[Leica] Spot removal tool--LR4

[john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster)]

I think this version (6) will be the last that you get a reduced upgrade 
price to. It "only" cost me 450USD to upgrade the entire CS Master suite, 
but that was from 5.5.

john
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It was $200 (or whatever it was) well worth spending. I didn't upgrade from
CS1 until CS5, then it's a no-brainer.

On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 3:48 PM, Lew Schwartz <lew1716 at gmail.com> wrote:

> These upgrades are so, so worth it that you'd have to be nuts to spring for
> a new lens first.
> On Jun 19, 2012 6:44 PM, "Richard Man" <richard at richardmanphoto.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I will gladly pay $200 just to get the Content Aware <whatever>. Of
> course
> > Adobe wants $$$$ :-P
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 3:14 PM, Lew Schwartz <lew1716 at gmail.com> 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Yes, everything is better. Not only LR4, but the noise->dust &
> scratches
> > > routine in CS5 & 6 is nothing short of amazing. Simply erasing a long
> > > scratch pushes the days of the fine point brush, magnifying glass, and
> > > Spotone so far into the past that one forgets the little bottles are
> > still
> > > in a drawer someplace. Like electrons, you actually used such a small
> > > quantity that it seemed endless.
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 4:12 PM, Richard Man <
> > richard at richardmanphoto.com
> > > >wrote:
> > >
> > > > "H" to show the circles of replacement and things being replaced.
> > > >
> > > > For heavy duty spot removal, I use CS5. The healing brush is amazing.
> > LR
> > > > also slows down a lot with spot removal if your file is large.
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 12:43 PM, Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org>
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I haven't used this tool recently--for sure in LR2, possibly in
> LR3.
> > In
> > > > > LR4, they seem to have improved it to where it no longer works
> worth
> > a
> > > > > damn. I remember removing two strands of a barbed wire fence that
> > were
> > > > > between me and a donkey in LR2. It took a while, because it did not
> > > work
> > > > > like the PS cloner--it replaced a circular area by the area in some
> > > other
> > > > > direction, e.g. at right angles to the wire. So I had to remove the
> > > wire
> > > > > one section at a time, which took a while but worked splendidly.
> > > > >
> > > > > Yesterday, there was part of a picture frame showing at the top of
> a
> > > > shot,
> > > > > and my wife asked if I could remove it in LR. I said "probably
> not,"
> > > but
> > > > > thinking about it, there seemed to be enough clear wall between it
> > and
> > > > the
> > > > > subject of the picture to make removal possible.
> > > > >
> > > > > No way! It was a colossal failure. 1. I didn't see the replacement
> > > pixels
> > > > > show up as I was dragging the tool; they clearly showed in LR2. 2.
> I
> > > had
> > > > to
> > > > > wait a number of seconds before I could see what the tool had done.
> > 3.
> > > A
> > > > > faint image of some lines of the picture frame remained and could
> not
> > > be
> > > > > removed. 4. The replaced area was darker than the ostensible source
> > > area.
> > > > >
> > > > > Comments? Observations?
> > > > > --
> > > > > Herbert Kanner
> > > > > kanner at acm.org
> > > > > 650-326-8204
> > > > >