This C1 12 upgrade is a no-brainer, in my opinion.
I will not be upgrading to vs12 on my PC, sessions only. 2016 upgrade 89us and 2017 upgrade 107 us. Now they want $149us after one year! That is a 40% increase in one year!
That said...My six year old MBPro i7 struggles to update the preview in anything approaching real-time. Has improved over the betas and likely will continue to improve but definitely slower than C11 at current stage.
The bug I reported in Beta still not fixed - selecting any films emulations as "curve" for Fuji camera(s) removes Lab/RGB readout displayed in Viewer’s toolbar...PS: and now even it seems when you select curve = "auto" too...
I was late spotting that one and put in a bug report the morning V12 was released. I have put in an ordinary problem report on this, hopefully it will be addressed in v12.1.
And I have to say 1st impression on luminosity masking is excellent.
What makes it so good for you over v10 ?
For me:Layers now have Opacity. Styles & Presets work with layers, Colour Balance and Levels tools are also available for layers. Filled layers or clear mask with one click. Feather and refine mask edge options as for PS. Grey scale mask preview. Ability to use Lab readouts. Simple one button multi view UI change. Duplicate checker on import. No separate local adjustments tool tab as virtually all tools work in layers. Luminosity masking, able to copy mask to other photos, radial and linear gradients, intelligent adjustment copying (no crop), improved UI, plugin support. Interested to see how the plugin support will develop.
Does it have a history palette, like LR and PS?Jeremy
Hi,By not upgrading each and every upgrade, you've saved money that others have to spend on subscriptions to keep full functionality of the licensed version in use. Not all new functions are valuable additions for all users. Only when the new functionalities are worthwhile to your workflow, you can consider upgrading.