Dear Sam,
I think you have to get used to CS a bit and use it longer: it seems to me that you are missing here a few features. Unfortunately I cannot explain them all here, and that's why there is a "Help" file delivered with CS (User Manual).
The colour can certainly not be adjusted the way you are looking to have it, but as far as the speed of adjustements in CS is concerned, this is done by selecting the images in the contact sheet, apply the seetings you wish (White balance, contrast, brightness, exposure comp., profiles, working space, etc, etc .... ---> ALL the possible settings): having selected that, the speed of corrections is almost INSTANT and batched automatically in your contact sheet (contact sheet based workflow). Try it out.
It is always "difficult" to change from one application to another, since there are built-up differently, with different features. But I think you are missing out some very useful tools in CS: again, make use of the "Help" which will explain it in details.
hanks and best regards,
Thierry
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Well it took 20 mins to export 20 images to jpg - to make an HTML contact sheet will take anonther 5 in PhotoMechanic
TH
I understand fully about batch importing/exporting of settings
(it would of course be fastest to right click copy settings and then paste settings or patse special settings - like the wonderful kodak photodesk)
The speed that matters to me is editing one image - an edit for example of the curves takes maybe half a second to translate to my screen view even when working with the contat sheet enlarged not in an 'open' image
Half a second may not sound long but this has the effect of your mouse being half a second behind your actions- which is actually very slow
I understand that my laptop is not the fastest
but it can happily work a 22mp 16bit file in PS (up to three layers)
We in the field have a limited budget for upgrades but more importantly..
In terms of design - I know you shouldnt need to design for steam age kit - but there is an argument for making it as fast an memory non intensive as possible
This argument revolves around field shooters desires to work towards tiny laptops or PDAs or even Iphones for portable tethered shooting
There is currenty a 'tiny lpatop' thread going and also comments about avoiding LR because it its slow compared to C1
I think a 'fast mode' is needed say a 600pxl preview view *
Of course if there was PC software I could use my monster office desktops !
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In terms of the colour adjustment unless I am missing something the interface (the colour wheel) is a great one in theory
But it is too small and controlled only by movement of the mouse
The scaleable (single chanel) curve box is fantastic in C55
In PS for example you can control the curves either using the mouse OR by typing input and output values
You should be able to control thees colours either senitivly or numerically
This user interface seems to strangle the sensitive adjustments theoretically available from both your wonderful cameras and fundamentally excellent image processor
SMM
*kodak implemented a 'fast mode' with a photodesk upgrade - with made the software from 'unusable' to 'great'
