PNWUPS December Gathering

[danclem]

The December meeting of the Pacific Northwest underwater photographic group will be Sunday, December 7, in Everett at 4:30 PM.

Yesterday's November get together was really interesting. White balance corrections and other processes were done in Elements, Photoshop, and LightRoom. Johanna did a great job of documenting steps in each program. It is amazing to see the steps involved in each program. The concensus was to dump Elements for LightRoom. Greg did a good presentation on the use of models in shots.

If you are interested in joining or participating in this underwater photographic group, visit PNWUPS : PNW Underwater Photographic Society.

Cheers,

Dan

 

[jokeborn]

Which one of the 3 worked best and can you send me a copy of the documenting steps? Thanks.

 

[danclem]

Hi jokeborn:

Below is a link to the write up Johanna Raupe prepared for our last photo get together. The comparison is with Elements, LightRoom, and Photoshop CS3, including Camera RAW. Johanna used LightRoom version 1.4, and the current Version 2.1 is a far superior product. I would have attached the file, but the ScubaBoard PDF file size limit is 400 k.

http://www.e-clements.com/PNWUPS/White_Balance.pdf

The advantage to Elements is that it is the least expensive. As you can see, it is much more complicated to correct color. I think we all felt that LightRoom is really coming along, especially since you can save edits in "side-car" *.XMP files and bring them into Photoshop where any changes are not lost.

There are still some processes in which Photoshop excels, so the best combination is probably LightRoom and Photoshop CS3 if you are want high quality results and this is in your budget.

We had a brief discussion about GIMP, a freeware photo editing tool that is marketed as a replacement for Photoshop. The reviews state that it will do most all of what Photoshop can, but has a more difficult user interface and tends to be more sluggish.

Hope this helps,

Dan

 

[Gdog]

Interesting, thank you very much for the input