When moving to Capture One recently the first thing that confused me was the program attempting to get me into this file/workflow management thing. It is really interesting to me to follow this discussion here, especially the side notes about file/workflow management, because I used to work with quite basic tools for a long time that did not provide any extras around file/workflow management in the sense of what today software does. I often write articles on LrC for publishing and this might make a good topic to write about. I would be interested to know what in the file handling system does not work well for people. I do a lot of adding background texture layers using PS and LrC makes this so very easy to do because of its excellent file handling system. I wonder if the difference is that people who use it don't know its full capability? It seems to me that a lot of people use software and they only know a few things about it, but knowing your chosen software fully allows you process the most effectively and the fastest. The search and keyword functions allow me to find an image within seconds as does the metadata search function. I don't know how any program could be more efficient than LrC at file handling. In PS I did what needed to be done to create the star trail, saved it as a large document file and then saved a tiff and everything went back into LrC. The only issue with that was that LrC would only export about 5 images at time so I had to do it multiple times ( a total of 25 images) and then combine the images into one file. When each one was edited than I opened a file in PS using the create separate layers option for the images. From LrC I simply popped each individual image into PS, did the needed edits, and then popped the image back into LrC. I just edited about 20 individual shots to create a star trail using PS. I find the workflow from within LrC using plug-ins to also be excellent and very easy. So interesting, all of our differences.I find the LrC file handling to be very easy and excellent at what it can provide. To be controversial, I use a D500 and 300PF with 1.4TC, and I sometimes wonder if the improvement in final image quality I can get using the Topaz software is as good as spending an extra few thousand dollars on better gear? I am not ready to ditch LR, partly because I like LR's ability to "paint" changes to specific parts of an image rather than using masking, and because of its database functions. Where the Topaz programs really seem to hold their own is on high ISO images, especialy those that have to be cropped - as is so often the case with small birds in dark places. I also have Topaz de-noise as a separate program, and it also has AI Clear as a module, but is much slower on my 2015 MacBook Pro. can also be useful, but they duplicate what's already in LR. Somehow it knows where to remove noise (e.g. I have used several noise reduction programs, and this is by far the best. With 1 click it usually does a great job of de-noise and sharpening.
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