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April 1, 2011
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P: More Photoshop like clone/healing/content aware brushes

  • April 1, 2011
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More Photoshop like clone/healing brushes in Lightroom!
I love retouching in Photoshop, especially with the content aware fill with the healing tool, but Lightrooms tools are clunky. I don't know if there are technical limitations to implementing tools like Photoshop's in Lightroom but it would be GREAT!
I would rather be able to get a baseline retouched image in Lightroom than having to edit in Photoshop and then come back to Lightroom. I would rather just use Photoshop for image alterations.

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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    December 25, 2011
    Sometimes I abuse the spot removal tool to remove other things than pimples. E.g. power sockets or hair. For that it would be great to have another mean of selecting the area which is to be healed/cloned.

    I would like to have rectangle tool as well as a free hand tool to do that!

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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    December 3, 2011
    Adding Lightroom features to Photoshop will work for those who are prepared to own Photoshop. It cannot be the solution for everyone.

    Going with Lee Jay's analogy, it would be like asking all car owners to buy a Boing 787, just because they want a car that has usable wipers.
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    dougryan
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    December 3, 2011
    Problem with integrating LR FEATURES in to PS, is that the latter is bloated enough ad it is. Adding cataloging and other LR features would make it a pig stuck in the mud. No thanks. Honestly though, a proper healing brush is the only thing I believe, which would complete LR. I just installed iphoto on my wifes MacBook pro, and even IT has a better retouching tool than LR. It's downright embarrassing IMO.
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    Lee Jay
    Inspiring
    December 2, 2011
    "what this whole topic is about is lightroom not having Photoshop features. when i am merely saying i wish Photoshop had some lightroom features, such as non destructive RAW workflow 🙂 "

    It does - Camera Raw is non-destructive.
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    russian_box
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    December 2, 2011
    i hate the back and forth into Photoshop because lightroom doesn't have things like the content aware brush.

    SO how about we make Photoshop handle RAW better, and at the same time make lightroom have the content aware brush, That way WE both have the features of the other?

    what this whole topic is about is lightroom not having Photoshop features. when i am merely saying i wish Photoshop had some lightroom features, such as non destructive RAW workflow 🙂
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    December 2, 2011
    And isn't Photoshop already bloated enough?
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    Lee Jay
    Inspiring
    December 2, 2011
    It's like saying you'd like to add the features of a 787 to your car so you don't have to go to the airport.

    They're fundamentally different products, and many of us don't want to own Photoshop.
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    russian_box
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    December 2, 2011
    how about just add the features of lightroom into Photoshop so we don't have to go between the 2?
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    Patrick Cunningham
    Participating Frequently
    November 29, 2011
    Yes! Develop: Clone/heal functionality in the Adjustment brush (or adjustment brush type functionality in the Spot Removal tool - so it becomes a heal/clone tool).
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    November 23, 2011
    I have a suggestion for Lightroom 4.
    That Spot Removal tool is just awful. Anyway it can become like the Heal & Clone tools in Photoshop where you option or alt click an area then retouch? That circle to circle spot retouching is awkward, and when you want to do adjacent areas it gets real messy. Thanks!!!

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