Ben, I am partial to the new one. I am not sure if it would do anything to help your processing, but have you ever tried LAB color boosting your photos? I just was playing around with this the other day and was very impressed at what a little work with it can do. These are 1.straight from camera, 2.boosted in lightroom, 3.then LAB boost in photoshop. Not the best picture and I may have went over the top with the color (probably should have changed the layer opacity), but I liked the way it popped. If you are adding saturation or vibrance alone, the fine details are totally screwed up.
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