Re: Is lightroom all Adobe hope it will be?


"Barry Pearson" <news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1174217771.806744.118920@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
: On Mar 18, 9:50 am, "Douglas." <dj4groups-o...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
: [snip]
: > Yeah... You don't get much for 25 million eh?
: > I suppose Adobe gave me a copy of Lightroom because I'm such a lovable
: > bloke, then?
: > They gave it to me because I bought and paid for RawShooter just weeks
: > before Adobe bought the program and this... Is the evolution of it.
: >
: > But Hey... Don't let fact stand in the way of a good story Barry.
:
: The facts are as I stated. You can read here if you like:
:
: 9 January 2006:
: "Adobe Press Release on Lightroom"
: http://lightroom-news.com/2006/01/09/adobe-press-release-on-lightroom/
:
: 9 January 2006:
: "The Shadowland/Lightroom Development Story"
:
http://lightroom-news.com/2006/01/09/the-shadowlandlightroom-development-story/
:
: 13 June 2006:
: "Lightroom Public Beta 3.0 for Mac Now Available"
:
http://lightroom-news.com/2006/06/13/lightroom-public-beta-30-for-mac-now-available/
:
: 26 June 2006:
: "Adobe Acquires Technology Assets of Pixmantec ApS"
:
http://lightroom-news.com/2006/06/26/adobe-acquires-technology-assets-of-pixmantec-aps/
:
: You may want to listen to some of the podcasts (as I have) and learn
: more about the relationship between Lightroom and ACR:
: http://idisk.mac.com/george_jardine-Public?view=web
:
: Adobe gave free copies of Lightroom to people who had paid for
: Rawshooter because, by buying the assets of Pixmantec, they had
: terminated the further development of a product that people had paid
: for expecting a future. That is NOT evidence that any Rawshooter code
: was included in Lightroom.
:
: Perhaps some Pixmantec code has been incorporated into ACR and
: Lightroom - but clearly after Public Beta 3.0, and I believe not for
: the next Beta either. (I haven't heard of any such code, and I try to
: keep in touch on Adobe forums, etc). Because Adobe are synchronising
: ACR and Lightroom, partially with ACR 3.7, and more completely with
: ACR 4.x, and these are clearly forward developments of ACRs that have
: been available for years, it is clear that the core raw conversion
: code of Lightroom was derived from ACR originally, and its currently
: more evolved state is becoming shared with ACR 4.x.
:
: --
: Barry Pearson
: http://www.barrypearson.co.uk/photography/
:

All those links confirm is that Adobe have an aversion to giving credit to
the origins of any product they put their name to. They do not confirm or
deny your (or my) claims. My claim that LR is in fact RS in drag is based on
the almost identical to RawShooter problem areas in LR and virtual freedom
from these in ACR.

Logic tells me you can't have a flaky developer that destroys shadow (and
much) highlight detail in it's developed image and still use the "Core Code"
of an earlier program that does not have these issues. Probably no more or
less plausible than your examples produced by the masters of spin.

The fact remains, Lightroom is starting to look like a Dud and unless Adobe
do something about it's "identical to RawShooter" ...terrible handling of
shadow detail, it is going to get a pasting from those who make a living
using shadow detail in their work and paid for the program.

Douglas


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