Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/12/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Dec 26, 2011, at 7:24 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > http://mansurovs.com/photoshop-vs-lightroom > Here is a comparison. > There are hundreds of others you could find in a minute. > > > Reading it I found it interesting that Lightroom mirrors ACR adobe camera > raw. Which is what I get before my image opens in Photoshop. > There is nothing in Lightroom that is not also in ACR. Not quite correct: it also has dodging and burning tools which allow local hue, tint, saturation, sharpening, contrast and more > The image crunching stuff is tacked on. I believe "superbly integrated" would apply more aptly than "tacked on." > Its a database. And a very good one - yet so very much more - , ACR RAW image processor, slideshow generator, publisher, printer, html generator, and more > If I spend ten minutes on an image which is typical I spend eight minutes > in > ACR and two in PS5 (Photoshop). And of course any Lightroom image will seamlessly open in PS for that 2 minutes of work. > The idea of not having those two minutes in PS5 is inconceivable to me. > Its inconceivable! Yet totally conceivable to so many others. > The metaphore for me is trying to develop and print your pictures on your > light table. > Wrong room. Apparently you have not walk through the metaphorical door to the Develop Module Slide Show Module Print Module Web Module or Publish Module > Wrong tool. perhaps for you Tool of choice for me. I use: Lightroom PS5 FlexColor as appropriate to the job at hand. Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist