Cost Perspective: 32GB SDHC Card $20.00 =         $0.625/GB (Stores 1,280 25MB files) WD pasport 2TB EHD $120.00 = $0.060/GB (Stores 80,000 25MB files) The EHD cost is 1/10th that of SDHC, is portable, and can be stored and carried in a protective case. Practicality Perspective: You will need 63 32GB SDHC cards to store the same amount of data as one 2TB EHD, so you're going to need a memory card organizer. Also, to "restore" the backup files after a hard drive failure will require "manually" inserting each card one-at-a-time into a card reader, determining the correct destination folder location, copying the files to the HD, and then removing each of the 63 SDHC one-at-a-time. Considering the cost difference you could backup on two EHD and the Cloud and still save a lot of time and money. Reliability Perspective: Maintaining both onsite and offsite backup copies is the only way to insure long-term data security and protection against loss due to earthquake, fire, flood and theft. You can do that using an EHD and the Cloud, or two EHDs with the 2nd one kept offsite. ... View more

Adobe Bridge supports "sorting" by numerous parameters. It is a true sort NOT just a filter. You can also view the selected files as Thumbnails, Details, or List. Even the freeware application XnView provides this capability. You could use it to sort 'By Dimensions,' select your best images, and then Edit IPTC Data (CTRL+I) to flag the selected picks. Select ALL of the images in LR, go to toolbar Metadata> 'Read Metadata from File,' which will update LR with the XnView IPTC Data added. Use the LR Filter toolbar 'Text' or Attribute' to isolate the "picks" you flagged in XnView. It's a shame the same sort capability can't be implemented native to LR or with a plugin! ... View more

TIFF files with transparency are layered files and can be compressed further using ZIP Layer Compression instead of the default RLE Compression. Try it! ... View more

Image Processor Pro does not allow setting the Layer Compression to LZW (RLE by default), only Image ZIP Compression. Lightroom has the same issue so I use an Action and the Batch processor with a keyboard shortcut: http://forums.adobe.com/message/5847695#5847695 ... View more

There was a similar request to convert PSD files to TIFFs with Image & Layer ZIP compression, so I modified it here for use with LR 'Edit In Photoshop.' ZIP Compress Lightroom 'Edit In Photoshop' Layered TIFFs with Image and Layer Compression You can do this using a PS Action with an Automate> Batch command to process ‘Open Files’ in PS, a folder, or folder tree with subfolders that contain the files needing ZIP compression. Create the Action 1) Send a file from Lightroom to Photoshop using ‘Edit In Photoshop.’ 2) Open the Actions panel and click on the 'Create New Action' button, name it something like 'Save As TIFF with ZIP+ZIP,' and hit the Record button. 3) Next go to File> Save As> Select Format 'TIFF,' select Image Compression ZIP, Layer Compression ZIP, Save Transparency, and any other settings you want to use,  click OK. 4) Hit the square 'Stop Action' button. Automate Batch Processing 1) Go to File> Automate> Batch 2) Select the action just created (Save As TIFF ZIP+ZIP) in the 'Action' drop-down list if not already selected. 3) Under 'Source' select ‘Open Files’ to process ‘Edit In PS’ files. You could also select a specific folder, or a top level folder with subfolders that contain the files you want to process. Also check 'Include Subfolders' if you want the subfolders to be processed. 4) Check 'Override Action "Save As" Commands' so that it ignores the filename and destination folder used to create the action. 5) If you want the files to be saved in the same folder as the original LR file set ‘Destination’ to ‘Save and Close.’ 5) Click OK to start the batch process. 6) The PS processed TIFF file(s) will appear inside LR in the same folder as the original file. Create Keyboard Shortcut   Go to Edit> Keyboard Shortcuts> Application Menus> File> Automate> Batch and assign an unused Keyboard Shortcut, which you can use in the future. I used ‘CTRL + /’ ... View more

All I can tell you is that PSD's with 'Maximize Compatibilty' are always larger than TIFFs with ZIP Image and Layer compression. It's unfortunate that even Image Processor Pro does not have an option to save TIFFs with Layer comprression, just Image compression. I created a PS Action to save TIFF files with ZIP Image and Layer compression settings applied. ... View more

As suggested I've added this request to the ACR Forum: http://forums.adobe.com/message/5845120#5845120 ... View more

