Today I installed Lightroom 2, which I've been procrastinating on for a while, and am of course kicking myself that I didn't do it sooner. It is such a huge leap from LR1 - it's smoother and more intuitive and has addressed (most of) my concerns.
The biggest plus I can see so far is that you don't have to take an image out of LR and toss it into Photoshop to easily edit small areas. The presets tab is still a too all over the place for my taste, but it's completely possible that this is user error and I just haven't figured out how to efficiently harness it yet. (OK, my money is on the latter)
Here's the photo from this morning, run through LR2, using no presets, just the developing tools and my new best friend (sorry Leah), the adjustment brush (shortcut: K). {Aside: Leah, I know your best friend is the pen tool. Don't even try to look me in the eye and lie about it, either.}
You can click on the image for a bigger version if you want a closer look at the cool LR toys.
My best friend may be the pen tool, but you are much easier to use.
(I keed, I keed)
Posted by: Otis | March 24, 2009 at 08:53 AM