Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I guess one point that I left out is that I think that these products are being developed as a replacement for Photoshop for many users, not just a supplement. I don't see them replacing it for the skilled PS user, but there are an awful lot of photographers who just want to adjust color balance, contrast and brightness, then crop and print. Lightroom makes this quite simple. Allen Allen --- Original Message --- From: Allen Graves <ahgraves@prodigy.net> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> Subject: Re: [Leica] Breakfast - I figured it out!! >>I agree entirely. CS2/Bridge is what I use. I just think that many >>people are overwhelmed by the PS interface and I think that the >>simplified interface of these new products will win over many >>photographers. I'm sure that Adobe will not be giving Lightroom away >>and I agreee that Aperture is overpriced for any except the pros who >>need to work with high volumes of photos. > > >Allen > > > > > >>Allen, >>The integration of Bridge to CS2 makes the Raw format in many ways easier >>than a JPG. You select an image, it happens to be a RAW file and the >>appropriate RAW converter opens up. Make your decisions on how the image is >>supposed to look and send it on the Photoshop for whatever other changes you >>want to make such as masks. If you have a lot of images shot in the same >>situation then just select the group and apply the same RAW conversions to >>them. Pretty simple and the various other converters can be plugged right >>in so if Adobe's offerings don't suit you some other product will surley do >>the trick. >> >>I did sit through two lectures on Lightroom and could see the possiblities >>for studio work flow or a stock photographer. After sitting through the >>Aperture seminar I just could not see spending money on it. It did not seem >>to offer that much functionality to CS2 no matter how hard they tried. I >>could be wrong. >> >>Don >>don.dory@gmail.com >> >> >>On 3/10/06, Allen Graves <ahgraves@prodigy.net> wrote: >>> >>> I think RAW will be more widely accepted by those who are intimidated >>> by Photoshop when the newer workflow tools like Apple's Aperture and >>> Adobe Lightroom are more mature and integrate RAW file processing and >>> photo organization. Considering that it is still a beta product, I've >>> been quite impressed by Lightroom. >>> >>> >>> Allen >>> >>> >At 06:14 PM 3/9/2006, you wrote: >>> >>Adobe Camera Raw makes it so easy to process raw files, I can't imagine >>> >>wanting to shoot jpeg for any reason. >>> >>-- >>> >>Eric >>> >>http://canid.com/ >>> > >>> >Amen, Eric! I'm still trying to convince a few photographers on a >>> >project that I'm working on that everyone should be shooting Raw. >>> >Some of them see no difference, but I guarantee that as soon as we >>> >see the sample prints - 17x24 - from the printer, everyone will be >>> >able to see the difference easily. I've already seen the submitted >>> >files from each photographer and there is no comparison between the >>> >ones who use Raw and the ones who use Jpeg. It's night and day. >>> > >>> >Tina >>> > >>> >Tina Manley, ASMP >>> >http://www.tinamanley.com >>> > >>> >_______________________________________________ >>> >Leica Users Group. >>> >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Leica Users Group. >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information