Google| Subject | Re: Any Minolta/Sony users using UFRaw and GIMP? |
| From | Tony Cooper |
| Date | 04/08/2014 22:49 (04/08/2014 16:49) |
| Message-ID | <k5n8k91oo96d4ae92ood86v042updapq58@4ax.com> |
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| Newsgroups | rec.photo.digital |
| Follows | nospam |
| Followups | nospam (1h & 32m) > Tony Cooper |
On Tue, 08 Apr 2014 09:03:40 -0400, nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
nospamYou have an incredible ability to skew the point when you don't want to see/hear it.
In article <dks6k9p2ocj6g5g2d56cm7kd2n7fs7b4no@4ax.com>, Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com>wrote:nospamwho cares whether they do or not. what matters is whether someone gets the results they want, not how many image processing methods they can rattle off.Tony Cooper
I agree completely.nospamTony Cooper
nobody is going to look at an image in a gallery or wherever and say 'wow, that photographer knows what richardson-lucy is'.
Or say "Wow, that photographer knows how to use Lightroom".
It seems that just going for good results is OK with you in this area, but not in any other area where there are choices of post-processing methods.
it seems that you are confused. again.
lightroom is one of the easiest apps to use to get good results and that's why i like using it so much and why i recommend it to others. why make things more complicated than they need to be?
Your first line is "who cares...what matters is whether someone gets the results they want...".
That thinking should be generous enough to allow someone to post-process in anything from Gimp to Photoshop to Lightroom as long as they get the results they want. As you yourself say, nobody [sic] is going to look at the finished image and comment on what method was used to get to that result unless they feel the image wasn't processed to achieve the results *they* feel is possible. Unless they're an editor who is buying the image, though, their opinion doesn't count more than the photographer's.
The fact that LR is easy to use and produce good results is a separate issue. The issue you've commented on here is about the photographer getting the results wanted.
As for "complicated", it's the prerogative of the user to determine what they are willing to do to achieve a finished product that pleases them. Amateur photographers are not generally on deadlines or otherwise required to be particularly efficient. If we - and I'm in that group - want to ten minutes on an image when you might get to the same place in two, that's our option. Since we haven't seen anything of yours, we're not even sure you can turn out results that are what we think to be acceptable even if you are working with an uncomplicated and efficient system.
-- Tony Cooper - Orlando FL
04/05/2014-
