PLv7 no longer provides instant/real-time feedback, via the B&W Mask, when moving a Local Adjustment’s U-Point around different parts of the image … which makes it a tedious, and potentially inadequate, process for fine-tuning selection of the most appropriate U-Point location.
By way of example;
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In PLv6, create a Control Point - and press “M” to activate the (B&W) mask.
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Now move the Control Point’s U-Point around the image … and the mask will be updated in real-time … this is a really useful & effective method for fine-tuning U-Point location selection
Try doing the same in in PLv7 - with both Show-Masks and B&W-Mask options selected;
- Now, when moving the U-Point around the image, there’s no feedback in the B&W Mask until the mouse-button is released … This delayed response is significantly inferior to PLv6 behaviour
PLv7’s behaviour constitutes a serious step backwards in effectiveness of the B&W Mask in assisting with placement of LA U-Points … Please, DxO, restore PLv6’s behaviour with priority.
As Robin Whalley (representing DxO in this video) says of Nik Collection 6’s U-Point technology “It’s this interactive control [when placing U-Points] that makes editing so intuitive in the Nik collection” … which emphasises the great disappointment in finding this feature has been dropped from PLv7’s implementation.
- Optimistically, I’m assuming this is just a temporary state that will be corrected very soon.
