davidc wrote:Hmm I still expected a more complete integration. Also, I couldn't (at an admittedly quick glance) see any controls in SEP2 that weren't in PS or LR? Granted my LR knowledge is limited.
Eh? You have looked at the right hand side of the SEP interface and seen the all the controls there? You will need to click the arrow in front of the tools to display all the functions available. In particular, Dynamic Brightness, Soft Contrast, the Structure controls and Tonality Protection I have not seen anywhere else other than in the Google/Nik products. If you can think of a way that SEP2's additional functionality can be built into Lightroom without needing a separate interface, I am sure Google et al would love to know.
Looks like a good result. I find the High Structure presets, especially the harsh option, the most useful. I have my own set of presets, but I find that High Structure (harsh) usually works well and often does not need any further adjustment.
davidc wrote:It's going to take a lot of effort to learn how to adapt to LR's interface to acheive what I do on my already established workflow. Also, I am finding the output files from LR/SEP (not sure which) are of lower resolution/file size than via other tools. Some images are coming out incredibly blocky
I suspect it is a case of not being familiar with the products and some practice with them will repay itself. For me, LR5>PS CC>SEP2 is a very natural way of working. There is a lot of help on the Internet freely available for Lightroom and Google has a very extensive Help section for SEP2.
http://www.niksoftware.com/silverefexpro/en/index.htmlAre you starting with Raw files when processing images in SEP2/LR? If you start with a lo-res JPEG, the SEP2 structure commands can cause the blocky effect you describe and I found this happening with the Glencoe Lochan image you posted on this thread.
