread. Recently I've just been outputting straight RAW to JPEG using DPP or LR so no real processing. This is a pic from a wedding I shot a few weeks back.

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Great conversions this morning. I need to get some new ones going and put them up.

I wanted to post some of my efforts at the more advanced and less used aspects of my RAW converter of choice, LightRoom - learning the capabilities of these tools has lessened my dependence on pixel-editing software like Photoshop. I'm going to go over some adjustment brush use, and hopefully it'll inspire a more artful and creative individual to explore and further their use in our little classroom!

This isn't a great photo, but it serves the purpose. First, the Before/After - assume the regular WB and exposure corrections, I'm not going to go in to them here.

Hey Bill, cool to bring out those eyes! Especially the all-red-eye ones!!

The cat's chet has the same puplish tint that the shirt in the background does -- is there a colored light in the background?

Thanks for making another contribution to our "classroom"!

The sweater in the background is purple - the chest hue is from my computer monitor -

WhyFi wrote in post #9120952
The sweater in the background is purple - the chest hue is from my computer monitor -

Funny how that can happen!

WhyFi wrote in post #9120135
I wanted to post some of my efforts at the more advanced and less used aspects of my RAW converter of choice, LightRoom - learning the capabilities of these tools has lessened my dependence on pixel-editing software like Photoshop. I'm going to go over some adjustment brush use, and hopefully it'll inspire a more artful and creative individual to explore and further their use in our little classroom!

Ahhhhhhh! It's my Pet Cemetary Nightmares all over again.

LOL - for N00bs not in the know, the red bits are the Adjustment Brush overlays that show you where your changes are taking affect - you can toggle the overlay on/off with the "o" key.

OK. I just purchased LR...can you point me to some reading so that I can get started. The 1st thing I need to do is move my catalog from PSE7 to LR. So I need some basic info to get started.

Edit: I see the sticky but the threads are dated 2007 and seemed to have experienced lots of problems. Are there any updated tutorials?

Thanks

Al

Hey Al, welcome!

First, if you google "lightroom tutorial" you get this:

http://www.google.com …utf8&q=lightroo​m+tutorial

Just walk down the list and pick and choose -- a couple good places to begin are on the Adobe site and a place called Lightroomkillertips -- http://www.lightroomki​llertips.com/ hosted by Scott Kelby with great tutorials.

I'm also one to recommend reading matter, and there are several good books covering Lightroom. Some of the most populare are ones written by Kelby and Martin Evening:

http://www.amazon.com/​gp/aw/d.html?a=0321492​161

http://www.amazon.com …otographers/dp/​0321385438

A valued member of this forum, Victoria Bampton, runs a site that is rich in resources for Lightroom users. Here is her profile, with specific links in her sig:

https://photography-on-the.net/forum/member.p​hp?u=104607

And, of course, you are in this thread, which means you have right here at your fingertips some great examples posted by a lot of users!

Enjoy your new acquisition!

Thanks Tony. I see I will have to ease into it. Just a few questions before Il begin my journey. Is tagging photos the same as in PSE7? Will it transfer all the tags I have along with the photos from my catalog in PSE7? From some readings in the sticky, it seems the early version did not stack photos...does this version stack photos?

Ok I am off to do my readings.

tonylong wrote in post #9122007
Hey Al, welcome!

First, if you google "lightroom tutorial" you get this:

http://www.google.com …utf8&q=lightroo​m+tutorial

Just walk down the list and pick and choose -- a couple good places to begin are on the Adobe site and a place called Lightroomkillertips -- http://www.lightroomki​llertips.com/ hosted by Scott Kelby with great tutorials.

I'm also one to recommend reading matter, and there are several good books covering Lightroom. Some of the most populare are ones written by Kelby and Martin Evening:

http://www.amazon.com/​gp/aw/d.html?a=0321492​161

http://www.amazon.com …otographers/dp/​0321385438

A valued member of this forum, Victoria Bampton, runs a site that is rich in resources for Lightroom users. Here is her profile, with specific links in her sig:

https://photography-on-the.net/forum/member.p​hp?u=104607

And, of course, you are in this thread, which means you have right here at your fingertips some great examples posted by a lot of users!

Enjoy your new acquisition!

Yes, you can stack photos, and there are some other great tools (check out Virtual Copies and using the History Panel, for example). Oh, and by the way, the Help contents are well done. Until you wade into a good thorough book, I'd be sure to wade into Help -- it gives a good overview and step-by-step instructions of all the "stuff".

I don't know how well Elements organizing stuff will transfer over to LR. I haven't used Elements since before I started with LR -- back at Elements 4, and I just don't have recall of how things moved over. Check your folders, and if there is an XMP file associated with your images, you can import the folder and then read the XMP files either automatically (can slow the import down) or by the Read Metadata From File command.

If there is no XMP file, Elements may (or may not) ahve the ability to save keywords and maybe Raw edit data -- you'll have to check that out. Maybe some Elements users here who also have Lightroom will have the answer to that.