Comments on: Workflow Speed: Exposure X4 vs. Adobe Camera Raw

By: Jimmy Beech

Jimmy Beech — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 16:20:57 +0000

In reply to Eric Horner. No problem. Yes, the workflow between Lightroom and Exposure are a bit different, especially on the front end. Exposure doesn't use a catalog, so there isn't an importing process to wait through. You can immediately start working on files as they are copying to your computer.

By: Eric Horner

Eric Horner — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 22:55:00 +0000

Great! That would be a much more informative comparison, I think.
I do weddings, and I wouldn’t dream of using ACR for 700 wedding photos, but I usually use LR Classic, and tried using Exposure throughout for one wedding.
What I mostly like is all the film effects I can have, as well as better sharpening.
It was slow, but I’m an expert LR user, and not an expert Exposure user just yet.
I feel that my workflow would have to be quite a bit different to make best use of Exposure.
All the tutorials are great.
Thanks for the reply.

By: Jimmy Beech

Jimmy Beech — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 20:06:39 +0000

In reply to Eric Horner. Thanks for commenting, Eric. A LR/PS vs Exposure comparison workflow isn't a bad idea for an article. We will consider that as we're planning our future content.

By: Eric Horner

Eric Horner — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 19:14:14 +0000

ACR also processes multiple images at once, just to be fair.
Also, I would prefer to see a comparison with LR/PS CC rather than ACR/PS CC combo.
Don’t get me wrong, though. I love Exposure X4, I just don’t think ACR has any DAM ability, which is why Adobe introduced Lightroom.