Another fantastic benefit that Perfect Layers gives to you is the ability to blend exposures – which is something that I use often in my own work and advocate strongly for. This feature is incredibly versatile, and one of the biggest attractions to the more expensive Photoshop.Įxposure blending. With Perfect Layers, you can use your masking brush and paint where you want your contrast to go. Not only can you adjust the visibility of your entire layer, you can poke holes in it with your masking brush, allowing only a certain part of your top layer to show with varying degrees of transparency.įor example, let’s say you want to increase the contrast of a photo with a shallow depth of field, but only apply it to the area in focus. The ability to adjust the opacity (transparency) of your layer is a huge asset to photographers. Not only is this great for composite images (as seen below), but this also works well for any kind of editing you want to apply but may have to reverse later on down the line.Ĭlonal pluralization of the self by eqqman, on Flickr When you duplicate your image layer, you’re making edits onto an entirely independent copy, allowing you to reverse what you did at any point by deleting that layer and reverting to the one below – even after you save and close. If you’re not familiar with layers or how they can benefit your photography workflow, consider the following: However, the biggest complaint I've come across is that they lack the ability to work with layers – a huge drawback and sometimes a deal breaker, making photographers opt for the much more expensive Photoshop instead. Now I’m a Photoshop guy and don’t use either programs often, but I do enjoy the clean workflow that both Lightroom and Aperture provide (especially for high-volume projects) and see why many photographers love them to pieces.
#Perfect layers software software#
Recently I was introduced to Perfect Layers, an add-on or stand-alone program that gives layer functionality to photo editing software like Lightroom and Aperture.
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