Storage Considerations Một cuộc thảo luận toàn diện của các phương tiện lưu trữ là vượt quá phạm vi của cuốn sách này. Chúng tôi sẽ bao gồm chỉ một vài khía cạnh ở đây, đó là đặc biệt thích hợp cho các nhiếp ảnh gia thiên nhiên. | streamlined in some cases such as emailing photos . Lightroom has the advantage though of being available for both PC and Mac whereas Aperture is a Mac-only application. One of the main disadvantages of Lightroom in our opinion is the need to change modules depending on what task you re doing. That makes the initial edit through your images slower. If you opt to adopt Aperture or Lightroom as the basis of your workflow you ll find that you make many or all the global exposure and color changes we discuss in this book in those programs. You ll still find it advantageous to work in Photoshop for some tasks. For example if you use Lightroom it s likely that you ll still use Photoshop for most of your cloning. We also use Photoshop at times when we want to make a change to part of the image and not have it affect the rest of the image which means when we d like to use a layer mask. In earlier versions of Photoshop we used layer masks a lot. With the latest raw converters offering localized controls we don t use layer masks quite as often as we did in the past but we most assuredly still use them. The ability to make a change and have it affect only the targeted area gives you precise control over the final appearance of your images. We also use Photoshop when we want to use any of its filters as well as for all types of creative ventures including creating composites of all types. Even if you use Aperture or Lightroom it s worthwhile having a solid understanding of Photoshop. That way if you encounter a difficult image you ll have more tools available to you to work with it. Storage Considerations A comprehensive discussion of storage media is beyond the scope of this book. We ll cover only a few aspects here which are especially pertinent for nature photographers. Many nature photographers often do at least some of their photography away from home. We know one photographer who buys enough memory cards so that he can use a new one when needed rather than having to .
