RAW recalculation
Posted: September 3rd, 2009, 12:28 am
I'm sure most RAW reculculation triggers in RAW dialog have solid programming reasons beyond my comprehension, but there is a few ideas that may make using dialog a little easier:
1) Auto Preview checkbox (like in most other transformations). For example, often a few options need to me adjusted simultaneously - Hue+Colour Temperature, Highlight Recovery+HLS colour space). The way it is, each change causes immediate Preview recalculation. Similarly, microadjustments of sliders work in RAW dialog too (i.e. shift-click on either side of the slider to move it by small amout). Shift-clicking, say, 3 times on one side of any RAW slider will cause RAW recalculations to be run 3 times back to back.
2) I would find having a 'Cancel' buttons in Adjusting Raw Image progress box useful - I often have to wait for RAW to recalculate preview after an inadvertent change.
3) The S&N 1:1 preview works fine. What I don't understand is that changing Large-->Small recalculates regular RAW preview (but not viceversa). Similarily switching to other tabs (e.g. Properties) in Lage causes recalculation. So does adjusting sharpness and noise (mostly visible only in 1:1). Perhaps a temporary buffer image could be an option?
1) Auto Preview checkbox (like in most other transformations). For example, often a few options need to me adjusted simultaneously - Hue+Colour Temperature, Highlight Recovery+HLS colour space). The way it is, each change causes immediate Preview recalculation. Similarly, microadjustments of sliders work in RAW dialog too (i.e. shift-click on either side of the slider to move it by small amout). Shift-clicking, say, 3 times on one side of any RAW slider will cause RAW recalculations to be run 3 times back to back.
2) I would find having a 'Cancel' buttons in Adjusting Raw Image progress box useful - I often have to wait for RAW to recalculate preview after an inadvertent change.
3) The S&N 1:1 preview works fine. What I don't understand is that changing Large-->Small recalculates regular RAW preview (but not viceversa). Similarily switching to other tabs (e.g. Properties) in Lage causes recalculation. So does adjusting sharpness and noise (mostly visible only in 1:1). Perhaps a temporary buffer image could be an option?