jeff_schewe

<p>Too flat, yes..also, not an optimal crop for the image. Who really cares about the rocks in the foreground? Not much...</p>

<p>Not in ACR, but you can in Lightroom...</p>

<p>Just to be clear, 1:1 previews have nothing to do with viewing the image in the Develop module...Preview in Library and Loupe (whether 1:1 or not) is ignored in the Develop modual. In Develop, the original raw image data is loaded directly–regardless of what previews are available. There are a few things that effect Develop module previews such as Fast-Load Data and Smart Previews (not to be confused with any Library Previews).<br> As far as the relative file size differences between Standard & 1:1 Previews, that's tough to answer because that are different sized Standard previews...but ya gotta figure that 1:1 Previews will be 2-3X the size of Standard Previews.<br> But, in the grand scheme of things, I don't think preview size should be a deciding factor. HD space is cheap and having 1:1 previews saves time if you need to inspect images at 1:1. If you don't build 1:1 previews in advance, then you'll have to wait for LR to build those previews when you need to see the images that large.<br> Pick your poison...now or later. If you build 1:1 previews while unattended, then you can navigate through and do selection edits a lot faster.</p>

<p>Dave,<br> Glad you liked it and got something out of it...</p>

<blockquote> <p>They also generically mention that capture sharpening should be done after retouching and tonal adjustments.</p> </blockquote> <p>Just to be clear, the advice to do capture sharpening <em>AFTER</em> initial tone and color correction applies when working in pixels in Photoshop. In Photoshop, editing actually changes the pixels.<br> Lightroom, being a parametric editor, doesn't have that same restriction. Although I do suggest applying the sharpening and noise reduction after getting the basic tone and color correction because noise (and the required noise reduction) will change if you boost shadows–and noise reduction is the opposite side of the same coin as sharpening. </p>