12-20-2012, 07:10 PM
I go with Bryan.
PV 2012 is really worth a look. Some sliders have changed the way they act. Beware! Pictures processed in PV2010 may look strange after conversion. Preprocessed pictures are not converted to PV2012 by default, you have to initiate it.
Tone curve learned RGB.
Noise reduction has made a big step forward. The number of AL-files I have to transfer to CS/Noiseware for proper treatment decreased a lot.
Coming handy when difficult lighting on location (light sources with different colour temperatures): Brush tool is able to manipulate colour temperature.
Seldom used but handy, too: correction of longitudinal CAs
Big improvement (for me) is softproof.
No big concern (for me): "Photo Book" and location mapping via GPS.
Just download the trial version and take a look. Using Windows you will have both version on the disk and you may use both versions but not at the same time. AFAIK you will be able to do so using a Mac.
You know the procedures to run a second repository (picture files, sidecar files and catalog(s))?
You may *not* want to use LR4 with older versions of PS CS if you want to transfer pictures between LR and CS as smart objects. LR3 <-smart object-> CS5. LR4 <-smart object-> CS6. Old fashioned transfer of rendered pictures is possible between different versions, of course.
Ciao, Walter
PV 2012 is really worth a look. Some sliders have changed the way they act. Beware! Pictures processed in PV2010 may look strange after conversion. Preprocessed pictures are not converted to PV2012 by default, you have to initiate it.
Tone curve learned RGB.
Noise reduction has made a big step forward. The number of AL-files I have to transfer to CS/Noiseware for proper treatment decreased a lot.
Coming handy when difficult lighting on location (light sources with different colour temperatures): Brush tool is able to manipulate colour temperature.
Seldom used but handy, too: correction of longitudinal CAs
Big improvement (for me) is softproof.
No big concern (for me): "Photo Book" and location mapping via GPS.
Just download the trial version and take a look. Using Windows you will have both version on the disk and you may use both versions but not at the same time. AFAIK you will be able to do so using a Mac.
You know the procedures to run a second repository (picture files, sidecar files and catalog(s))?
You may *not* want to use LR4 with older versions of PS CS if you want to transfer pictures between LR and CS as smart objects. LR3 <-smart object-> CS5. LR4 <-smart object-> CS6. Old fashioned transfer of rendered pictures is possible between different versions, of course.
Ciao, Walter