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 recently read .............. mmm. somewhere, that Lightroom was being developed for photographers of all levels .............. who have no need of anything more that say, Elements + the additions which the new software offers .............. B. On 10-mrt-2006, at 15:19, Allen Graves wrote: > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information