Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/08/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Frank, For what you need, according to what you have listed below, purchase neither LR or PS. Buy Photoshop Elements 6.0, also from Adobe. You don't need to buy any books to figure Elements out. It's unbelievably intuitive. It does everything I need to do (which maps closely what your requirements are), frequently allowing me to use sliders so I can see the effect immediately, and I've used the included help stuff only occasionally in extreme situations. Elements does a LOT more than the minimal requirements you've noted, so there's plenty of room to expand your uses as you need more. For the many fellow photographers I have talked with, we've found LR and CS3 to be overkill and too complicated - but those products will do absolutely everything - at a rather larger $ price (unless you're upgrading) and at a somewhat steep learning curve. Somehow Elements has been positioned (perhaps by Adobe) as a poorer, much less adequate product. But that's just not true, unless you're doing something really special. It's the 90/10 rule (updated from the 80/20 rule): Elements will likely do 90% of what is normally needed and LR/CS3 will do the rest. YMMV. Jim Nelon -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jnelon=netvigator.com@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jnelon=netvigator.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Frank Filippone Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2008 8:33 PM To: 'Leica Users Group' Subject: RE: [Leica] Sorry for the delay Frank (explanation) WAS IsLightroom 2.0 Really Shipping? Here is my dilemma... I do not own LR or PS. I am going to purchase one or the other. Not both. So I am trying to determine which best fits my needs.... Needs: Need to import files from some gadget ( Scanner and Camera Card) Put them somewhere (drive and directory) I want them to be.. not where some company wants to put them...... Allow me to do pretty minor edits.. including Crop, contrast, Brightness, maybe color correction, and especially scratch and dust removal Edits are done on a select image. Not all images. B+W conversion of Color files Not crash. Not Need Batch processing of anything Sophisticated image naming and retrieval SW Anything to do with Movies type needs Slideshow make up Printing sophistication ( I only have a B+W Laser printer... and do not intend on getting anything else.) Seems simple... so why can't I figure it out? Frank Filippone red735i@earthlink.net _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information