verdekiwi

uhmmmmmmm i'm having trouble with this on mac. talking about brush in develop persona: how to change size? how to change color? (i can't reverse a brush!!) how to change softness, opacity, etc? still thinking the develop persona should be fully integrated in photo persona, otherwise makes no difference from using photoshop and camera raw.

Hi there I'm having the first look on the software, and till now look great. fast, things are easy to find, preset ready to go. That's good. Now, what I've notice is that the develop persona have some great capabilities, (like the easy to generate mask) that I cannot find the the photo persona. What I'm not sure if the develop is just a RAW editor to use before go to the standard or is a tool I can use later. If I might suggest, what it could be a great use (and not just a clone of photoshop) it will be to include a full editor of raw file fully integrated with the software. Just to explain, what is the main defect of the photoshop in raw file (using camera raw), is that first you set thing, then you enter photoshop. If you want to extract dark areas and lighter areas you have to open twice the image. Now, your masking system help, but still not having the full software doesn't make a real difference. To give you a clear example: I'm a architect photographer. Most of my works require manual HDR (shooting an interior with natural light can go easily with +2/-2 EV pics; while taking picture of a huge window could require a full bracket from +2EV to -8EV), but most of the time one single RAW file can do the job. As I mention, in the photoshop camera raw system, the best way to do it is the open twice (or 3 time) the image, place them one on top of the other, and then use the full photoshop (not just the camera raw) to set the masks. That means I'm working on a raster image and I've lost most of the RAW properties. Another tool that is mandatory my field is the lens correction. And this is the main clash with the camera raw system. To use I need a good tool (by the way, you definitely need to insert a guide-grid in the lens correction tool, or it is totally useless), so I end up to use a third party plugin (PTlens). Depending on the image I have 2 workflow: either i correct the lens distortion as first step, either as the last one (especially when I have 4-5 layer of different exposure images, doing the lens correction on all the layer became a very slow process). As it is now, I found no "lens correction tool" inside the software, that is basically the same mistake of the camera raw software. What I'm suggesting is to have a full integrated RAW system (basically how Aperture works), which allows you full edit a RAW preserving the RAW potential and parameter or, the possibility to go back to the RAW edit in any moment. Having the "first I set something - then I open and I set something else" system is totally pointless and makes RAW files useless. Hope this help to develop your software, I saw great potential, but still need many touches.

+1 definitely need a custom constrain setting Also I think one preset constrain is missing, the 3:2 ! (as far i know the most common in photography after the 4:3). I also notice a mistake in the "original" constrain: when I select it give me a higher area (basically a 4:3). I'm working on a RAW file in Photo Persona.