Google| Subject | Re: post processing |
| From | YouDontNeedToKnowButItsNoëlle |
| Date | 2014-03-15 09:13 (2014-03-15 09:13) |
| Message-ID | <lg123p$ft6$1@speranza.aioe.org> |
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| Newsgroups | rec.photo.digital |
| Follows | Savageduck |
| Followups | Savageduck (7h & 23m) > YouDontNeedToKnowButItsNoëlle |
Le 14/03/14 06:54, Savageduck a écrit :
SavageduckI just downloaded PSE 12 trial, to see by myself. (Had one old version bundled with a scanner, once upon the times)
Personally I find PSE lacking in many ways, even though the PR says it can do almost all PS can. That is not exactly true. I also have PSE9, and while I can use it, it just doesn't cut the mustard for me. That is one of my reasons for making other recommendations for those who can't afford full versions of PS
First thing it has automation but no scripts you can edit. Blah !!!
The more crippling feature for me is the fact it works only on 8 bits; so there is little point in using 14 bits raws.
It has layers, sort of, but not the most useful colors curves layer, and not the NB ajustement layer I have grown to like. I use a lot named and grouped layers (specially when the work involve variants and texts). I was not able to locate the alpha layers palette, despite the fact the images show selection and you can memorise them. But no direct selection editing mode ? I tried to paint my selection, without success. May be this exist but the interface is different. Sharpening tool seems to have moved somewhere else than in filters. I am confident it is there. And it lacks the color preview capabilities (for accurate printing).
I dont say it is a bad tool, it is certainly good. But for me just lack the features I use in CS, the rest I find in Capture NX2 or Aperture. In fact I use now photoshop CS3 only when there is no faster way for something, or no way at all I can think of.
In PSE12 the way the tools are arranged is better than in my CS3.
Again I wonder what is the reason it does not show the Nik collection somewhere. Is it because I have installed the Nik collection before this or is it because it is a trial version ?
Noëlle Adam
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