New whistles and bells all very nice, but I miss some very basic tools

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Hi,
I have been een LR user since a lon time, and I need to say that I really like the changes to the Development module.
However I could not believe that we now have a bookmaking element, how sad is that while we are still missing some fundamental tools.
I honest can not undertsand why this book stuff has been selected , which professional photographer will ever use this ?
Instead I would like to have seen, utilities to correct perspectives and planes. Yes , the lens corrections can do a lot, but why not a Tilt/Shift feature ?
That would allow use to corrected architectural images (such lines etc.....) without having to bail out and correct it in CS (transformations).
Am I the only one that thinks this way, and just maybe AD will understand that they are spoiling the photographers tool for popularity .

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flash_splash wrote:
Hi,
However I could not believe that we now have a bookmaking element, how sad is that while we are still missing some fundamental tools.
I honest can not undertsand why this book stuff has been selected , which professional photographer will ever use this ?
Many "professional" photographers would make use of the the Book module ... I make books for my clients routinely ... mainly wedding albums. I have and use InDesign, it's a wonderful tool ... but frankly, ID is overkill for many photo books. Wedding albums generally use very little text (which is where ID really shines) however, the big problem is ID can't work with RAW files ... by being able to design my albums directly in Lr ... it would save countless hours dealing the the thousands of extra derivative files needed to use ID or other album software ...
Just the time savings of jumping from the Book module to the Develop module to make imediate adjustments to an image that would be instantly updated in the book can save hundres of hours in the course of a year for quite a few folks who earn a living with their photography ...
Lr is not all I want it to be. Nor am I as excifted about some features I don't use as often as others may do. Though I usually won't question those persuits or label them as frivolous. Quite often, too many "professionals" throw out that term and forget they are not the only ones earning an income in the process and that they should show a little more tolerance as development moves forward. There should be room for everyone and acceptance that we all have different needs to accomplish our goals.