Looks like sombody already posted the "suggestion" here: http://forums.adobe.com/message/3973805#3973805 Photoshop, ACR, and Lightroom Feature Requests are best posted here: http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family I just posted this at the Photoshop Family Feature Request site. Please add your vote, comments, suggestions, and flames here: http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/raw_data_histogram_display_lightroom_and_adobe_camera_raw?rfm=1 Thank you! ... View more

I currently use RawDigger, which provides stats and tools for analyzing the histogram data. It would be more convenient to display the raw histogram from inside ACR/LR.....just like RawTherapee! ... View more

Lundberg02 wrote: ColorPerfect MakeTiff allows viewing the RAW without any priocessing as well but does not do the statistics that RawDiiger proviodes. I would love Adobe to add the capability of showing the raw data in the Histogram display. With the camera profile applied it is impossible to evaluate the image file for actual raw data clipping. This is useful for determining exposure settings (ETTR) when shooting tethered or for simply evaluating your camera's exposure accuracy. ... View more

Lundberg02 wrote: I'm not sure how the Camera Profile would carry over into DNG, which I am using for all the comparisons that will allow it.  I don't think camera profile has anything to do with contrast ans saturation. This is going way off topic so I'll try to keep it short. ACR and LR use DNG Camera profiles for editing camera raw images regardless of whether they've been converted to DNG format. Since I don't convert raw files to DNG this also confused me. Camera raw files contain the actual sensor R-G-B-G2 pixel data with no Gamma correction or Color Profile applied. The DNG Camera Profile contains specific manufacturer proprietary information concerning the camera's  sensor type required for raw data processing. The Adobe Standard Camera Profile  is a good "starting point" for most lighting conditions. It is a dual-illuminant (6500K–2850K) profile, which work well with daylight and tungsten lighting, or a mix of both. If you want a different starting point you can modify any of the existing DNG camera profiles in ACR or LR using just the Adobe DNG Profile Editor, or with  the ColorChecker Passport. ... View more

Trevor.Dennis wrote: Blurb does an InDesign plugin that I imagine would make book production fast and easy. http://www.blurb.com/video/blurb-book-creator There are probably others. Well the first one that comes to mind is LR's Book module designed specifically for creating and uploading to Blurb for printing. It has many limitations and is pretty much locked-down to creating books in Blub's layout and size formats. I use the Blurb plugin and their PDF Export preset with InDesign CS6, which has virtually no limiatations ... View more

Lundberg02 wrote: The ColorPerfect developer says that ACR does some preprocessing before opening based on someone's idea of what an image should look like, and that certainly seems to be the case. Photoshop opens a RAW with enhanced contrast and saturation and possibly a better guess at color temperature. Yep, it's called the Camera Profile and you can't open a camera raw image without using one....well you can, but it ain't pretty: http://www.rawdigger.com/ The reality is that ALL camera manufacturers consider their  in-camera controls as proprietary information. The only way to currently access and use ALL of those controls is using their raw editors (Canon DPP, Nikon NX, etc.). All other raw editor developers must "reverse engineer" the OEM camera profiles. Just how well they do that varies by camera model. Adobe at least provides us with the DNG Profile Editor to allow creating our own custom camera profiles. I use the ColorChecker Passport and the Adobe DNG Profile Editor. Do these other raw editor developers offer something similar to Adobe's DNG Profile Editor? ... View more

JJMack wrote: Still ACR continue to make Photoshop a better image editor.... Ditto for LR, which uses the exact same ACR core, providing the exact same functions, using a much more user-firendly GUI, at a much lower price-point than PS. As Mark Twain wrote, "You pays your money and you takes your choice!" ... View more

Thank you all for your responses. I wasn't trying to stir up a PS vs LR fire-storm, merely trying to understand how others who don't use LR work. I started my career in design engineering in 1968 and did all of my computer work in IBM 360 assembly language using IBM punch cards and paper tape. I also developed an interest in professional photography around the same time. I have plenty of experience doing things at the "nuts-and-bolts" level, but as a design engineer I was tasked with making things that worked faster and cost less a la Moore's Law. My first experience with PS was in the mid-1990s, when I changed careers and moved into sales & marketing. The company I worked for was MacWarehouse, the largest seller of Apple aftermarket equipment and the call-center for Apple Direct. We worked very closely with Apple, Adobe, Microsoft and other major software developers who all offered reseller purchase programs. Needless to say I had access to and used just about every single graphics application available. I moved into technical product marketing in 2002 and was tasked with creating brochures, catalogs and other marketing literature using Acrobat, InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop. My point is that when LR was introduced in 2007 I jumped on it and haven't regretted spending less time using PS since. With all its warts LR is a very time-efficient, fairly well organized, all-in-one DAM. There are many things LR can't do, but the gap has closed significantly between LR1.0 and LR5.2. I would love to see Adobe create a  "professional" version of LR that included ALL the CC apps integrated under one seamless GUI along with an efficient and useful version of Bridge for organization. Don't say it isn't possible–The first computer system I worked on in 1968 was a six-foot tall 19" rack with a whopping 64KB of core memory and no mass storage (AKA disk drive)! ... View more

