Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lightroom's major advantage is that it is fundamentally designed to catalog your photographs - the rest is icing. It also gives you the latest version of Adobe RAW at a much lower price point. Cheers Jayanand On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 4:11 AM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com> wrote: > spoken like someone who's not yet opened a digital photo in a current > version of lightroom; > and does not realize that 85% - 90% of the digital photograph processing > tools in PS > are duplicated in LR. > > And for the other 15% of those tools > and all the painting tools > and masking tools > and typographic tools > and layering tools > etc. > > The image will open seamlessly from LR to PS and back again. > And that's a very good thing; > because LR will do things that PS will not; > like export html or flash slide shows, etc. > Also, LR's printing capabilities are far more powerful than PS's. > > Two different programs; > each powerful in its own way > and with considerable overlap of features. > > As a photographer, using digital cameras, > I want both running on my computer. > > Actual daily use: 95% LR, 5% PS. > And that 5% is a very important 5%. > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > On Dec 6, 2009, at 1:39 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > > But Lightroom is great became people who've always felt intimidated by >> Photoshop can just skip Photoshop. And tweak their images in that half >> baked >> way. >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >