One of the biggest strengths of Photoshop has always been Layers. Layers were introduced to Photoshop early on in version 3.0 back in 1994 and totally revolutionized what Photoshop can do. Being able to layer parts of images over each other gives you endless creative control over what you can create.
One of the limits of using Lightroom for more creative editing has been the lack of layers in Lightroom. OnOne Software worked with Photoshop Guru Scott Kelby to create a brand new product called Perfect Layers. WIth Perfect Layers you are able to add layers to Lightroom and blend images similar to how you can in Photoshop.
Some of the highlights of this Lightroom plug-in:
The great thing is that while the finish up the software the current version is available as a public preview so you can download the current version for free. Just head on over to their website to download it: Perfect Layers Lightroom Plug-In
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You can also watch a detailed walk though of the Lightroom plugin here:
It’s about time! This is a great idea, and may give me cause to shed Photoshop!
Sounds cool, I’ll definitely give it a try. What we should get now is, to be able to use all tools, including curves or selective color on layers.
Oh no .. its a stand alone where u import the fotos. Its NOT something u do in Lightroom…..
Perfect Layers is so far (as a beta) a simple stand alone layers editor outside of Lightroom. Nobody with a layer capable image editor needs it. Photoshop Elements is cheaper than this limited tool.
For Photoshop/Lightroom users Jeffrey Friedl created a Lightroom plugin for a non destructive Lightroom/Photoshop layers workflow, check it out:
http://regex.info/blog/lightroom-goodies/layers
short introduction on my blog (in german):
http://mikeschelhorn.de/wordpress/?p=1497
Hey I know this is off topic but I was wondering if you knew of any widgets I could add to my blog that automatically tweet my newest twitter updates.
I’ve been looking for a plug-in like this for quite some time and was hoping maybe you would have some experience with something like this.
Please let me know if you run into anything. I truly enjoy reading your blog and I look forward
to your new updates.
Are you looking to have a widget on your blog that shows your latest tweets or the other way around?