I needed to update to an Intel-based system to run LR3. I did ... I'm glad I did, and a bottom end new system was much much faster than my old PowerPC top of the line system. I don't blame Adobe for making their business decisions. Although I wasn't pleased to buy a new system at that time, I do what I need to in the context of the tools I want to use. I didn't need to update to LR3 at the time, but it was worth doing it for other reasons.
Sitting around being "angry at Adobe" is just a waste of time and energy. You don't want to use their software? Go use something else. There are plenty of options. G On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 12:54 PM, Igor Roshchin <s...@komkon.org> wrote: > > Unfortunately, that is of little help to me. > Despite owning LR4, I don't use it. > > I am angry at Adobe with respect to how the handled LR. > > First, they dropped supporting Win XP in their LR-4. [*] > And you do not have an option in LR-4 to keep the database format > backward compatible to that of LR-3. So, since I need to multiplex > my photographs and LR databases between my Win7 laptop and Win XP > desktop, and my wife needs to multiplex those between her Win7 laptop > and WinXP Netbook (not supported by Win7), I have not installed the > LR-4 that I purchased last year. > > Second, they do not put the lens profiles in the open, you are forced to > use Adobe's software - for what? for downloading profiles? > At least I cannot find a website listing the existing profiles > (I don't even mention capability of downloading them). Why such > a secrecy? I understand the convenience of the tool, but please > give me an option of just downloading the profile from the website. > > The problem for me is that they dropped their support for LR-3.* in > the tools that they create, including the lens profile downloader: that > one supports LR4 only. > > ---- > [*] Before you intend to jump in explaining why XP is and old technology > that should not be supported, read two responses to His Arrogancy > Mr. Scott Kelby (of Adobe) - by Steve and StR (both close to the top): > http://scottkelby.com/2012/lightroom-4-and-leaving-the-past-behind/#comments > (Note that some browsers, e.g. Opera, do not display comments on > Mr. Kelby's blog. I don't know why, but Mr. Kelby must have decided that > Opera is too old to support, since it exists since 1995.) > > > Igor > > > > > Tue Jan 29 14:09:26 EST 2013 > Matthew Hunt wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 1:47 PM, Bruce Walker <bruce.walker at gmail.com> > wrote: > >> One of the tips in a Lightroom tutorial, "Five handy tips for working >> with photos in Lightroom 4", contains a link to a free Adobe app that >> I bet a few of us can use: Adobe Lens Profile Creator 1.0.4. >> >> All you need to do is shoot a checkerboard pattern with the "unknown" >> lens and inspect it in the utility, creating an installable profile in >> the process. >> >> http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=5489 > > Before going to the effort of creating a profile, it's worth trying > the Lens Profile Downloader to see if someone else has already done > it: > > Mac: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=5491 > Windows: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=5492 > > I got a profile for the A28/2.8 that way. I don't think the camera > body for the profile has to match yours (although maybe there's slight > variation in "vignetting" corrections, due to sensor microlens > differences and such). > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
