Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan, First, why change to TIFF when exporting to another folder? PS handles DNG files just fine. Second, as to small rotations, if you open the crop dialoge from the tools on the bottom tool bar you will now get a rotate option that can be controlled in degrees or just like in PS with a measure tool that then gives you an exact rotation. I hope this helps somewhat. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 3/3/07, Nathan Wajsman <nathan@nathanfoto.com> wrote: > > As I stated in my previous message, I really like Lightroom. I have > been using it this week on my laptop, and I am very pleased with the > workflow and the results. I do have a few questions, which are not > completely clearly answered in the manual (and yes, I have actually > read most of the manual!). > > The workflow I used is as follows: > - copy the RAW files from the flash card to a folder on the computer > - import the images into Lightroom while converting them to DNG > - make the adjustments in Lightroom as needed > - export the files as TIFF files to a separate folder > - export the files a second time as JPG files for uploading to my web > site > > Now for the questions: > > 1) The DNG files I created--do they include the adjustments I made, > so that when I open in Photoshop later, I will be opening the > adjusted files? Or are they simply the RAW files in DNG format? > > 2) I assume that the TIFF files I exported include all the > adjustments. Is that correct? > > 3) What is the relationship between the sharpening in Lightroom, with > its 0-100 scale and the Unsharp Mask in Photoshop with its 0-300 (or > whatever it is) scale and separate controls for Radius and Threshold? > > 4) Is there a way to rotate an image in Lightroom by an arbitrary > amount? From what I can see there isn't, which is why I opened > Photoshop to edit 3-4 of the Switzerland images that needed to be > rotated by 1 or 0.5 degree. > > 5) Is it better to use the sidecar files or to have everything > written inside the DNG files, given that the only non-Lightroom > application in which I would currently open the DNG files is > Photoshop? Having everything in the DNG files seems intuitively > simpler, but surely there much some advantage to using the sidecar > files? > > TIA, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > nathan@nathanfoto.com > General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com > http://www.greatpix.eu > Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >