Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Another reason to try the Lightroom Beta is to tide you over until the anticipated update to CS2 comes out ;-) Also, Ken, if you or a member of your household can qualify as a student or teacher, you can go for the Academic version at a considerable savings. Should be able to pick one up at your local junior college bookstore. Tom Schofield On Sep 7, 2006, at 7:01 AM, Roy Feldman wrote: > I have CS2 and use it as a part of my work and am very happy with > it, but it > is the elephant in the room. It has perhaps a little too much. > I have downloaded the free Lightroom and; it is going thru some > teething > now(beta) .but: a provides better Raw conversion than that > available on > CS2,provides a rudimentary way of organizing pictures,seems to have > improved > the printing interface. > Most are guessing that this program will be about $200. Before you > bite the > $600 bullet I would suggest a Lightroom trial. The authors are > quite honest > about the fact that speed has not been maximized in the beta and > this will > be the last step. > If you are not planning on doing a lot of localized corrections you > my want > to give it a run. > I find it very good for about 90% of my images and i shoot daily for a > newspaper. > Just a thought. > > -- > Roy Feldman, photojournalism & editorial photography > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information