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User Interface
Call me subjective or biased but I love Lightroom design.
The multitude and variability of tools is organized in modules that can be changed through module strip.
Inside each module, the tasks are arranged on panels. All the panels are in a column on the right and you are scrolling down from one to the other as you continue with the editing. The working space is very maneuverable as you, obviously, can minimize, or maximize each panel according to your preferences in the workflow.
The filmstreep below the preview window helps to navigate through edited group of images.
On the left you find workflow organizing tools: navigator, presets, snapshots, and history.
The navigator not only locates the part of the image you see in the preview window at large magnification, but can magnify the part you specify for the time you keep the mouse button pressed with fit to view zoom mode.
The possibility to make a snapshot of your work state in order to get back to it or the usefulness of history need no comments.
The whole arrangement of tools follows the familiar ACR look, with the logic of the workflow preserved. But this logic is put into beautifully designed environment. The dark background, the highlighted controls, the softly moving panels, and the way you can toggle the lights on/off/dim view to single out the image are stunning and very convenient.
Little conviniences such as the possibility of correcting exposure by klicking and drugging right in the histogram, or the possibility to compare before ans after views only add positive feelings.
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