I've been using PS since 1996 and currently use Design Standard CS6, Lightroom 5, and numerous other non-Adobe apps. I use Bridge to manage all my project assets, but  my camera raw images are processed and cataloged in LR. I assume both of you are also photographers so what you do use for your camera image processing and have you actually tried using LR? I am interested in your responses because of numerous issues I encountered with LR5 and lack of improvements to its other modules. ... View more

I stopped using PSD when I started using Lightroom. LR requires that layered PSD files be saved with 'Maximize Compatibility,' which adds a flattened copy of the image to the file increasing its size. I still use PSD with InDesign layouts when  placing images with layers I want to turn  on/off from inside InDesign. Examples are product brochures that have common body text and layout, but different pictures. The PSD file has each product image on a different layer, which I can select from inside the one InDesign file based on the print request. You can't do this with TIFF files. I'm sure there are other examples of PSD benefits, but 99% of my PS work ends up as a TIFF. ... View more

My original Forum 'Sign In' trshaner has been restored. The solution was to assign a new unique email address for the Forum Sign that would not conflict with my other exisitng Adobe accounts. Special thanks to Adobe Staff Beverley Gray for making it happen! ... View more

It's not unique to Adobe, I had the same issue with Intel. I had suggested to Intel they create something like the 'Adobe ID,' to combine all of the logins under one "Passport" ID. They told me it would compromise security! So, at least Adobe has a single Passport 'Adobe ID, but apparently I still can't get my two accounts combined without losing all my forums history.......sigh! ... View more

Notice there is no mention of the Adobe Forums or Adobe Labs 'Sign In' accounts. My 'Adobe ID' is my email address and my Adobe Forums and Labs 'Sign in' is trshaner, both with different passwords and email addresses. I had an online Chat at the link you provided with Adobe Tech Support. I was sent a password reset email for the Adobe forums account using the other email address trshaner@MYISP.net. I was able to successfully change the password, but the old password persists for the Adobe Forums 'Sign In.' Here's the chat-See bolded responses. Khader: I will send a password reset link to your both email address. You can reset the password and can login. Khader: I would like to inform you that same email address can be used for both Adobe Forums and Labs 'Sign in'. Todd Shaner: OK, thank you. This is just for the trshaner@ that I need to reset. Will I lose my history for the trshaner Adobe Forums account? Khader: You will not loose any history for your trshaner@optonline. Todd Shaner: When I Sign In to Adobe forums with toddshaner@ it does not show my previous history. Can I still use trshaner Sign In and just change the email address in my profile? Khader: I have sent you the password reset link to your both emails. Please reset the password and login. Khader: I'm sorry the email address is already register with us and you will not be able to change the email address. Khader: Please reset the password for your trshaner@ and check the history. Todd Shaner: OK, I'll try the password reset for trshaner. Khader: Sure, I will stanby. Todd Shaner: OK everything is there but still getting this error when logging in or logging out: Jive SBS Jive SBS Oops, the page can't be found Sorry, the page you requested can't be found. You can go back and try again, or start again at home. Page can't be found Error 404 Khader: In this case I would recommend you to delete your cookies or try login using different browser. Todd Shaner: Delete cookies or use different browser works for one-time. When shutting down or after a few hours the message comes back Todd Shaner: See discussion here: http://forums.adobe.com/message/5744080#5744080 Khader: Please raise your request in Adobe forums. Todd Shaner: I have! Please see post here: http://forums.adobe.com/message/5739578#5739578 Khader: You will get a reply for it. Todd Shaner: Ok, thanks for your help. I can still get into the forum. So just an annoyance for now. Have a good day. Bye ... View more

