Thanks.
Chuck Norcutt
On 4/16/2013 1:08 PM, Frank Wijsmuller wrote:
> I just visited a local photography show and enjoyed a 45min presentation of
> LR5. They claimed they had a first, since the download of LR5 was too early
> available, enabling them to run the presentation today (the official
> release time would be 5pm local time here, when the show closed).
>
> I could see myself upgrading for a few of these features:
> - free form spot repair: it basically lets you 'paint' out an unwanted
> detail of your picture and then LR searchs for a proper alternative. You
> can still control it by hand. They'll keep their intelligent content fill
> for LR6 I guess.
> - auto level and or auto perspective adjustment. There is an additional
> control to adjust the 'vertical thickness', to compensate for the results
> of perspective adjustment. The guy suggested that it would be popular among
> portrait photographers (easier then a diet ;-)
> - circular graduated filter. Quite powerful. You can either manipulate the
> picture inside or outside a circular shape you draw yourself. All familiar
> controls are there. The end of deliberate vignetting as we know it (or the
> beginning of another vignetting hype I guess). One less reason left to buy
> expensive glass for thin DOF.
> - smart preview means a limited resolution picture on which you can do all
> there is (when the original raw is not available). Aimed at laptop users
> who cannot or don't want to carry all their pictures with them (on a
> external drive/nas). I think he mentioned 2000pixels horizontal max. When
> the raw is 'reattached', the changes can be processed on those. He
> mentioned a 100K picture collection in smart preview took some 15Gb. That
> is not too demanding on a laptop nowadays. There is also a 'speed' bonus,
> LR should feel faster with smaller files. You could make your workflow on
> the smart previews fast for the screen, and only on the real raw for the
> print. Makes some sense I think.
>
> Hopes this helps to get an impression of LR5.
>
> Best, Frank.
>
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