PL8 and FilmPack - When to apply preset in RAW workflow

[Ernie Misner]

I haven't worked in PL for a while now, so please correct me if wrong. But the second you jump into Nik or Filmpack, aren't you then working with a tiff where your raw edits are baked in, and there's no going back to the raw space? If that's the case then I would want to do as much as possible while working with the raw file.

Nik, yes, FilmPack no.

The FP tools are built right into PL, so you never ‘jump into’ FP. You just use its tools alongside all the other PL and VP tools, in any order you choose (though, as has already been mentioned, it’s sensible to do any geometry adjustments before local adjustments).

So, for example, although the advanced NR processing is always done first when images are exported, you could tweak it as the last step in your editing if you so choose, after any FP edits.

I use the FP tools in every image I edit, but never open the FP product or plug-in.

Great information and thanks for correcting me. I got it.

When using FP on every image, what is your usual goal there? Getting a different look for a type of film, or anything else? The frames are fun sometimes.

 

[Digital Nigel]

I haven't worked in PL for a while now, so please correct me if wrong. But the second you jump into Nik or Filmpack, aren't you then working with a tiff where your raw edits are baked in, and there's no going back to the raw space? If that's the case then I would want to do as much as possible while working with the raw file.

Nik, yes, FilmPack no.

The FP tools are built right into PL, so you never ‘jump into’ FP. You just use its tools alongside all the other PL and VP tools, in any order you choose (though, as has already been mentioned, it’s sensible to do any geometry adjustments before local adjustments).

So, for example, although the advanced NR processing is always done first when images are exported, you could tweak it as the last step in your editing if you so choose, after any FP edits.

I use the FP tools in every image I edit, but never open the FP product or plug-in.

Great information and thanks for correcting me. I got it.

When using FP on every image, what is your usual goal there? Getting a different look for a type of film, or anything else? The frames are fun sometimes.

I hardly ever do any film simulations. That’s a minor part of what FilmPack is used for. In fact, Its most commonly used tools have nothing whatever to do with film simulations.

 

[Ernie Misner]

I haven't worked in PL for a while now, so please correct me if wrong. But the second you jump into Nik or Filmpack, aren't you then working with a tiff where your raw edits are baked in, and there's no going back to the raw space? If that's the case then I would want to do as much as possible while working with the raw file.

Nik, yes, FilmPack no.

The FP tools are built right into PL, so you never ‘jump into’ FP. You just use its tools alongside all the other PL and VP tools, in any order you choose (though, as has already been mentioned, it’s sensible to do any geometry adjustments before local adjustments).

So, for example, although the advanced NR processing is always done first when images are exported, you could tweak it as the last step in your editing if you so choose, after any FP edits.

I use the FP tools in every image I edit, but never open the FP product or plug-in.

Great information and thanks for correcting me. I got it.

When using FP on every image, what is your usual goal there? Getting a different look for a type of film, or anything else? The frames are fun sometimes.

I hardly ever do any film simulations. That’s a minor part of what FilmPack is used for. In fact, Its most commonly used tools have nothing whatever to do with film simulations.

Thanks. I updated my PL and FP both, so will see what all FP can do.