Messages posted by rsamuel66

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I downloaded the trial version of PhotoDirector and liked how it looked so far, but I need someone to tell me why I should switch from Elements to PhotoDirector. Specifically, features . . . benefits? I will say that one of the things I don't like about Elements is I find the printed retouched photos (especially when lightening dark photos) always appear grainy even though on the screen they look fine.
Any comments would be helpful . . .

You should use Photodirector as a complement not a substitute for Elements. Like comparable products, Photodirector is geared towards the processing of a large amount of images, say, from a wedding. The idea is that you use Photodirector to do some basic edits on a large batch of pictures, then process them further in a more dedicated editing environment like Elements or Photoshop.

1. I was just looking for the "fill light adjustment slider". I guess Photodirector doesn't have one. Lightroom does. And it's a useful tool. I work with Fuji .raf Raw files, which allow me to recover quite a great deal of details. I often shoot events, with unpredictable and difficult lighting situations, so I like to have that tool.

2. The original file size was 60 mb. I ran the tiff file through the noise reduction tool in Photodirector, then tried to export it as a tiff. That gave me the weird file size. The same procedure works without a hitch in Lightroom.

Two quick questions:

1. I'm not seeing a "fill light" option in the development module.

2. I impoted a 16 bit black and white tiff scan. Then, after using the denoise function in the development module, tried to export it as a tiff file, but it would only give me a tiff file 0.99 mb large. What did I do wrong?

I received a link to download my free copy today. So, thanks for that. I'm an Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Lightroom user, but it's always good to have another tool in one's arsenal.