So I really like the TRA actions from what I have seen and I am thinking about buying them, but I just had two questions first.
1.) I usually tone all of my images in Lightroom and then sharpen them in PS. How would TRA be involved in this process? Would I just pick my pictures in lightroom and then do all of my toning in ps?? For people that use Lightroom and Totally Rad Actions, what is your workflow?
2.) TRA vs TRA: the Revenge::::: Which one do I buy?
Full Version: Lightroom toning and then TRA???
QUOTE(Erica Ferrone @ June 20 2008, 07:12 AM) 
So I really like the TRA actions from what I have seen and I am thinking about buying them, but I just had two questions first.
1.) I usually tone all of my images in Lightroom and then sharpen them in PS. How would TRA be involved in this process? Would I just pick my pictures in lightroom and then do all of my toning in ps?? For people that use Lightroom and Totally Rad Actions, what is your workflow?
2.) TRA vs TRA: the Revenge::::: Which one do I buy?
1.) I usually tone all of my images in Lightroom and then sharpen them in PS. How would TRA be involved in this process? Would I just pick my pictures in lightroom and then do all of my toning in ps?? For people that use Lightroom and Totally Rad Actions, what is your workflow?
2.) TRA vs TRA: the Revenge::::: Which one do I buy?
As a response to question #1 - in general, the actions are going to work best on photos that haven't already been heavily tweaked. Many of the B&W actions will work best on a photo that starts off as a color image. If you're talking about just toning, then you can always to that in LR, and then desaturate the photo before running an action on it. Or run an action on top anyway... there's no right way to do things.
I know people are doing more and more tweaks in Lightroom, but if you plan to tweak further in Photoshop, the best thing, IMO, is to just adjust for correct exposure and color in Lightroom, and let Photoshop take care of the rest...
Thank you! I will try that out 
...and for #2...I'd say get both...they are two totally different beasts.
Definitely get both...the two sets compliment one another perfectly! The O.G. TRA has stuff we couldn't do without, and The Revenge is just DOPE!
We've been dealing with your dilemma about using LR presets and then actions in PS. For now, we're gonna do what Dr. Boutwell said and simply use LR to pick our keepers, correct for color & exposure, and then whip some into a frenzy in PS. The way we see it, if we have 1000+ wedding images, we'll most likely use a small number of those for albums, enlargements, canvases etc. Those will be the ones we sprinkle the magic on...as for the rest, they'll look nice and white-balanced, and be properly exposed
Long live TRA...
We've been dealing with your dilemma about using LR presets and then actions in PS. For now, we're gonna do what Dr. Boutwell said and simply use LR to pick our keepers, correct for color & exposure, and then whip some into a frenzy in PS. The way we see it, if we have 1000+ wedding images, we'll most likely use a small number of those for albums, enlargements, canvases etc. Those will be the ones we sprinkle the magic on...as for the rest, they'll look nice and white-balanced, and be properly exposed
Long live TRA...
QUOTE(ellabluestudio @ June 20 2008, 05:06 PM)
Definitely get both...the two sets compliment one another perfectly! The O.G. TRA has stuff we couldn't do without, and The Revenge is just DOPE!
We've been dealing with your dilemma about using LR presets and then actions in PS. For now, we're gonna do what Dr. Boutwell said and simply use LR to pick our keepers, correct for color & exposure, and then whip some into a frenzy in PS. The way we see it, if we have 1000+ wedding images, we'll most likely use a small number of those for albums, enlargements, canvases etc. Those will be the ones we sprinkle the magic on...as for the rest, they'll look nice and white-balanced, and be properly exposed
Long live TRA...
We've been dealing with your dilemma about using LR presets and then actions in PS. For now, we're gonna do what Dr. Boutwell said and simply use LR to pick our keepers, correct for color & exposure, and then whip some into a frenzy in PS. The way we see it, if we have 1000+ wedding images, we'll most likely use a small number of those for albums, enlargements, canvases etc. Those will be the ones we sprinkle the magic on...as for the rest, they'll look nice and white-balanced, and be properly exposed
Long live TRA...
If I might ask, when you're managing a handful of different treatments once out of LR (for slideshows, enlargements, albums, etc.), how do you manage your files since you're now outside the scope of the DAM in LR? Curious b/c I'm ending up with files/folders everywhere. How do you manage iterations at that point? Appreciate any hints...
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