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Re: Lenses and sharpening

nospam
SubjectRe: Lenses and sharpening
Fromnospam
Date09/19/2014 18:50 (09/19/2014 12:50)
Message-ID<190920141250560431%nospam@nospam.invalid>
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Newsgroupsrec.photo.digital
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In article <slrnm1no50.b9l.mr@irc.sandman.net>, Sandman <mr@sandman.net>wrote:

Sandman
Any non-destructive fully reversible application. Photoshop, Lightroom, Aperture, iPhoto, DxO and many others.

nospam
photoshop can be non-destructive if the user uses it that way. it isn't normally.

Sandman
Depends on what you use in it. All layer effects and layer adjustments are fully reversible. I'd say that these days, most of your ordinary photo processing in Photoshop is reversible by default.

you have to make adjustment layers or smart objects for everything you do, otherwise it's destructive.

it's an extra step.

I.e. if you open a photo in Photoshop and click the Levels button in the palette, which is the easiest way to apply a levels adjustment, it's fully reversible. Only if you select Image ->Adjustments ->Levels do you get a levels adjustments that isn't reversible.

the easiest way to do levels is pick levels in the adjustments menu which is not reversible.

you have to use an adjustment layer (not available for gimp users) for it to be reversible.

The filters menu is non-reversible unless you take steps beforehand to make them reversible (i.e. enable smart filters).

that's my point.

nospam
iphoto is not non-destructive. it makes a copy of an image when you change it and writes the changes to the copy.

Sandman
I.e. exactly like Lightroom. LR has a better UI for enabling and disabling effects, but the process is the same.

iphoto is nothing at all like lightroom, other than casually in that they manage assets.

nospam
all you can do is revert to original.

Sandman
Or use the sliders in the other direction, same result. All adjustments can be reversed individually in iPhoto. Well, all except retouch and red-eye I think.

Also, the "revert to original" changes to "revert to previous" depending on what you're doing, so some edits can be reverted step by step.

that's an undo. if you quit, it's not available.

It's not as sophisticated as LR or Aperture, of course, but it is 100% non-destructive.

it's not even close to either.

Sandman (2h & 5m) > nospam