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Subject: [Leica] A question on LR v PS
From: robertmeier at usjet.net (Robert Meier)
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:24:06 -0500 (CDT)
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If you want to straighten the verticals in a picture, you need PS.

On Mar 20, 2010, at 11:54 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:

> Unless you want to fancy stuff like removing people a la Stalin in  
> the 30s, or really advanced curves manipulation etc., you do not  
> need Photoshop at all. Lightroom is a far simpler, better option.  
> It contains all the tools a photographer needs and functions as an  
> excellent photo database in the process.
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> On Mar 21, 2010, at 5:38 AM, Vince Passaro wrote:
>
>> Hi all:
>>
>> Since I have no clue what you all are talking about when you start  
>> advising
>> each other on processing your raw files and levels and profiles  
>> etc etc, and
>> I am struggling to learn how to do even basic things in PS (which  
>> I own in
>> the latest incarnation because I was able to get it and many other  
>> Adobe
>> programs (Illustrator, a bunch of other stuff) in a package for  
>> under $200
>> as a part-time faculty member at NYU, I'm reaching out to get  
>> advice on what
>> I'm doing.
>>
>> I notice most you a. work in raw files and import them into  
>> whatever program
>> you use to process them; and b. use Light Room rather than Photoshop.
>>
>> So my question is, what does Light Room do that Photoshop doesn't?  
>> When I
>> say Photoshop I mean to include Adobe Bridge, which seems like a  
>> slightly
>> creaky (in the Tin Man sense) but adequate format in which one can  
>> organize
>> one's library of images, rename them, etc.
>>
>> Lastly, if anyone cares to share his/her experience, I would love  
>> to hear
>> how some of you folks went about learning LR or PS. (I have  
>> *Photoshop for
>> Dummies* but it's incoherent, badly organized and kind of  
>> incomprehensible.
>> And when it is comprehensible it's kind of lame.)
>>
>> Thanks for any advise and info.
>>
>> Vince P
>>
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