Nope, I have two Adobe Sign In names: Adobe Forums & Adobe Labs: trshaner Adobe Store and all others: toddshaner@MYISP.net Both work inside the Adobe Forums, which I found out by accident. The trshaner sign in is my primary for the Forums. I had the same issue with Intel when I worked for an Embedded Alliance company. Multiple sign ins had to be created to access different portals due to the dreaded 'That Sign In Name is already used, choose another name.' Anyhow, it appears the password change has nothing to do with this sign in issue. ... View more

Ooooooooooops, it's back again this morning. Cleared Firefox cache, closed FF, and it still won't work. Tried clearing the FF cache and closing a 2nd time and now it works. I also received the Adobe Customer Care email a couple of days ago and reset my  Adobe Store login password, but I couldn't figure out how to reset my Adobe Forums password with different sign in name. Late last night I received the same email a 2nd time from Adobe Customer Care. Not sure if it's just a blast to everyone or selected people who didn't reset passwords. How do you reset the Adobe Forums Password? ... View more

Powered down my system, came back two hours later and booted it up, and the same "Oops the page can't be found message" popped up again. I cleared the Firefox cache, closed and reopened the browser, and it works. Clearly something is now broken with the forum 'Sign In' processing! ... View more

dj_paige wrote: Clear your cache in Firefox and then restart the browser Thanks DJ that fixed it! ... View more

I agree, this post is losing its focus with too many different subjects being discussed! That said I'll try to address some of the issues. howdego wrote: Well this is certainly a different approach than I have been using.  I am under the impression that PS has the best downsizing algorithms so that is what I have been using for that step.  Also, the leading writers say that we should downsize first, then sharpen, and that PS has excellent sharpening algorithms...... If you're going to do "additional editing" to a LR image inside PS why throw away file resolution you may need in the future by downsizing the image. LR's Output Resizing and Sharpening tools are as good as PS's, at least for a slideshow that will be viewed on a 1080p TV screen. howdego wrote: In addition, I was told by Photodex help desk a while ago that while the lightroom plugin can reduce the size of photos it processes, if that option is chosen, it does not do any output sharpening.  Only the export command, which you are using, can do output sharpening.  So, If I use the plugin, whichj makes building the show easier, I will not have any output sharpening, just resizing.   And if I don't resize in PS, and sharpen in PS, than I am not using the sequence recommended by Schewe, Kelby, etc.  So that is a dilemma.  Perhaps some testing on my part might help resolve this. I confirmed that the Proshow plugin does not add any sharpening to resized images, which is a huge oversight on their part! They also use a "fixed" 60 JPEG Quality that equates to the dreaded PS 7 Quality setting. I have never used the Proshow plugin from day one, maybe just instinct. It seems very restricting and offers  little benefit to my preferred workflow. Either way you need to create resized and sharpened JPEGs saved to a separate folder, which can be done very easily using the LR Export module. ALL of the other functions provided in the plugin (and more) are available from inside Proshow. In light of this information I'd steer clear of the Proshow plugin. howdego wrote: However, your recommendation for the resize settings is a revelation for me.  I used 1920 X 1080 from PS in my last video, and felt there was something wrong when I displayed in on my new 1080p LED tv. That could be the problem, along with a bit too much sharpening in PS or LR.   I will definetely do a test using 2800 by 1575 from PS to see if there is a difference in quality (more like the 16 X 9 aspect ratio of the TV than 2800 X 2800). Don't concern yourself with the aspect ratio unless your trying to completely fill the 16:9 screen with a 16:9 cropped  image. 1920 x 1080 resize width & height works fine with all aspect ratio images if you aren't using any zoom effects in Proshow. For normal crop DSLR (2:3) aspect ratio images try using 2430 x 1620 width & height settings in LR. This will restrict portrait images to 1620 long side, which makes them 1.5x larger (same as 2430 landscape images). I use Screen Standard or Low for Output Sharpening in LR for 1080p Proshow videos, but do your own tests! howdego wrote: But I guess I should do the calibration first. If necessary please put your results and issues in a new post and put a reply in this thread with the link. That's a whole other can of worms that needs to be addressed separately! ... View more

