Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]G'day Mark, you can call me what you like, water off the ducks back. I agree, I'm a lightweight. I don't use any programme 24/7, hell I'd just as soon be off the computer and back in the darkroom much of the time, but I'm not: why? Do I think avoiding the darkroom will make me a better printer? No, but I need time. LR gives minnows like me (in your eyes) time to do something else with my life ;-) Cheers Alastair >> G'day all, I would agree: LR is really a very nice addition to the >> digital >> workflow. I think if you don't use it you are mad. That said, there are >> alternatives for lower end users. PS gets about 5% of my work flow as >> well. There are few things it does better. Bridge is "ok", but its not >> designed to do photographic catelogs. >> >> Cheers >> >> Alastair > > > If PS is only getting 5% of your pix then that's exactly my point! > It would be great for a somewhat serious photographer perhaps someone with > lenses which cost thousands or tens of thousands of dollars to not be > working on a beginners level with Photoshop but an intermediate level. > That's not going to happen if your not using it every week. > > What new thing did you learn on Photoshop this week? > That's a question I've asked myself every week for the past two decades. > When its "nothing" then I'm not happy. > When your not learning you're getting dumber. > > I've gotten side tracked with other workflows other programs and that > would > be the case. Then have to go back to Photoshop and regroup; make up for > lost > time. > LR lets you take the easy way out. > I'm going to pass on it for the interim. > > There's all kinds of very exciting things which has happened in Photoshop > which I've not absorbed yet. > And those things are NOT in Lightroom. > > Photoshop is a galaxy of a program with thousands of cult websites devoted > to it over the past two decades. > Lightroom is a minor planet. > For suckers. > Big baby's. > > > Mark William Rabiner > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >