Chapter 8. Jumping to Photoshop: How and When to Do It

Jumping to Photoshop: How and When to Do It

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One big thing that Lightroom 2 brings to the table is that, because of the local adjustment tools, you have to use Photoshop much less than before. You still need it. Just not as much. Well, you still need it as much, just not as often (you know what I mean, right?). For example, if your country just launched two or three missiles, and you want to make it look like you really launched a bunch, that would be hard to do in Lightroom, but that would be no problem in Photoshop. So, your workflow would be to start by launching a few missiles—just ...

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