howdego wrote: (I recognize that TRShaner recommends using TIFF, but I am not yet convinced that PSD format would not serve just as well). TIFF and PSD are both loss-less file formats. Unless you need the ability to adjust layer visibility inside InDesign TIFF format files can do everything PSD can. PSD files with layers must be saved in 'maximize compatibility' mode to make them compatible with LR, which adds a flattened copy of the image to the file. If you use TIFF with 'ZIP' compression for both the image and layer compression the file size should be the same or smaller than PSD. howdego wrote: So, Just to review my workflow, I:.......... I suggest NOT doing any resizing or output sharpening in PS for your Proshow images. Save the full-size PS edited file and do the resizing and output sharpening using LRs Export module. The actual image size for use in Proshow should be larger than the target screen size (1920 x 1080). Many of the effects provided in Proshow use image "zoom," which enlarges the screen image up to 2X. If your image file is only 1920 x1080 it will noticebaly "soften" with these zoom effects due to interpolation (upsizing). http://www.slideshowblog.com/2012/08/tips-for-resizing-files-for-your-proshow-slideshows/ The default for the Proshow plugin in LR is 2800 x 2800 is probably a good size for most 1080p shows, but I never use the Proshow plugin iinside LR. Using LR's export module allows you to choose the output Sharpening amount that looks best based on testing with your TV. The Proshow plugin uses a "fixed" non-user adjustable amount of sharpening. I have Proshow Producer 5 and it is capable of producing very high quality slideshow videos if you follow these guidelines. ... View more

twenty_one wrote: trshaner wrote: These problems can all be avoided by simply synchronizing color settings across all Adobe applications. Well, yes and no. ACR doesn't honor those settings anyway, it goes its own way. That's exactly why I suggested synchronizing (i.e. manually setting) all Adobe apps to the same RGB color space options to prevent these conflicts from occurring in the first place, and that includes ACR. I'll repeat it again here: For all purposes using LR 'Edit in PS' it is best "synchronize" your  1) PS RGB Color settings, 2) Camera Raw 'Workflow Options,' and LR 'External Editing' preferences to ProPhoto RGB, 16 bit, TIFF format. As mentioned this insures the best possible image quality when editing the LR image inside PS. twenty_one wrote: And I believe it's far more important to have all color management policies set to "Preserve". I have my color settings deliberately unsynchronized between Ps and Id/Ai, for specific reasons, but that causes no problems as long as all incoming RGB profiles are honored. I don't even need to have the mismatch warnings on. Agreed. I do my Blurb books using their InDesign template and PDF Export preset with ID color settings "unsynchronized:" But in this case we are only talking about PS's, ACR's and LR's 'RGB' color settings, which I am suggesting be set the same. My apologies to the OP howdego for going a bit off topic, since your issue is with RGB image editing in LR and PS only. ... View more

These problems can all be avoided by simply synchronizing color settings across all Adobe applications. If you use multiple Adobe Creative Suite applications  that's what you should be doing anyhow, regardless that Lightroom isn't considered a CS product. Why would you want to output your 12-14 bit, wide-gamut ProPhoto RGB, loss-less raw image for editing in PS in 8 bit, lower-gamut sRGB, lossy JPEG mode? The primary reason the OP is doing this to see how the image will look on an sRGB gamut TV: Post #10 "So it occurred to me that some colors might be wrong, or too saturated, because I am not seeing them on my monitor as they will appear on the HDTV.   I am thinking that since sRGB is my final color space, I would try to do everything in the sRGB space, including setting my monitor to sRGB (I have a Dell 2413 which supports adobeRGB too).   I was inn the process of trying this when I found the issue at hand.  Might you have any thoughts about this color space choice?" This can be done using 'Soft Proof in LR or  'Convert to profile' with soft proof in PS using sRGB destination space. It does not require setting the monitor to sRGB mode, or working in PS in sRGB mode. Andrew Rodney's video covers this near the end: http://digitaldog.net/files/Photoshop_Color_Settings.mov ... View more

For all purposes using 'Edit in PS' it is best "synchronize" your 1) PS Color settings, 2) Camera Raw 'Workflow Options,' and LR 'External Editing' preferences to ProPhoto RGB, 16 bit, TIFF format. As mentioned this insures the best possible image quality when editing the LR image inside PS. Once done editing you can convert the image to a different profile, bit depth and file format using a multitude of different tools available inside PS, including the Image Processor, Actions, Droplets, Scripts, or simple 'Save As.' Yes, you will need to 'Synchronize" the folder to bring the image file(s) back into LR, but really how hard is that! This also prevents the color profile ambiguity form occurring when using different versions of ACR in PS and LR. If you simply want to convert a file to a different format or color space from inside LR then Export makes a lot more sense. File format, color space conversion, and resizing should be the very last step after all processing has been completed, regardless of the application you use (PS or LR). ... View more